Lesson 1: Students seem totally lost when they come to solving simultaneous equations that involve linear and non-linear equations. They are very weak in algebraic expansions and still think (a-b)^2 = a^2-b^2 - shocking. I have higher expectations of students who are assigned to do A Math. In the end, I spent a lot of time going through the elementary solving of algebraic simplication.
Lesson 2: I realised that these students are also pretty weak in their fractions. They thought that 4[(a-b)/3] = (4a-4b)/12 - another misconception to rectify. I had to show them how to do almost every question that I set as homework; what a waste of precious lesson time.
Lesson 3: We did a 3-questions test. Many were not able to solve accurately. I would love to have SRP with the students this week, but am not free because of the AFL workshop. I would be meeting them every Thursday to revisit the Sec 2 topics on expansion and simplification and clarify other doubts that they may have.
PS: Shaun Goh from 3N1 seems quite difficult to get to - doesn't hand in his work but at least would attempt the questions in the test. May take a little more time to establish rapport with him.
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NA pupils tend to be slower in grasping concepts as compared to Exp pupils. They need to do a lot of practice on basic concepts and also a lot of revisions before they can master a certain set of skills. We need to have lots of patience with them. Just like my 5N1, since sec 3, I can sometimes spend 1 whole 40-min period doing only one question. They tend to make careless mistakes and not all of them are able to use Algebraic formulae for expansion. Hence, I always show them the "smiling face" method when doing expansion. They also need a lot of guidance when doing a question which is why I always try to go through all the qns given to them as homework in the subsequent lesson. Feel free to drop by my 5N1 A Math lesson any time you like so that you can observe how I teach my 5N A Math pupils. i may not be the best method but so far so good. There is sure to have some common characteristics about our pupils that we can share with each other and help to improve our teaching strategies with our pupils ;)
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