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Singapore Came In First. Now Read The Second Paragraph.

Sep 9, 2026

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Mindset and Learning Philosophies

On 8 September, the headline went around Singapore the way it always does. First in reading. Second in mathematics. Second in science. Second in the new computational problem-solving assessment. Out o...

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What Does Freedom in Learning Looks Like?

Aug 24, 2026

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Mindset and Learning Philosophies

Freedom in learning is not the absence of school. Not the absence of exams. It's the ability to learn anything on your own terms, forever. To take on any subject, any skill, any domain, and know how t...

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I Use AI Every Day. Keep It Away from Your Child's Maths.

Apr 11, 2026

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Mindset and Learning Philosophies

I work with AI everyday. Build systems, brainstorm ideas, refine frameworks. But if today a parent were to come up to me ask if their child should be using AI for learning maths - my default answer is...

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DSA Gets Your Child In. Then What?

Apr 1, 2026

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Parenting and Education

DSA season is here again. Parents are researching schools, calculating options, enrolling children in targeted enrichment programmes — badminton, robotics, table tennis, olympiad mathematics — all in ...

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The Hardest Part of This Question Isn't the Maths.

Mar 4, 2026

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Maths Mastery

In my previous post , I wrote about what the public reaction to this question revealed about how we learn and teach Maths. The Minister was making a point about how PSLE Mathematics questions have evo...

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"Give Back To Teacher Liao..." - This Worries Me.

Mar 4, 2026

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Mindset and Learning Philosophies

Recently, Minister of Education Desmond Lee shared a PSLE Mathematics question during a session in Parliament. The question made its rounds quickly - shared across Facebook groups, Whatsapp chats, and...

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MathSifu Calculation Camp

Dec 11, 2025

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News and Updates

What exactly is going wrong? The moment students reach Primary 5 and calculators become allowed, something subtle but damaging happens: They depend on calculators for even the simplest sums. They drag...

Maths bootcamp calculation mathsifu primary

Dec 10, 2025

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News and Updates

Parents often tell me they have no idea what actually happens during tuition. They only see results, or the lack of them, and have to piece together the rest from vague tutor summaries and half-hearte...

The Wonders of Pi!

Dec 9, 2025

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Maths Mastery

What exactly is Pi? Pi (π) is the number you get when you divide a circle’s circumference by its diameter. Sounds simple, but this one ratio hides an entire universe of ideas behind it. Every circle, ...

Tips on choosing secondary schools!

Dec 9, 2025

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Parenting and Education

It's the time of the year again! Another new batch of students are preparing to enter the next phase of education - Secondary School! Are you ready? In the midst of all the frenziness in the education...

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The PUSH Method: How Students Should Actually Check Their Maths Paper

Dec 7, 2025

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Maths Mastery

Most parents tell their kids to “check your work”. Most students nod… and then stare blankly at the paper because they don’t know what that really means. Checking isn’t “redo every question”. Checking...

2025: The Year Everything Shifted

Dec 2, 2025

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Journal and Stories

It was the year MathSifu took shape. Not as a brand, but as a philosophy. The year I built systems I didn’t even know I was capable of building. The year mentorship replaced tuition. The year I stoppe...

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