From my interaction with parents over the years, I found that while many of them know the word “heuristics”, the majority of them do not know the finer details. On the other hand, competent educators use it systematically and successfully to help students understand mathematical concepts better, and lay the…
PSLE results will be released on this Wednesday, 24th November 2021. What’s next? My purpose in writing Part 2 of this article is to help parents and P6 children act with purpose. You may want to read Part 1 here. 210 was the number that defined me in PSLE 2000.…
PSLE results will be released on next Wednesday, 24th November 2021. What’s next? My purpose in writing this article is to help parents and P6 children think with clarity. *Mark is an active boy who has been involved in sports since Primary 3. He was the captain of his…
Model-drawing is one of the most powerful techniques in helping our children understand complex primary school Math word problems. It could help them visualise primary school mathematics problems easily. Using boxes or rectangles to represent numbers, it enables them to compare numbers, fractions, ratios and percentages easily. This method is…
The open-ended questions (OEQ) in the science paper carry a weightage of 44 marks. It is common for our children to be scared of doing OEQs because they do not know what to write. Hence, they typically put all hope in the multiple-choice questions, hoping to score at least 52…