“Quality matters more than quantity” – What better way to justify this statement than bringing about the example of an exam scenario? For most of the exams, there is a word count mentioned against most composition or descriptive questions.
Category: Exams
Tackling anxiety during exams
Anxiety is a real and serious issue that needs to be addressed. Most parents ignore it and think that it is common for students to be nervous during exam time.
How to score better for the PSLE Listening Comprehension exam?
Listening skills are not only important for understanding people around us, but in Singapore, there is a section in the language paper (in primary school and secondary school) that is devoted to testing listening skills.
How should we look at academic assessments?
The sidelining of mid-year exams in primary and secondary schools by 2023 as part of the Ministry of Education’s policy changes under the Learn for Life Movement has been welcomed by most. It has been hailed as an exemplary and student-friendly decision. In this instance, let us look at how we can improve upon the already existing methods to make them more suited for today’s changing education methods.
Help – My child doesn’t perform well even after putting in a lot of effort!
More effort = greater result. True? Not always! Most of us would have come across situations where the effort we would have put in for a particular task might not have fetched us the desired results we expected. This scenario can happen for absolutely anyone and at different instances – be it workplace, or at school. The general misconception that most people have is that – “Better the effort, better the end result needs to be!” At the same time, we have also learnt that smart work has a higher chance of leading to better results.
Scoring well in the PSLE Mother Tongue Oral Examination
Do exams give you and your children anxiety? Well, PSLE Mother Tongue Oral Exam is one such exam that creates a steep difficulty curve and can be hard to navigate for many students. Although Singapore is a multi-linguistic country with citizens speaking many languages, the use of English, Chinese, Tamil and Malay in our curriculum can make it challenging to learn. Many educational factors affect the way students score in oral exams. Outlined below are a few ways to help your children improve their performance during the oral exam, which also leads to an increased probability of scoring well on paper.
How to score higher for PSLE English Oral Examination?
With only a little more than two weeks remaining for this year’s PSLE oral exams, we are sure that many students might be feeling the tension and giving it their all in preparation. Making up about 15% of the student’s marks, this section demands maximum attention, but the section is also where many students stumble and fall.
How to best prepare for PSLE?
“He who laughs most, learns best.” Every child needs to laugh, and it is through moments of laughter and joy that they learn best. It is fair to say that even during moments of stress, laughter is highly critical in ensuring that one is able to learn optimally and perform to the best of one’s true abilities.
How to prepare my child for Term 3?
As the June holidays have come and gone, parents and children are back to the tight schedule of school time. So, three weeks into the new term, let us look at how you can help your children make it a productive one.
Six things parents can do to help their children prepare for the PSLE
As the PSLEs draw near, it is time for students to start preparing, and by this, we mean preparation that involves plenty of revision, and going back to the basics to ensure that foundations of individual subjects are firm.
