Singapore Education Summit 2010

June holiday is coming and for those of you parents who are looking for something meaningful to do with your childern, there will be a Singapore Education Summit 2010 at Singapore Expo on 5th & 6th June 2010 organized by Edvalue Pte Ltd.

I believe this is a good forum to help parents and students understand more about how important self motivation is in education and how to develop this sense of self motivation in the students. They will also introduce some studying techniques and skill that might beneficial for all of you students out there. I would encourage parents to bring their children along to this summit to understand more about your kids education.

For those of you who are interested, you can find out more about the Singapore Education Summit 2010 here.

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The secret to doing well in exams

I am so sorry it has been awhile since i have any posting.

Today in this article I am going to share with all of you, parents and students, the secret to doing well in exams. Well strictly speaking it’s not really a secret. It’s an important aspect of education that most people know but have often neglected. Actually, most schools in Singapore have also failed to realize this important aspect in the past. Recently, some schools have been trying to include this aspect of education into their curriculum. Curious on what it is? Well let me go right into it.

I believe that most of you have read a lot about studying techniques, tricks and tips to help you do well in exams. You may have also learned or heard about them from your teachers, parents and tuition teachers. In fact I have also advocated some good studying/exams tips and techniques to my student during my Singapore physics tuition lesson and in my physics tuition blog. All these knowledge are all good and informative. However, are all these information and knowledge useful to you? It will be if you put them into action. This information will remain as just information if you don’t take any action.

So what’s the secret to doing well in exam? The answer is simple. It is to take action. Not just any action, its action derived from self motivation! Yes this is the most important part of education; the motivation to study and excel. It is only with this motivation that can sustain the student action’s to study when they are faced with other temptation (like television, computers) or difficulties.

I can tell whether my students will score an A in their physics exam or not by seeing if they are motivated to learn. Most of the time during my physics tuition lesson, I will be trying to arouse interest in the students so that they will want to know more about the subjects and from there derive the motivation to learn. It does not matter if the student is clever or not. If he is clever, it will probably be easier for him to understand the things that are taught and it will be faster for him to learn. But for those that are not as clever, it will just take them more effort and longer to learn. But as long as they are motivated to learn and are genuinely interested to learn, they will definitely score well in exams.

So how do you fire up your kid’s interest to study and get them motivated? Or how do you as a student motivate yourself to study? What I can tell you for sure is that It is not easy. It requires constant coaching and reminding. I am not an expert in motivation but some of the common techniques I employ during my physics tuition include making the subjects interesting for my student to learn. Also I encourage them to set goals so that they have a clear target where they can get satisfaction from achieving it.

So this is the secret to doing well in exams. As long as you can motivate yourself to study, I am sure you will excel in whatever subjects you want to.

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The Last Lecture

I dedicated this post to the best lecture i have ever seen. And yes i have attended hundreds of lectures during my studies and i can say this is the most inspiring lecture i have ever heard. That is why i am here to share it with people who have not seen it yet. It is a bit long but i am sure most of you will sit through it. So sit back and enjoy this wonderful lecture.



My greatest thanks to Randy Pausch for this wonderful and inspiring delivery. Rest Well and God bless your family.

Added (March 28th 2010)
Just wanted to add some take away i have from this lecture.

1)Life is not about what you achieve in the end that matters. What's important is the journey you go through in achieving that goal. If you have seen this lecture, the greatest and most valuable lessons he learned comes from the dream he never really did achieve.

So don't focus on the failing part of that failed test or exams. Look and focus at the valuable lessons that you got out of it instead.

2)There's always a wall that stops you from achieving your dream. And this wall is good as it is a test to see how bad you really want to achieve that dream. It is good as well since it filter out those people that are not really serious so that you get less competitors.

Don't be discourage if you meet with some difficulties or problem as you are working towards your goal. They are merely there to test how bad you really want it.

3)If you give a person enough time, you will see their good side. I find this very true and i truly believe that if you devote enough time and patience in to every child, you will eventually see that they are capable.

