Weiting is currently in P5 in SCGS, going to be P6 next year!
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Monday 17 November 2014
Showcasing some of my students
Showcasing some of my students:
SE: SE is going P6 next year. A very quiet girl, of whom I have to patiently probe and test if she understands what I am teaching. Her daddy approached me through a referral parent. From her daddy I understand that she had a few tutors before but was not able to help her. Her last tutor was from a tuition centre who taught her through grouping student of different primary levels. Seriously, how does a tutor be able to teach different levels yet able to ensure all students can catch up? In the end, her daddy pulled her out to join my tuition class, even though they had to travel all the way from the north to my house in the east.
K: K is a N level student, who joined my class in August and taking O'level exam in Oct. In just 2 months, K was able to jump out from the nightmare of failing E maths in prelim to be able to score 80 plus marks in one of the past year O level Emaths. When he finished the paper 2 of this year's o level Emaths, he was very delighted to tell me that he was confident he can score 90 plus in his Emaths paper 2. I was very excited to hear that. In the conversation with him, he find that the materials I provide are very relevant. In fact, I actually spotted some of the questions that came out. Lucky me and lucky him! He had 3 tutors from tuition centre in the past but was very dissatisfied because they actually lied to him that instead of individual class, it became a group class and he was quoted a very expensive price of $40+ per hour. Even though he lived in Jurong, he was still willing to travel down to my place. Thanks that he did not give up due to long distances.
J: I taught J when she was in P5, now she is going S2 next year. She used to be a not-so-serious student when in P5. One time, I could not tolerate this behavior anymore, I reprimanded her strictly. To my surprise, she changed from then on and managed to pass her exams. In PSLE, she score an A in Maths, which she has never done so in school exams. Now, she is an enthusiastic learner, scoring very well in her secondary exams, top in class for Maths, sometimes getting full marks for her maths common test. In the recent EOY, she scored 90 for Maths.
WT: A very cheerful girl with very strong beliefs in achieving her goals. I taught her since P1 and she is going P6 next year too. She had always been a performer, with her Maths always above 80 marks. This SA2, she worked hard and aimed to achieve an A* for her Maths, unfortunately she scored 85.5. But she did not give up nor doubt herself. We will strive together and achieve your aim next year!
YD: YD is WT's elder brother and I taught him since P5. A very 'mischievous' boy back then who likes to destroy whatever things his hands lie upon and reinvent it. I can still remember that he even tried to unlock the toilet door when I was inside because he wanted to find out how to build a stronger lock! *Phew!* He does not believe in any heuristics techniques to solve primary maths, as he believes in using understanding of the question and logic of +-x/ to solve them. As such, it is a challenge to teach him as I cannot use any models, ratio techniques to explain to him but instead use logic and examples to teach the questions which he didn't understand. His love for Science and Maths makes him a very strong performer in his studies. He scored an A* in Maths and went to Hwa Chong Institution IP programme. He performed very well in first 2 years with exemption from Maths EOY. In Sec 3 this year, although he dropped a little, he managed to pull himself up and with proper guidance, he scored 92 for Maths EOY. Good job, YD!
S: S is a hyperactive girl. In tuition class, she can never stop moving and fidgeting, but she is a bright girl. Taught once and she can understand fast though most of the time, you will be thinking if she is listening. This is why in school, she became a target by school teachers for always not paying attention, but it's not true. It's her character, and with proper guidance, she can definitely perform. She used to fail all her Maths test. In her S1 EOY, she scored a B3.
H: H came to me when she was in S4. Just in a few months time she had to take her O'level. Her E Maths was F9 when she came to me, but we strive very hard together for the 10 months and she managed to achieve A1 in her E Maths! She was so happy that after she got her results, she called to tell me the good news!
There are many many more students of which I would like to share their stories. Meeting & teaching students of different characters is what makes the occupation as a tutor a challenging yet interesting and fulfilling. =) I believe in perseverance which I inspire my student to have too. Through a love for Maths, they can transform from non-performers to brilliant performers, which in turns build up their confidence not only for Maths but also for other subjects.
