Sunday, December 19, 2004
Mathematical precision
from izreloaded.com :
"Singapore students better than others
Singapore students are the best in Maths and Science as reported by The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003. It is the third comparison of mathematics and science achievement carried out since 1995 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international organization of national research institutions and governmental research agencies. TIMSS measures how well students acquired the mathematics and science knowledge that they have encountered in school. Primary four students in Singapore came out tops in the average mathematics scale scores of fourth-grade students. Second is Hong Kong and Japan. Singapore is also top in the average mathematics scale scores of eight-grade (secondary two) students. Korea is second while Hong Kong is third. Singapore students in those two age groups also came in first in the average science scale scores. Now, if only these kids grow up to be the next Einstein or Newton."
... (instead of emotional retards?)
*****
Bizarre
... is people playing Taboo reaching for film references to describe ordinary, everyday objects. (and taking two hundred words and approximately two thousand guesses in five seconds)
... and managing to guess what the word (eg gazebo / tricycle / pajamas) was.
Funny. I'd just have said "Bananas in...?"
Note to self : Never play taboo with Singapore Film Society members again. Ever.
"Singapore students better than others
Singapore students are the best in Maths and Science as reported by The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003. It is the third comparison of mathematics and science achievement carried out since 1995 by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international organization of national research institutions and governmental research agencies. TIMSS measures how well students acquired the mathematics and science knowledge that they have encountered in school. Primary four students in Singapore came out tops in the average mathematics scale scores of fourth-grade students. Second is Hong Kong and Japan. Singapore is also top in the average mathematics scale scores of eight-grade (secondary two) students. Korea is second while Hong Kong is third. Singapore students in those two age groups also came in first in the average science scale scores. Now, if only these kids grow up to be the next Einstein or Newton."
... (instead of emotional retards?)
*****
Bizarre
... is people playing Taboo reaching for film references to describe ordinary, everyday objects. (and taking two hundred words and approximately two thousand guesses in five seconds)
... and managing to guess what the word (eg gazebo / tricycle / pajamas) was.
Funny. I'd just have said "Bananas in...?"
Note to self : Never play taboo with Singapore Film Society members again. Ever.
