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'O' levels & Sec 3 Math & Chemistry Holiday Programmes 2010 (Revision & Headstart)

UPDATE: Early Bird registration is extended to 6 Dec 09, 2359 hours (Singapore time)

Credit: Art Institute of Portland

Most Secondary two students would have received your streaming results, stating the subject combinations for Sec 3 for year 2010, haven't you?
I hope you like the combination as you are going to eat, sleep and breathe those subjects.
For Secondary three students, I hope most if not all of you have been promoted to Sec 4. Pat yourself if you have done well. If you haven't done well, what are you going to do this holiday?
Regardless if you are Sec three or 'O' level students next year, are you ready to rock & roll?

We are excited for 2010!

You don't have to do everything during this holidays, you just need to do 1 - 2 right things while enjoying your break. I'm not even talking about doing your holiday assignments.

  • If your concepts aren't great, build them up by re-learning them!
  • If you aren't practicing enough, start working on sums, doing your five/ten years series!
  • If you hate the subject or have no interest, use this holiday to decide if you are intending to continue or give up, find time sit down and read about the subject, get a friend to explain the annoying concepts to you

“The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.”

If you like to experience learning with a difference, spend your holidays more meaningfully, enrich yourself in these 'O' level Math or Chemistry, we would like to extend the invitation to join us at our December Holiday Mastery Workshops & Essential Concepts Revision Programme!

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O level A-Math: Fatal Mistake In Logarithm Equation You Must Aviod

This is a common mistake I notice in my O level A-Math essential concepts revision workshop.

Solve the following equation:

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First, you must identify the type of question since different types of question require different strategies.
It's a different log-log question.
Strategy required: Change base.

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Change base formula used.
Reason for changing to base 2: Between changing to base 2 or x, we choose base 2 as x is an unknown, we choose not to work with THE unknown most of the time, don't we?

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Since we observe that there is a common term (log2 x),
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image Did you observe the fatal mistake (It's #7 Common mistake in Logarithm?

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The correct way to do the substitution would be:
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Solve the quadratic equation for y. Substitute the value back to find x.

Remember to check for validity of answers.

My Revision Workshop Covers 40% of the GCE 'O' Level A-Math Papers

Slide1 Many parents called me to ask "What is the workshop all about?"

Well, this workshop as the name suggests, Essential Concepts Revision Workshop, not Sec 4 jumpstart lessons (Differentiation and the the rest of the Sec 4 topics will be taught next year in the Ultimate Leap Programme)

Essential Concepts Revision Workshop will cover extensively the following modules

  • Surds
  • Indices
  • Logarithms
  • Quadratic Equations & Functions
  • Trigonometry (*All time "favourite"!)

If you happen to have the latest GCE 'O' level A-Math exam papers, 40% of the marks!( It's heavy) are solely devoted to testing students on the mentioned modules! All these are Sec 3 modules which students MUST have the solid foundation before they even talk about What's Up in Sec 4 A-Math.

More details are available here >>> http://www.WinnersEducation.com/holidaya-math.html

Sec 2 to Sec 3: How To Prepare Yourself For Additional Math

Maths class (and maths is my favourite subject!)Posting results of the subject combination would be released next week for many schools. It is a transitional period of the Secondary 2 to Secondary 3 (Grade 8 to Grade 9), from juniors, they become seniors of the schools.

Today, I'm going to talk about how you can prep yourself (mentally & physically) for an "additional" math subject, assuming you have selected to take up Additional Math as one of your 'O' level subject. If you are thinking of the consequences of not taking A-Math, you may want to read about it here.

Myths of A-Math (My seniors said A-Math ...)

A-Math is very tough, very difficult, very hard to understand, always fail, very different from Elementary Math (E-Math).., lots of formula to remember ... don't understand the concepts

Truths of A-Math

  • Just like E-Math, you just need to know the right strategies and constantly apply them.
  • It all boils down to linking up the basic concepts and sometimes cross topics (there are some topics which will require you to bring in the tools you have learnt previously)
  • There would be new topics which you will see it 1st time in your life, pay more attention to them. After all,just like when we meet someone new, we need more time to warm up to them compared to old friends ;-)
  • There are cross-over between E and A Math. So learning A-Math is advantageous to you as some of the basic concepts are already taught in E-Math

Topics You Must Prep Yourself (before school starts)

  1. Simultaneous Equations
  2. Similar Triangles
  3. Algebraic Rules
  4. Quadratic Graphs & Equations

By familiarizing yourself on these topics, you will have a smoother transition of having another Math subject.

I would love to hear from the Sec 4s (2009) on 'What advice would you give your seniors on preparing for A-Math?' Leave your comments in the section below. I'm sure your juniors would appreciate your opinions.

Update: Sec 2 to Sec 3: How To Prepare Yourself For Elementary Math