Month: January 2017

As a Junior College teacher, I would expect my H2 Math students to possess a certain level of algebraic manipulation capabilities. After all, in our school they needed to have done reasonably well in their O Level Math for us to allow them to take H2 Math. We expect at least a B3 for Additional … Continue reading Students and Bad Algebra

It's been two weeks into school/work this year, and as expected for a JC2 teacher, things have been nuts thus far. Classes have been tiring, marking has been piling up, and as a math teacher you also have to attend to all sorts of math related work (lesson planning, revision packages for students, test and … Continue reading Characteristics that some good teachers exhibit, and why I don’t

I can't do a blog about math education without tackling this mother of all math education questions. Specifically, I want to talk about the importance of a math education at the JC level (pre-university, 11th-12th grade for those in other education systems). I get this question every now and then, mostly from disillusioned students who … Continue reading Why study math?

A big welcome to those of you who found your way here! I have a very simple reason for setting up a blog: I always liked to write. But not just any kind of writing... I don't like to do formal writing, I don't like writing essays as a form of assessment. The type of … Continue reading Welcome to zhengmath.com!