phase 1 - Topical skillset approach
Assess
Student's Capabilities
Introduce
Fundamental Study Skills
Teach Secret Shortcut Strategies
Topical Tricks
Apply Secret Shortcut Strategies
Topical Questions
Conclude
Reflect on Material Learned
phase 2 - Examination Skillset Approach
Assess
Student's Past Performance
Introduce
Fundamental Study Skills
Breakdown
Past-Year Papers
Examination Tricks
Apply Secret Shortcut Strategies
Past-Year Papers
Conclude
Reflect on Material Learned
OUR SUCCESSFUL TEACHING MODEL
SOE will undertake to use tools and impart skills that will help SOE students learn more effectively.
study guides
Our courses aim to simplistically prepare students for their examinations. SOE does this by closely adhering to evolving MOE syllabuses so as to keep abreast with latest national examination criteria. We adopt an unique approach in designing the curriculum to give students a competitive edge at their respective schools, with a strong focus on skills building, quick conceptualisations, fundamental memory techniques and examination applications.
FUN LESSONS
Whether we are a parent or a student, we all had that ineffective teacher – the one who speaks in a monotonous voice and reads aloud from the textbook. Yawn! And as direct or indirect result, the student’s grades plummet free-fall style. At SOE, our coaches are all passionate about their subject matter. We strongly believe that teachers play a vital role in a students’ academic success in their methods of presenting their work and imparting real skills to retain information. In addition, learning should NEVER be boring! Hence, we are always working hard to create an environment that keeps students stimulated and engaged. Have fun and learn more with SOE!
STUDy MATERIAL
The purpose of study guides is to have a simplified and visually-organised version of textbook and subject material so that you can increase your comprehension and retention of large amounts of information. SOE provides such condensed course notes that are based on actual past-year national examination questions. This is done to reduce wasted effort sifting through the chunk textbooks and to straightaway foster meaningful connections with critical thinking.
PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODS
It has been SOE’s aspiration and wish to spoon-feed every single one of our students with concise and efficient shortcut strategies to handle any tedious topics and questions. We help students identify and understand a problem, deconstruct and develop an effective solution to resolve it. We had over the years, invented numerous dynamic and powerful step-by-step problem-solving guides, specially created for our students each time someone had demonstrated difficulty in fulfilling a particular question.
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
It is better to teach students how to fish for themselves so that they can ultimately be more self-sufficient as they scale higher tertiary levels. SOE teaches our students analysis techniques to tackle difficult questions during practice, tests and examinations. We want students to able to conceive their own step-by-step approaches to solve problems by applying logical thinking to decode complex sections or concepts into simpler component parts.
COGNITIVE TRAINING
Many top students are neither super-smart nor super-hardworking – they merely possess efficient study methods that cut down the needed time and effort that have to invested to achieve good grades. At SOE, we teach students scientifically-proven study techniques to maximise their brain and memory power. These cumulatively help to boost their confidence as well as concentration, and to push information from their short-term to long-term memory. We want to improve our students’ learning abilities!
ORGANISATION SKILLS
Preparation is vital to success in exams. Like Benjamin Franklin said it best, “By failing to prepare, you prepare to fail.” However, most students find it difficult to manage their preparation because they all have not been adequately-trained – they have only been asked to study but they have not been shown how. We think that it is important for educators to deliver advice for students to prioritise their inputs to achieve maximum academic output. Our SOE coaches will step in to help deliver little tips for students to regulate how to they should compile their notes as well as to help induce ground-breaking plans for students to draw up their own personal timed schedules with objectives.
EXAMINATION STRATEGIES
Most industrious students use “Eat. Sleep. Study. Repeat.” strategies to help them keep pace throughout the year, but they often involve employing breakbacking work ethics alongside monk-like self-discipline. While our SOE coaches push students to work hard, it is important that students work smarter in the first place so that they can enjoy other aspects of their academic years. We teach students how to study and how to take examinations, which incidentally is not taught at mainstream schools and other tuition centres.
