Content and Language Mastery

IP students will be introduced to a new component — the application question — and trained in the examination requirements for the component.

Students will improve their grammar knowledge and skills by practising grammar drills, editing and sentence reconstruction exercises. Students will also learn how sentence structure, tone and punctuation shapes meaning in a variety of texts.

Comprehension, summary and critical thinking passages which cover a wide range of general knowledge topics and current affairs help students develop a global perspective and build their content knowledge for use in their essays. These topics include:

• technology and science
• global issues and social trends
• case studies of inspirational figures

Skills and Techniques

Build on essential skills for mastering the key examinable components of summary, comprehension and composition. These include:

• honing summary skills by learning to paraphrase ideas and concepts rather than paraphrasing word for word
• improving comprehension skills through error analysis and answer precision
• building writing skills to show maturity of thought and nuance in writing

Students are also trained in their time management skills through practice tests in simulated exam conditions.

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Content Mastery

• Cover topics such as Equations and Inequalities, Indices and Surds, Polynomials and Partial fractions and Binomial expansions
• Learn about the amplitudes and periodicities of trigonometric graphs
• Lean how to use trigonometric identities, addition formula, double-angle formula, and R formula to simplify and solve trigonometric equations
• Discover how the sine and cosine functions relate to sciences, including the propagation of sound waves
• Study how to find the equation of a circle, and the area and perimeter of a rectilinear figure in a coordinate plane

Skills and Techniques

• Hone their skills in manipulating symbolic representations of exponential, indicial, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions
• Learn to prove that two trigonometric expressions are identical using identities and formulae
• Extend the ability to visualise and represent lines to curves and circles defined by algebraic equations on a graph
• Acquire analytical and communication skills that will enable them to make inferences, draw logical conclusions and evaluate solutions

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Content Mastery

• Cover new topics such as Indices and Standard Form, Coordinate Geometry, Graphs of Functions and Graphical Solutions, Further Trigonometry and its Applications, Circular Measure, Area and Volume of Similar Figures and Solids and Geometrical Properties of Circles.
• Revise and expand knowledge on topics from the lower secondary Mathematics syllabus

Skills and Techniques

• Learn how to integrate existing knowledge from lower secondary with upper secondary topics in order to tackle questions
• Build a strong foundation in conceptual knowledge
• Hone their presentation skills and answering techniques
• Acquire analytical and communication skills that will enable them to make inferences, draw logical conclusions and evaluate solutions

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Content Mastery

• Master upper secondary topics such as Excretion and Homeostasis

Skills and Techniques

• Learn strategies to remember and recall facts, understand and apply concepts, and analyse experiment-based questions
• Manage essay questions and learn how to provide comprehensive and coherent answers
• Engage in hands-on experiments to acquire the dexterity required for laboratory techniques

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Content Mastery

• Revise and expand knowledge on topics from the lower secondary Chemistry syllabus

Skills and Techniques

• Learn how to integrate existing knowledge from lower secondary with upper secondary topics in order to tackle questions
• Get ample practice with a variety of question types from the school syllabus
• Receive feedback on their progress in terms of application of knowledge and skills
• Conduct experiments such as titration and qualitative analysis to hone experimental skills and laboratory techniques

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Content Mastery

• Learn new topics such as Kinematics, Pressure, Thermal Properties of Matter, General Wave Properties and Electromagnetic Spectrum

Skills and Techniques

• Receive a formal introduction to experimental skills such as conducting experiments and recording observations
• Learn to analyse the results and form appropriate conclusions
  
• Handle information and solve problems by locating, organising and presenting information, manipulating numerical and other data and presenting reasoned explanations for observations

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