SE: SE is going P6 next year. A very quiet girl, of whom I have to patiently probe and test if she understands what I am teaching. Her daddy approached me through a referral parent. From her daddy I understand that she had a few tutors before but was not able to help her. Her last tutor was from a tuition centre who taught her through grouping student of different primary levels. Seriously, how does a tutor be able to teach different levels yet able to ensure all students can catch up? In the end, her daddy pulled her out to join my tuition class, even though they had to travel all the way from the north to my house in the east.
K: K is a N level student, who joined my class in August and taking O'level exam in Oct. In just 2 months, K was able to jump out from the nightmare of failing E maths in prelim to be able to score 80 plus marks in one of the past year O level Emaths. When he finished the paper 2 of this year's o level Emaths, he was very delighted to tell me that he was confident he can score 90 plus in his Emaths paper 2. I was very excited to hear that. In the conversation with him, he find that the materials I provide are very relevant. In fact, I actually spotted some of the questions that came out. Lucky me and lucky him! He had 3 tutors from tuition centre in the past but was very dissatisfied because they actually lied to him that instead of individual class, it became a group class and he was quoted a very expensive price of $40+ per hour. Even though he lived in Jurong, he was still willing to travel down to my place. Thanks that he did not give up due to long distances.
J: I taught J when she was in P5, now she is going S2 next year. She used to be a not-so-serious student when in P5. One time, I could not tolerate this behavior anymore, I reprimanded her strictly. To my surprise, she changed from then on and managed to pass her exams. In PSLE, she score an A in Maths, which she has never done so in school exams. Now, she is an enthusiastic learner, scoring very well in her secondary exams, top in class for Maths, sometimes getting full marks for her maths common test. In the recent EOY, she scored 90 for Maths.
WT: A very cheerful girl with very strong beliefs in achieving her goals. I taught her since P1 and she is going P6 next year too. She had always been a performer, with her Maths always above 80 marks. This SA2, she worked hard and aimed to achieve an A* for her Maths, unfortunately she scored 85.5. But she did not give up nor doubt herself. We will strive together and achieve your aim next year!
YD: YD is WT's elder brother and I taught him since P5. A very 'mischievous' boy back then who likes to destroy whatever things his hands lie upon and reinvent it. I can still remember that he even tried to unlock the toilet door when I was inside because he wanted to find out how to build a stronger lock! *Phew!* He does not believe in any heuristics techniques to solve primary maths, as he believes in using understanding of the question and logic of +-x/ to solve them. As such, it is a challenge to teach him as I cannot use any models, ratio techniques to explain to him but instead use logic and examples to teach the questions which he didn't understand. His love for Science and Maths makes him a very strong performer in his studies. He scored an A* in Maths and went to Hwa Chong Institution IP programme. He performed very well in first 2 years with exemption from Maths EOY. In Sec 3 this year, although he dropped a little, he managed to pull himself up and with proper guidance, he scored 92 for Maths EOY. Good job, YD!
S: S is a hyperactive girl. In tuition class, she can never stop moving and fidgeting, but she is a bright girl. Taught once and she can understand fast though most of the time, you will be thinking if she is listening. This is why in school, she became a target by school teachers for always not paying attention, but it's not true. It's her character, and with proper guidance, she can definitely perform. She used to fail all her Maths test. In her S1 EOY, she scored a B3.
H: H came to me when she was in S4. Just in a few months time she had to take her O'level. Her E Maths was F9 when she came to me, but we strive very hard together for the 10 months and she managed to achieve A1 in her E Maths! She was so happy that after she got her results, she called to tell me the good news!
There are many many more students of which I would like to share their stories. Meeting & teaching students of different characters is what makes the occupation as a tutor a challenging yet interesting and fulfilling. =) I believe in perseverance which I inspire my student to have too. Through a love for Maths, they can transform from non-performers to brilliant performers, which in turns build up their confidence not only for Maths but also for other subjects.
Saturday 15 November 2014
About Myself - Inspirational Teaching
My history:
My name is Clarice and I’m a full time private tutor specializing in GCE O’Level Elementary and Additional Mathematics, and PSLE Mathematics.
I started offering Maths tuition to students 6 years ago when I was still working my full-time job in a financial institution. I enjoy imparting my skills to students so much that I decide to give up my well-paid job to devote myself in teaching. Besides imparting skills, one very important aspect I believe that help students to place their trust in me is INSPIRE. Inspirational teaching helps a student to change from within to aim for higher achievements and believe in themselves that they are capable to handle what they cannot earlier on, with the right mindset, coupled with knowledge and skills.
