mardi, novembre 07, 2006
The 'O' Level exams is just a test of students' memory skills.
I disagree. Nobody memorizes a piece of composition and reproduces it in the 'O' Levels; the examiner will mark him down with copying. Same goes for art, you can memories a piece of art and reproduce it in the O levels but, you'll get mark down for originality.What does one usually do before one goes in and sit for one's 'O' Level mathematics paper? Practice!Sure you can memories all the mathematics formula in the world and go in and "wack" it all out onto the exam paper, but, you won't score full marks for mathematics.
Mathematics is all about testing your application skills. How you apply the formula to a certain problem.When you're working, say an engineer, your boss won't go: "hey count the amount of engine thrust for me" and give you the formula to that, he would expect you to know it, and even so, don't know, find out yourself!
MOE expects students to UNDERSTAND what they are learning, not memorize. However many parents and students are getting this wrong.They think that by memorizing "study dead book" as they call it in Chinese, helps. However, the original agenda behind MOE is that by understanding, you won't have to memorize, because you will be able to reason out the answer since you understand the topic.
Take a look at Design and Technology, they require you to think of solutions to a problems. No formulae you can memorize can give you the answer to that. In accounting, it's just the formula to memorize, the rest is all application.As such, MOE is constantly improvising and revising their syllabus.
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