You as a student may feel lost when revising for your math examinations. In most schools in Singapore, the preliminary examinations before the real O-Levels and A-Levels are usually disproportionately more difficult than the actual paper. Sometimes this is done to scare students into studying harder as their final push (when they do badly in the prelims). This article aims to shed light on a few good practices for students who may be burning the midnight oil.
Most JC students would consider taking Further Mathematics at ‘A’ Levels only if they are exceptionally strong in mathematics or have a special interest in the subject. This applies even to students who intend to pursue math-intensive subjects at university level, including subjects like data science, information technology, engineering, physics, chemistry, or statistics.
The famous Monty Hall problem is used by educators to get students to think about the concept of probability and chance. It is often introduced in math probability classes for junior college, polytechnic and university students, and sometimes even in secondary schools.
Every student who has sat for mathematics exams understands the feeling of knowing how to do a question, but getting marks unnecessarily deducted due to careless errors. Read More
Math students will know the stress of preparing for their weighted assessments (WAs), or exams. P6 students will further realise that the PSLE maths exams are a crucial paper because it determines (along with other results) which secondary school they will get to attend. Read More
Enrichment refer to activities that enhance learning and extend knowledge beyond the school curriculum. Maths enrichment classes in particular have gained popularity in recent years as parents desire to improve their child’s skill and dexterity in the subject and even prepare him or her for competitions and tournaments. Read More
If you are in a Singapore secondary school, and you like math or are confident of doing well in math, you probably will decide to do additional mathematics for ‘O’ level. If your secondary school gives you a choice (some schools do make add math compulsory) Read More
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We talk about some simple steps to maintaining excellent mental health and getting good results. As the exam period once again comes around the corner, thousands of Singaporean students on once again frantically trying to finish their maths revisions before the exams. Read More
Singapore students are renowned for their high performance in mathematics compared to their global peers. For instance, in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2019, students from Singapore were ranked second in the world in terms of mathematical ability. Read More
Many parents and students are voicing concerns over the recent spate of tough PSLE math questions. Are they really necessary?
The Singapore Math curriculum is considered one of the best in the world. But it wasn’t always this way. The Singapore Math curriculum first developed by a team of teachers from the Ministry of Education (MOE) in the middle of the 1980s. Read More
Over the years, many schools around the world have adopted Singapore’s approach to teaching mathematics. More than 50 countries have either imported our textbooks for sale to the general public, or tried to incorporate aspects of our mathematics curriculum or style of teaching into their own national syllabus.
When Japan cut classroom hours and introduced more flexible learning in the 1980s, under a policy which it called the Yutori – which means “relax” – students’ scores dropped. Parents tried to compensate by sending them to cram schools to make up for the decline in rigour in the regular classroom. Read More
Stanford University psychology lecturer Mark Lepper and paediatrician Maria Woolverton surveyed a group of tutors who specialized in primary and secondary school mathematics to understand what makes for an effective tutor. Read More
It can be reasonably argued that having a good memory helps in any academic subject, or in almost any area of life. You will need to be able to memorize a large collection definitions and formulae in many school subjects. Read More
