i realise more and more primary school mathematics questions are being asked at homework forum...
hmm...i wonder pple who asked are the worried parents of the primary school kids, or someone (who couldnt do simple maths after doing too many years of difficult calculus and physics) trying to solve a simple maths question for a primary school kid, or a maths teacher who wants to be enlighten in another way, or is the primary school kids themselves who surf this forum and ask these questions... =)
I'm really considering adding a pri sch PSLE section for ExamWorld
Originally posted by eagle:I'm really considering adding a pri sch PSLE section for ExamWorld
and i am considering to do something for the primary school section on homework forum.
Teaching primary school kids to understand their stuff is not an easy task to me. Cause we cannot teach them in an adult mentality way.
whatever it is, it is quite difficult now. my son is in upper primary and i also sweat alittle bit everytime i go thru' with him. perhaps i am rusty....
i remembered i sailed thru' maths (A1/A2 scores till sec 4 `o' level) without too much effort. now, i see many kids struggle, including my own. ~sigh~
and this thread made it to the first page of the forum. LOL
Originally posted by redDUST:whatever it is, it is quite difficult now. my son is in upper primary and i also sweat alittle bit everytime i go thru' with him. perhaps i am rusty....
i remembered i sailed thru' maths (A1/A2 scores till sec 4 `o' level) without too much effort. now, i see many kids struggle, including my own. ~sigh~
agreed. and from wad i noe, pri sch kids can use calculator ar? (means harder questions lo....)
Originally posted by hiphop2009:and i am considering to do something for the primary school section on homework forum.
Teaching primary school kids to understand their stuff is not an easy task to me. Cause we cannot teach them in an adult mentality way.
r they just asking pple here to solve the questions for them just to get pple's workings and answer?
or r they really interested in the maths workings and how to arrive at the answer?
Originally posted by Rednano:
r they just asking pple here to solve the questions for them just to get pple's workings and answer?
or r they really interested in the maths workings and how to arrive at the answer?
in any case, step by step working which will arrive to the final answer is always what the moderators do.
On one hand, those who are really interested to learn will gain knowledge. Afterall, they are the one who will be taking exams. On the other hand, those who are just interested to get pple's working and answers probably will not learn much or learn anything. In the end, it is themselves who are the ones who lose out.
As stated very very VERY clearly in the guideline of the homework forum, we do not expect to spoonfeed people. And we expect threadstarter to somehow participate and discuss about the questions that they themselves has posted, or respond to queries about the question that they have posted.