Thoughts on Education

Generally, expositions or expository essays are non-fiction pieces of writing with the purpose of informing the audience about a certain topic or issue. Thus, it is built on facts and a logical presentation of perspectives, rather than imagination and storylines. The question is, how exactly do you write a good expository essay? How can you [...]

When you are a young teen just learning algebra, it can feel like a whole new world. Yet, there is no running away from it because it is the foundation to so many other math topics in secondary school and beyond. So, if your child is having trouble making sense of algebra, or always making [...]

A few weeks back, the word of the internet in Singapore was none other than ‘UMBRAGE’. To many, it was an unfamiliar term, but the controversial context to the word’s usage surely made it stick. Just because of one news-worthy event, suddenly everyone knew the meaning of the word ‘umbrage’, and were using it everywhere. [...]

This is an interesting article on the Straits Times. -- Let's make reading a compulsory subject in our primary and secondary schools. In fact, let's make it examinable too. This idea might seem hare-brained at first glance. But I believe that it will transform us not only as individuals but also as a nation. The [...]

Glad to share the featured article on our tuition centre at Kiasu Parents homepage! Full article can be found from this link: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/tuition-group-size-matters -- Who are we: Many years ago when I was studying in one of Singapore’s top secondary schools in Singapore, Mathematics used to be my problem subject and I remember going for tuition [...]

This Four-Step Problem Solving Process has been proven to be an effective strategy to minimize the number of careless mistakes! George Polya was a Hungarian mathematician who made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He was known as the father of problem-solving as he outlined the problem-solving steps. The four [...]

How to overcome the problem of having careless mistakes in tests and exams? It is one of the most frequently asked questions by my students and parents. “My child knows everything but he/she makes too many careless in test/exam. How to avoid making so many careless mistakes” “I could do the questions but made careless [...]

There is always a discussion among educators that how the all round education should be like. My personal opinion is there are three very important areas that educators shall focus on: health, character and knowledge building. In our tuition centre, on top of emphasizing knowledge building, our tuition teachers also seize teachable moments to have [...]

There are quite a number of tuition centres in Singapore. Here are some advises on choosing a good tuition centre among them. But please keep in mind that the tuition fee must be high if a tuition centre can meet all of following. 1. Quality of Tuition Teachers Most of the tutors in the tuition centres [...]

Which quality should I look out for? There is no one magical quality that allows you to instantly make a good decision. However, there are definitely some qualities that are more important. Eventually, you will need to make a holistic assessment of all these qualities and select the tutor that is appropriate for your learning [...]