I derive my satisfaction and joy from seeing students who first came to me with fails/marginal passes and then achieved distinctions (‘A’s) in their O’ or N' Level and PSLE results. My approach is to simplify complicated concepts, carefully select commonly tested questions and come up with out of the box examples to help students relate better.
My credentials:
PSLE Maths (Ai Tong Primary School): A*
A/E Maths (St. Nicholas' Girls' School): A1s
Maths C/ F Maths (Anderson Junior College): A/B
NTU: Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance) - 2nd upper class honors
My name is Clarice and I’m a full time private tutor specializing in GCE O’Level Elementary and Additional Mathematics, and PSLE Mathematics.
I started offering Maths tuition to students 6 years ago when I was still working my full-time job in a financial institution. I enjoy imparting my skills to students so much that I decide to give up my well-paid job to devote myself in teaching. Besides imparting skills, one very important aspect I believe that help students to place their trust in me is INSPIRE. Inspirational teaching helps a student to change from within to aim for higher achievements and believe in themselves that they are capable to handle what they cannot earlier on, with the right mindset, coupled with knowledge and skills.
I derive my satisfaction and joy from seeing students who first came to me with fails/marginal passes and then achieved distinctions (‘A’s) in their O’ or N' Level and PSLE results. My approach is to simplify complicated concepts, carefully select commonly tested questions and come up with out of the box examples to help students relate better.
My credentials:
PSLE Maths (Ai Tong Primary School): A*
A/E Maths (St. Nicholas' Girls' School): A1s
Maths C/ F Maths (Anderson Junior College): A/B
NTU: Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance) - 2nd upper class honors
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Heartening results from my Primary 5 students =)
KUDOS to my two primary 5 students who have done well in their Primary 5 SA2!! (85 marks for student from Anderson Primary and 85.5marks for student from SCGS)
Their efforts are worth praising especially when the format in Primary 5 Maths paper is a major change from Primary 4, as it includes more problem sums and the questions are longer with many conditions. We struggled against time to learn all the important techniques besides learning new topics. Although not all the techniques came out, the practises had make them think deeper and improve their ability to understand and answer questions types which they did not see before! Good job!
Let's work harder for next year and aim for the A*!
Their efforts are worth praising especially when the format in Primary 5 Maths paper is a major change from Primary 4, as it includes more problem sums and the questions are longer with many conditions. We struggled against time to learn all the important techniques besides learning new topics. Although not all the techniques came out, the practises had make them think deeper and improve their ability to understand and answer questions types which they did not see before! Good job!
Let's work harder for next year and aim for the A*!
Saturday 8 November 2014
2015 PSLE MATHEMATICS TUITION CLASS is about to start!
Here are the class details:
Objective: This is an on-going group tuition class for PSLE Maths focusing on improving students' foundation and introducing techniques to solve Paper 2's problem sums.
Target: Suitable for students who will be P6 next year and who have failing grades and weak foundation.
Class size: maximum 2 students
Lesson fee: $200 per 4 lessons @ 2h each
Venue: Tutor's house at Bendemeer Road
Vacancy: Last seat left!
For more details, kindly contact Clarice @ 9824 0258. Cheers!
http://www.domainofexperts.com/2014/08/miss-cai-liling-clarice.html
Thursday 30 October 2014
Suggested Answer for 2014 O'level A Maths Paper 1 & 2 (4047)
With the A Maths papers ending today, the Maths journey for 2014 O'level finally came to an end =).
The A Maths paper 2 seems to be of higher difficulty as compared to the previous years, or at the least, it seems challenging to finish all the questions within 2.5h. Nonetheless, I find that this year's Maths papers are very well crafted (both A Maths and E Maths). Both papers tested students' in-depth understanding of concepts which can very well differentiate between students who know the concepts and those who didn't. This is rather different from past year papers which just required you to keep doing 10 year series questions and you will be able to score well. This may probably be the starting of a new trend for the next few years.
Here are the suggested answers for both A Maths paper 1 & 2 (4047).
Cheers!