This is a good point to take home for all parents and teachers. Give your child and students enough time and patience and you will be surprised what they are capable of.

Please leave me a comment and share with me on your thoughts and take home after seeing The Last Lecture as well.


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3 techniques to a better physics results.

Again I am going to share some simple studying techniques and methods that I have encouraged my physics tuition student to adopt. These are studying and revision techniques that can help you study more effectively and efficiently.
The 3 methods are as follows:

Revision - Always do constant revision. If you have the time, do it consistently, everyday if possible. If not, at the minimum I will tell my student to at least understand the previous topics taught before the lesson on the next topics begins. This is so that you can catch up with the lesson. You don’t want to sit in class and not understand anything that the teacher is saying because you are unsure about the previous topics. You will be wasting your time if that’s the case. Then you will be spending more time to catch up with the previous topics and the current topics. That will be more ineffective and inefficient right?

Marking down – Always mark down questions that you find challenging and you have difficulty doing. This can really help you saves a lot of time when it comes to revision. You can zoom right to the question that you find difficult and challenging and recap what you don’t quite understand the last time round. You can then quickly remember how to solve these problems. Usually you can learn a lot from questions that you have difficulty doing as they exposes the concepts that you are unclear of. So going straight to those questions can help you revise those concepts faster and easier.

Make notes – Always make notes as you are studying and revising. You can also start making your own notes as the teacher is teaching. Write down small notes to help you understand that concepts or topics. When you are revising and studying, you can reinforce these notes with more points to strengthen your understanding. Doing these not only helps you to understand and remember a concept more clearly, it also helps you to create your own study notes where you can get the main points on any topics quickly and efficiently.

The methods above may require some practice and getting used to. I would suggest trying it slowly for maybe one subject and get used to it first. When you get accustomed to these techniques, you can then adopt them for other subjects. The 3 methods above which I often inculcate in my physics tuition student may seem to be little things. But I am sure that they can help you to save time and study more effectively which means you will have more time for yourself.

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Physics Tuition - Moment 2

I am sure many of the students out there complained about physics being a boring subject. And i am sure that you all detest going for your physics classes or Physics Tuition. Well here's a video that i hope can change that.

After the revision on Moment in my previous post, here is an interesting video showing moment in practice.



I know this may look impossible and you must be thinking now that there is definitely some sort of camera trick involved. But if you know physics, you will realize that this is a beautiful trick making wonderful use of the center of gravity of the various objects and the principle of moment.

Personally, i feel that physics is the most interesting subjects as it deals with our everyday life. Everything and anything happening around us is physics. Well, I hoped that this video on physics tricks with moment can interest you people out there.


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Physics Tuition - Moment

Moment is one of the most interesting topics in my Physics tuition. Many students have difficulty understanding the calculations for moment. Well i have found a video which gives a good concepts on moment. This should serve as a good supplement for your physics class lessons. You can leave me a comment or email if you have any questions on this.



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A good tutor for physics tuition?

How can you find a good tutor for your physics tuition? Well here are some of the factors of a good tuition teacher.

1. A good physics tutor is able to explain complex and difficult physics concept in a simple way so that you can understand. If you are having trouble understanding what your physics tuition teacher is talking about, i am guessing that its time to change.

2. A good physics tutor should be able to help you "visualize" physics. Since physics is about physical phenomenon and what is common in our daily lives, it should be a lot easier for you to understand physics if you can visual it.

3. A good physics tutor should be able to point out what you are strong and weak in. He should be able to understand what method are more effective for you to learn. In additional to that, he should be able to motivate you to learn.

I am talking about physics tuition and tutors here but i am sure that it is more or less application to many science and math subjects.

To finish off, I have one last point to add if you have a good physics tutor. You have to look forward to physics tuition. If you are dragging your feet to go for tuition, then i would suggest you rethink if the tutor is right for you.

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Physic Tuition

If you have any physic questions you cannot answer please send me an email or leave a comment.

Any concepts that you are not clear with. Example: Whats moment, electromagnetism etc. Just send me an email or comment and i will try my best to explain to all of you.

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