AEIS Maths

Date: 3/06/2009

Day: Wednesday

Students present: Michael, William, Henry, Susan

Students absent: Noe Noe (sick)

Teacher (main and assistants): Lim Young

Subject: Maths

Topic: Introduction to Algebra

Concepts taught: I introduced them the fundamental concepts of algebra to them which is not a problem at all as they have already been exposed to them previously. Subsequently, I taught them how to translate words in algebra word problems into algebra expressions.

Example questions gone through: Worked examples in CASCO Maths 1A Chapter 4

Practice questions given: CASCO Maths 1A pg 88-93

Post-teaching

General comments of students: Students are generally much more well behaved. They are able to understand the concepts and have no major problems doing the questions.

Improvement points of students: Michael still has to improve on the quality of his work. As with the previous posting, he needs to strike the balance between speed and accuracy. Henry is doing fine and he just have to cut down on the minor mistakes. Susan has a lot of careless mistakes. On top of that, she had a some problems constructing sensible statements. I've already sat her down for a one to one guiding session and some improvement is observed. William is worrying as he seems to be unable to grasp what the word problems are trying to say. He has difficulty deciphering the language of the questions. He still has the 'dreaming' problem but has improved from previous lessons.

Homework given (including due date): Nil