PPP Prototype Report

Group 4: Keane Ong Yap Yi Yang Xuan Wu Qi Cheng Zhi Bo Foo Toon Kai

Method of feedback:
Online Survey

Number of survey participants

36 participants consisting of:
Family Friends Relatives Teachers

Summary of feedback given

From a scale of one to five, how will you rate the potential success of our project?
Score: 1 2 3 4 5 No. of People: Percentage: 1 8 8 13 6 3% 22% 22% 36% 17%

Summary of feedback given

From a scale of one to five, do you think teenagers aged 13 are mature enough to choose their electives?
Score: 1 2 3 4 5 No. of People: Percentage: 3 7 10 11 5 8% 19% 28% 31% 14%

Summary of feedback given

From a scale of one to five, how stressful do you think the system will be?
Score: 1 2 3 4 5 No. of People: Percentage: 1 4 12 12 7 3% 11% 33% 33% 19%

Summary of feedback given

From a scale of one to five, do you think your child (or yourself) cope with the system?
Score: 1 2 3 4 5 No. of People: Percentage: 1 7 15 6 7 3% 19% 42% 17% 19%

Positive Feedback
1) Great success potential. 2) Great benefits if successful. 3) Students become free and are able to pursue their interest after 6 years.

Concerns/Prototype flaws
1) Too much stress = Unhealthy for a young child. 2) Most students do not know what their inclinations are until they have started the subject. 3) The system might compromise the quality of learning. 4) Vague definition of stress students currently face, will prototype bring more stress? 5) Give slower students added pressure. 6) Stress too high so it will not encourage lifeskills learning before the age of 13.

Suggestions by survey participants

1) Additional mini tests to keep in check the quality of the students work. 2) Spreading out exam period into more modular types. 3) Let students express their views from time to time. 4) Trim number of subjects taken in Secondary school. 5) More meticulous candidate selection. 6) Ask many questions and seek advice from experienced personnel who are in touch of the situation at the ground level. People who are on top for too long may lose touch of what is happening below.

Conclusion/How to improve
1) Ask for feedback from students and their parents from time to time on their progress. 2) Provide mini assessments for each module and have more meticulous candidate selection/feedback to tell what they are good in vs what they are interested in. 4) Start slow below the age of nine then teach in modules. Compress subjects better by giving more examples, concentrate on foundation of subjects and push more high order questions to electives instead. 5) Bring out definition of current stress in video and causes of these stress and relate to prototype. 6) After the six years of building the foundation, give talks on every elective before they choose the subjects and encourage learning for lifeskills instead of certificates.