The A Maths paper 2 seems to be of higher difficulty as compared to the previous years, or at the least, it seems challenging to finish all the questions within 2.5h. Nonetheless, I find that this year's Maths papers are very well crafted (both A Maths and E Maths). Both papers tested students' in-depth understanding of concepts which can very well differentiate between students who know the concepts and those who didn't. This is rather different from past year papers which just required you to keep doing 10 year series questions and you will be able to score well. This may probably be the starting of a new trend for the next few years.
Here are the suggested answers for both A Maths paper 1 & 2 (4047).
Cheers!
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Suggested Answer / Solution to O level E Maths Paper 2 2014
Here are the suggested answers for E Maths Paper 2. If you have any questions on the answers, feel free to write a comment.
Cheers,
Tutor Clarice
* Excited over the upcoming A Maths exam which will start soon....*
Monday 27 October 2014
Interesting comments & gift from my students =)
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| Thanks Nurul, you will not get B3/B4, I have faith in you! A1/A2 is what you should be looking at! |
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| These guys and gal are from the same school same class, we had a lot of fun in class as they are a very cheerful & chirpy lot, even though there were alot of shh-ing from me to keep them serious at work. |
Thanks all for your feedback and comments. These guys and 1 gal stay in west as far as Jurong and I am very surprised that they are willing to travel so far and very persistent. As you guys and gal work hard for your future studies, I will also continue to strive to achieve my aim to be one of the best PSLE Maths-cum-O level A/E Maths tutor in Singapore!
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Finally, after 2 days of preparation for the upcoming O' Level 2014 Emaths Paper 2 intensive drill practise in hope to spot some questions for the students and after another 2 days of long lesson hours, I am now able to blog on the upcoming possible questions in Paper 2.
Here are some of the possible question types:
1. Graph plotting: possible with mensuration
2. Quadratic Equation formula, possible with Pythagoras Theorem
3. Trigonometry (probably 2 qns on 3D trigo, Toa cah soh, Pyth Thr, sin/cosine rule, bearing, elevation/depression)
4. Algebraic fractional eqn, subject of formula, complete the square, special product
5. Proving for congruency/similarity/ ratios
6. Mensuration: may have 2 qns: arc length/sector area in radian, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder
7. Ratio, rate, profit& loss, GST, map & area scales, geometrical construction, taxation, utilities
8. Statistics: dot diagram, stem & leaf, cumulative curve, mean, standard deviation
9. Properties of circle: may link with similarity
10. Coordinate geometry: gradient, y-int, equation of line, curve, sketching, find coordinates through simultaneous, may link with vectors
11. Travel graphs, etc.
Good Luck to all for your Emaths paper 2! Hopefully its not as "weird" as paper 1!
Here are some of the possible question types:
1. Graph plotting: possible with mensuration
2. Quadratic Equation formula, possible with Pythagoras Theorem
3. Trigonometry (probably 2 qns on 3D trigo, Toa cah soh, Pyth Thr, sin/cosine rule, bearing, elevation/depression)
4. Algebraic fractional eqn, subject of formula, complete the square, special product
5. Proving for congruency/similarity/ ratios
6. Mensuration: may have 2 qns: arc length/sector area in radian, sphere, cone, pyramid, cylinder
7. Ratio, rate, profit& loss, GST, map & area scales, geometrical construction, taxation, utilities
8. Statistics: dot diagram, stem & leaf, cumulative curve, mean, standard deviation
9. Properties of circle: may link with similarity
10. Coordinate geometry: gradient, y-int, equation of line, curve, sketching, find coordinates through simultaneous, may link with vectors
11. Travel graphs, etc.
Good Luck to all for your Emaths paper 2! Hopefully its not as "weird" as paper 1!
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Some results from the Intensive Emaths class 2014 =)
It's heartening to see improvements in my students' results (from failing grades) after several weeks of hard-work teachings and naggings. I know you guys have worked very hard! please continue to do so!
Paper 1 is starting this Friday. All the best to my 2014 o'ddies!
With best wishes from:
Teacher Clarice
Paper 1 is starting this Friday. All the best to my 2014 o'ddies!
Teacher Clarice
Sunday 11 May 2014
A very touching testimonial
This testimonial caught me by surprise when I was soliciting testimonials from my students or their parents a few weeks ago. Not that it didn't matter much, just that I didn't expect my student to spend so much efforts for me. I was really touched and impressed when I read it. Thanks, gal =)
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