For this week, the section which I covered is mainly standard form for the Sec 3E classes. Generally, most students are able to convert from standard form to ordinary notation and vice versa without much problems. There are very weak students who need a lot of practise and revision for their previous maths concepts and thus they find anything new difficult to grasp. As this section tends to be quite dry, worksheets with short stories were given to students and they were required to answer a number of questions (sort of like a comprehension for them, but in maths form). The students find it a change and they are able to enjoy the stories while learning how to perform the various operations on standard form too.
For their lesson on Thursday, I was away for competition so I prepared a surprise class test on Indices. Some are able to do quite well for the test while others have totally forgotten the laws of indices once we start on standard form. I personally feel that these students lack practise and do not revise their work regularly. Perhaps I would get these group of students to stay back every week to reinforce the concepts they have learnt for the various chapters and drill them with practices so they do not forget how to tackle the different problems given.
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