How To Make Singapore Maths Work For Your Child (7th Grade / Secondary
1 To 10th Grade / Secondary 4)
Singapore Maths is a rigorous maths
curriculum that has put Singapore students at the top of the world in
maths. Many countries are now adopting Singapore Maths for use in their
schools and homes, but they may not realise its full potential. We will
show you how to make Singapore Maths work for your child if he is in 7th
Grade / Secondary 1 to 10th Grade / Secondary 4.
In Singapore, secondary schools are mostly using only one out of a few
packages of Singapore Maths textbooks and workbooks to teach Elementary
Maths. The choice of Singapore Maths packages for Elementary Maths depends
on whether the students belong to a Express Course or a Normal Course.
Students in the Express Course are good in maths and they need only
four years to complete their secondary education. The more able students
even take an additional maths subject called Additional Maths in 9th Grade
And 10th Grade / Secondary 3 And Secondary 4, so as to prepare them for
college maths in 11th Grade And 12th Grade / GCE A Level. Additional Maths
is also a requisite for students who study Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Students in the Normal Course are weaker in maths and they need five years
to complete their secondary education.
For 7th Grade and 8th Grade / Secondary 1 and Secondary 2, it is mostly
sufficient to use just one Singapore Maths package of textbooks and
workbooks as these books provide lots of maths exercises. No other
Singapore Maths workbook is necessary.
For 9th Grade And 10th Grade / Secondary 3 And Secondary 4, it is very
common for students to supplement their Singapore Maths package of
textbooks and workbooks with the respective GCE Ordinary Level maths past
years' exam papers' questions and solutions manuals. These GCE Ordinary
Level maths past years' exam papers' questions and solutions manuals
provide the step-by-step worked solutions and answers to past years' exam
papers' questions which had appeared in the national examinations, and
they are used widely to teach Singapore students how to solve various
types of maths question.
We therefore would like to recommend the following three steps to a
good Singapore Maths diet for your child, which have worked for many
Singapore students.
1. Use a suitable set of Singapore Maths textbooks and workbooks
for Elementary Maths
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For 7th Grade / Secondary 1 to 10th Grade / Secondary 4, more than 80%
of the Singapore secondary schools that offer the Express Course are using
the following New Singapore Maths package to teach Elementary Maths, which
are written based on the New Singapore Maths curriculum.
- New
Syllabus Mathematics
Note that all the above New Singapore Maths packages of textbooks and
workbooks are based on the New Singapore Maths curriculum, which
emphasizes new creative thinking skills and new heuristics in maths, as
well as all the new maths skills that your child requires to survive and
excel in the new world economy.
2. Use a suitable Singapore Maths textbook for Additional Maths
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As mentioned above, the more able students also study Additional Maths
in 9th Grade And 10th Grade / Secondary 3 And Secondary 4 on top of
Elementary Maths. This is to prepare them for college maths in 11th Grade
And 12th Grade / GCE A Level. Additional Maths is also a requisite for
students who study Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Many of the Singapore secondary schools are using the following New
Singapore Maths textbook to teach Additional Maths, which is written based
on the New Singapore Maths curriculum.
- New Syllabus Additional Mathematics For 9th
Grade And 10th Grade / Secondary 3 And Secondary 4 (This also
complements the above mentioned New
Syllabus Mathematics.)
3. Use a GCE Ordinary Level maths past years' exam papers'
questions and solutions manual
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If your child is in 9th Grade And 10th Grade / Secondary 3 And
Secondary 4, we recommend that you get the following GCE Ordinary Level
maths books for him. They will greatly help him to learn how to solve
maths questions with ease.
Express Course Elementary Maths:
- Challenging Mathematics For GCE O Level
Express Course Additional Maths:
- GCE O Level Additional Mathematics Solution
Manual
- Challenging Additional Mathematics For GCE O
Level
- GCE O Level Additional Mathematics Key
Points Study Guide
So these are the 3 steps that will help make Singapore Maths work for
your child if he is in 7th Grade / Secondary 1 To 10th Grade / Secondary
4!
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