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4justice 发表于 9-10-2012 22:05
觉得国内移民的寻求这些GEP补习的还没搞清GEP的难点在哪里。其实难对国内移民来说难点就在英文而不是其它 ...

一定能考上的，看好你的女儿。英文好，不容易哩。

vivocity2010

毛絮  新加坡的精英 --- 蛮少的, 还是那句话, 新移民的子女最精英, 父母更是棒  发表于 7 小时前

你有点小看本地的孩子了！:$新加坡本地的精英孩子不少哦！讲句实话GEP的班上多是本地孩子！:victory:
很多本地的中产家庭对孩子的教育可不是一般的重视，你去怕输网看看就知道了！

jjrchome

Gifted Education - How to prepare

I took the GEP test when i was in Pri 3 back in 1993 and i passed both rounds and went on into the Gifted education programme in Rosyth. At that time they only accepted 200 kids or 0.5% of the cohort as compared to the 1% and 400 kids they admit nowadays.

First of all, i wish to point out that the GEP tests are actually a measure of your child's reasoning and analytical ability through such exercises like

1) "Critical Reading"
2) "Analogies"
3) "Arithematic" reasoning
4) "Geometric" reasoning

Just to name a few. These exercises in the GEP test do not presume that you child has advanced his academic  knowledge (in Maths and English) past the primary 3 or 4 level. As i had pointed out earlier, the GEP test is designed to test your child's innate reasoning and analytical ability when faced with problems or information that your child has supposedly not faced before. In other words, the GEP test is quite like what they call the "IQ" test.

I have heard of tuition/workshops being offered to help train your kids to ace the GEP test. I have also seen with my own eyes "supposed" past year GEP exam questions being passed around amongst parents. I would like to take the opportunity to highlight some pointers.

1) The theory most GEP trainers go by is that you CAN boost (however slight) your child's chance of entering the GEP by getting him to practice and drill their "GEP or IQ" style questions. They feel that by familiarizing the child with those type of questions and the concepts/methods required to solve such questions, the child would not panic when faced with similar questions in the actual GEP test and have a ready store of methods/tricks to solve them. However just how much would the "practice" would boost the scores by is debatable. The GEP department at MOE has stated before that your can't get into the GEP by drilling for their tests because they are testing for the child's innate reasoning and analytical ability. I would tend to agree with the MOE's stand that you can't really train for such a test. But that's just my opinion. You'll have to consult teachers or staff teaching in the GEP schools for further information in that area.

2) I would like to caution parents about the problems that you and your child might encounter if your child gets into the GEP with all the training and whats not and realize that he/she was just not meant for it. I should know. I was one of those who somehow found my way into the GEP (without much training i must add, though i did love doing IQ maths and puzzles when young). Once in the GEP, though i was good in maths, i was literally ripped to shreds by the punishing English syllabus that i was put through (i came from a Chinese-educated Singaporean family). It did "wonders" for my self-esteem and its not something i would like to go through again. Its quite something to go from getting high nineties to just 30's and 40's for my English tests once i made the switch from the mainstream to the GEP. How i managed to pull through was sheer hard work, lots of reading and the good old BBC world service. This again is something that you can find out more about from parents whose children are already in the GEP.

3) Though i currently tutor some GEP and "High-ability" kids, i would never "train" children for the GEP even if i am asked to do so (i have received several such requests over the years). I feel that everyone has their own abilities and strengths and its pointless to train for and get into something that the child is not cut out for. I hasten to add that this is just my opinion based on my own GEP experience and my tutoring of GEP kids over the years. I would think its better to talk to other parents and educators to get a more complete picture about the Gifted Education Programme.

I hope that was useful.

Zhou Shicai


P.S I would like to share this quote :

“Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” -Albert Einstein

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注：作者是一位补习老师，专门为小五和小六GEP学生补习数学（为PSLE做准备）。

vivocity2010

jjrchome 发表于 10-10-2012 09:45
Gifted Education - How to prepare

I took the GEP test when i was in Pri 3 back in 1993 and i passed ...

These exercises in the GEP test do not presume that you child has advanced his academic  knowledge (in Maths and English) past the primary 3 or 4 level. As i had pointed out earlier, the GEP test is designed to test your child's innate reasoning and analytical ability when faced with problems or information that your child has supposedly not faced before. In other words, the GEP test is quite like what they call the "IQ" test.

讲得太好了！

GEP 考试不是靠小3~4 数学，英文的知识， GEP 考的是分析问题，解决问题的能力！

vivocity2010

毛絮  讲真的 很多重视的不太对方向,  发表于 8 分钟前

觉得你有点片面了！你没有看过真正的精英家庭对孩子教育的重视！:victory:

vivocity2010

毛絮  这个英文 基本是不能严格区分小三四五or whatever  发表于 9 分钟前

其实和英文木有关系，就像当年儿子的英文不是一般的烂，但也能考上GEP！

wd369

vivocity2010 发表于 10-10-2012 10:50
其实和英文木有关系，就像当年儿子的英文不是一般的烂，但也能考上GEP！ ...

GEP录取标准可能类似常见标准, 按总分来排行录取,但有单科最低分要求,甚至不同科目题目不同权重.
2试共考4门,英文,英文GA,数学,数学GA, 英文GA和英文的考核点不同,这样英文差也只是1/4的不足,其它几门好,总分就上来了.

不过,现在和3年5年前有明显不同了,以前可能出题水平还不高,可能靠奥数和超前学习可以过关,但现在国内精英及子女越来越多,教育部在录取GEP肯定会在这上面有些限制.
一方面是加大题目的灵活性,减弱超前学习的优势, 另一方面是提高英文考核水平, 提高门槛.