‘We want to honour our students’ responses’: Chief marker lifts veil on PSLE marking process

‘We want to honour our students’ responses’: Chief marker lifts veil on PSLE marking process

He believes that children should analyze and comprehend the possibilities in the questions more effectively.

” For instance, you have a photo of an empirical set- up. They need to … see how this established- up is related to a principle that they’ve learnt”, he cited.

The best way to do this is to take the time to understand what kind of response is expected, as he said in any exam papers, as opposed to” jump into responding too quickly.”

According to the document requirements that we have, I believe there is enough time for our kids to do that well.

10. WHAT HELP DO Will HE GIVE PICTURES TO PARENTS AND PUPILS?

Virtually speaking, if children find a specific topic challenging and are stuck, they may move on to more common concerns, which can serve as a confidence boost, Mahardale advised.

Likewise, if they” spend too much time trying to tackle a problem”, it may sprout their confidence,” and they might not be comfortable in tackling the rest of the queries”.

“( Exam ) planning and time management is definitely something that we teach our kids”, he said.

If children are stuck on mathematics issues in particular, his advice is to try their best to” exhibit some form of understanding”, since scars may be awarded for process.

He noted that the PSLE is an “important milestone” for children and “high bets” for the parents who see it as” an opportunity to ( give their children ) good secondary school options”.

But his view is that the PSLE “is n’t an end point” but a” checkpoint”. ” It’s an opportunity for us to apply the things we’ve learnt in primary school ( as ) best we can”, he said.