Monthly Archives: March, 2017
Would you choose…
Simple and perfect, or profound English? English. A subject I started out with 20 years ago as my first love in education. I recalled that back in my school days, my compositions were often in the region of mid 30+/40, and my double-paged compositions were always returned blank on the first page ( it was …
Visualisation
More often than not, learners encounter a myriad of obstacles when attempting problem sums, and the gist is not about problem solving skills. The challenge for educators is to ascertain the stumbling block, and hence address it. Let me quote a problem sum below as an example : 1 Maths book and 1 Science book …
Invoking curiosity
Sharing yet another enlightening quote. Indeed, as educators, our role is to stimulate questions from learners, and invoke curiosity within them.
BODMAS
In my post last week, I have explained about the criticality of fractions manipulations, and how to avoid potential mistakes. For today, I will be focusing on another aspect of arithmetic manipulations: BODMAS For most average learners (Primary 5 & 6) that I see for the past few years, the common issue I observed is …
Multiplication of fractions
Multiplication of fractions In Singapore, most students would have been exposed to the two key ‘rules’ for fractions below: 1) Always simplify to the lowest term 2) For improper fractions, always convert towards mixed numbers. For the first rule, it is a universal one which will follow all learners towards the end of their education. …
A useful quote for parents
Sharing a quote from Confucius. Indeed, it’s only through active and passionate learning, will children be able to comprehend effectively.
Chain ideology
Chain ideology The ‘metal-chain’ metaphor is what I often use whenever I guide learners in problem sums. Each ‘loop’ symbolises each point or sentence, and it’s only upon establishing the links, will learners be able to see the question in totality. This explains the rationale for the Summary + Link Framework mentioned in my earlier …
Summary + Link
Recently, I received several emails from parents seeking academic assistance for their children in Maths, with similar reasons that their children is particularly weak in problem sums. More often than not, it is more than meets the eye. In the above question, there are 7 key points embedded within the whole paragraph. Now, my gauge …
Rounding up the week….
with a beautiful quote from Bob Beauprez
IP curriculum, modular programmes
Dear parents, Please refer to the link below for the post of IP curriculum and modular programmes. IP curriculum, modular programmes *This post first appeared on passioninlearning.wordpress.com in Jan 2016, and was enhanced today. Regards, Eric passioninlearning.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/Passioninlearning-484537071655574/
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