Solve This P6 Maths Question Within 5 Minutes...

[Sabbie]

  On 9/7/2011 at 8:12 AM, Joseph22 said:

does it matter to you if you speak in tongues or not??

 

its written in the bible.. least of all gift leh..

 

It doesn't matter in my opionion, just that during church gatherings, they speak in tongues and I can't understand so I feel left out....by the way I do not mean to be rude or anything, just my personal experience

[Mllcg]

now primary 6 can use calculator. maybe teacher dulan that they can use calculator make it hard to do?

 

no calculator can help if u dunno the way to solve it.

[GoodCar]

Can solve within 5 minutes, just draw model and simple division and multiplication.

 

small small things also complain.....

[Identiti]

  On 9/7/2011 at 1:09 AM, Nightsky said:

Err, quite a few years liao leh...

 

Kids use calculators from P5 onwards. Scientific type, can bring forward to their sec sch, until JC where they may need to 'upgrade' to graphical calculator.

 

oh my.. looks like I am going to have problems teaching my kid in future, if I have one. a decade ago we were just starting to use pens in p3 or p4. only started to use calculator in sec 2 or 3. I think in another decade or so those primary school syllabus will cover topics taught in university.

[SLSAMG88]

  On 9/7/2011 at 12:55 AM, Bavarian said:

actually stupid is relative.

 

 

 

most of mine are anyway....

 

I think your humour is wasted here!

[Mllcg]

  On 9/7/2011 at 12:51 AM, Identiti said:

are you kidding me?????? I'm quite sure I read PSLE paper 2 and not O level paper 2.

 

now O level paper 1 and 2 both can use calculator.

[The_Bear]

  On 9/7/2011 at 12:43 PM, SLSAMG88 said:

I think your humour is wasted here!

Thanks but we don't get paid for being a clown.

Edited September 7, 2011 by Bavarian

[VellfireS]

  On 9/7/2011 at 12:42 AM, Bavarian said:

Why the hell do they need so many chairs for?

Can write that as answer in PSLE? [rolleyes]

[Vulcann]

Responses from other folks:

 

From ST Forum:

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Online...ory_710412.html

 

Why that maths question is not fair

 

Published on Sep 8, 2011

 

I EMPATHISE with Mr Stephen Lin, who wrote in his letter yesterday that a maths question in the Primary 6 preliminary exam served no educational purpose ("Don't hurt pupils' self-esteem with tough questions").

 

What is the point in teaching our pupils how to solve problems that they are unlikely to face when they grow up?

 

Also, looking at some of the problems that my Primary 6 grandson has to tackle, it would seem that the examiners had set out to test whether the pupils know how to apply a certain approach (other than using equations) to problem-solving.

 

That is fine, but if such methods are only to be substituted by equations in higher mathematics, then why teach them in the first place?

 

Is there some innate quality of the rationale mind that needs to be awakened by such approaches? Can our pupils do without such skills? Will their lives as adults be compromised if they can't solves problems by such means?

 

Perhaps the Ministry of Education could enlighten parents on the rationale for imposing such problem-solving approaches on our pupils. They need to be convinced that such methods have been thoroughly researched and that their long-term usefulness has been unequivocally established.

 

Lee Seck Kay

 

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http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Online...ory_710411.html

 

Don't stress kids, says dad whose P5 son solved it

 

Published on Sep 8, 2011

 

AS A parent I empathise with Mr Stephen Lin's lament yesterday ("Don't hurt pupils' self-esteem with tough questions"). Difficult questions in streaming intellect cause unnecessary stress on young minds and stifle learning.

 

By the way, I solved the maths problem described in the letter within five minutes, and so did my Primary 5 child.

 

I believe the Ministry of Education (MOE) included tough questions that can be solved using the diagrammatic method of reasoning, which previous generations did not learn.

 

MOE uses a mix of easier and tougher questions for the purpose of sifting the mathematically inclined pupils. But that should not be the basis of streaming.

 

MOE should review its justification for streaming children via tough examinations. If we are going to make our children study and not learn, is it any wonder that we lose out to creative cultures?

 

Ed Cheong

[Sabbie]

We have trained and are training a generation of robots....this is to keep the current govt in power as robots cannot think out of the box and will keep the status quo