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What started as a month-long lockdown has taken up the entire year. Thanks to our educator’s farsightedness, we entered the online classroom weeks ago, and hence are at a place of no major loss. Virtual learning has been challenging for both students and parents alike. Parents have replaced the role of teachers. Teachers only guide students to learn through materials that have been prepared through media. Parents are the ones who play an active role to teach their children at home. They have faced many challenges in this process of online learning such as limited time, the inadequacy of technical knowledge, balancing their WFH, and Home, etc. But it has been harder on the students, especially because while all the learning happens online, the exams are conducted offline. In the month of December, most of our kids are writing their pre-boards, for which, none of them have had any contact teaching. These exams are as stressful as they can get for a student of good bearing. Without classroom experience, pen and paper practice, and peer interaction, these exams can get extremely stressful The scanning, uploading, dysfunctional portals just add to the student’s hassle, elevating stress and alleviating scores. For the junior classes, the parent’s IT literacy becomes a big issue. Practically oriented subjects like Maths, Chemistry, physics, etc become more strenuous. In this unusual scenario, here is what you can do to get your child prepared to perform their best. 1. Before an online Exam: Prepare Know the test format What kind of questions will the instructor ask in the exam—multiple-choice, fill-ups, short answer, essays etc. Check your computer Verify all the correct hardware and software in advance. Make sure of an adequate Internet connection. Plan your time While writing, limit your time to that which will be allotted for the actual exam and decide how long you will spend on each question. Carve out a quiet test-taking spot with minimal distractions Turn off all notifications from IM, your phone, your email, and elsewhere. 2. During the Online Exam: Focus Clock your answers Set an alarm to notify you when you have limited time (e.g., 10 minutes) remaining in your testing period. Print and save copies of the test questions, and answers These will prove extremely helpful if you have technical problems during the test or if you encounter issues while submitting your answers. Don’t leave the test page Don’t use the same tab or the browser as you do for your exam —you may lose all your work. Open a second copy of the browser to search. Contact your Instructor In the case of technical problems, contact your instructor immediately, detailing the error messages. Take a screenshot of the error message as well. For most students, taking an online exam is a new and bewildering experience. They don’t know what to expect and aren’t certain of what skills and strategies will enable them to score their best. The online environment presents some challenges that warrant a bit of extra awareness and preparation. It is always better to be safe than sorry.

The Ministry of Education has declared that 2020-21 board exams will be held between May 4 and June 10 and results will be announced in July.  Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is yet to release the date sheet for Class 10 and 12. Meanwhile, CBSE Practical Exams 2020-21 will begin from 1st March 2021. However, no separate Practical Exam Admit Card will be released. You can get the entire date sheet at cbse.nic.in CBSE is expected to announce results by July 15, 2021.

Habits begin with a cue, or a trigger to act. Walking into dark room cues you to perform an action that will enable sight. Next comes a craving for a change in state – in this case, to be able to see. Then comes our response, or action – flicking the light switch. The final step in the process, and the end goal of every habit, is the reward. If your performance does not satisfy you, it becomes your trigger. Then rises the need to improve it, the techniques for which we discussed in our last article. But it is important to actively let go of those habits that interfere with newly formed productive ones. Increase friction for bad habits Despite having all the motivation to study, we get digressed as we have a habit of logging in 3 hours on social media or Netflix, or PS4. If you want to waste less time in front of the TV, unplug it and take the batteries out of the remote. Doing so will introduce enough friction to ensure you only watch when you really want to. Validation through apps My all-time favorite is Forest. It functions by allowing you to plant a tree, which will grow with every half hour you spend avoiding your phone. Should you stray from the app, it’ll kill your tree, which may seem inconsequential but you get surprisingly invested. It’s actually incredibly sweet to expand your forest, knowing that everyone represents thirty minutes of hard work. Immediate-return environment Our brains are wired into the immediate-return environment of earlier humans, who weren’t thinking about long-term returns like saving for retirement or sticking to a diet. They were focused on immediate concerns like finding their next meal, seeking shelter. So when you are pursuing habits with a delayed return, try to attach some immediate gratification to them. Eg. when you have decided upon increasing your study time by 30 minutes every day, it will not make a difference in tomorrow’s class test. But if you miss the 30 minutes, that will gratify you. Replace this gratification with putting in 10/- in a jar every time you make the 30 minutes cut. This practice will give you 300 bucks at the end of the month which you can spend on whatever you like. In motion vs taking action “The most effective form of learning is practice, not planning” James Clear, Author, Atomic Habits Sitting to strategize your syllabus, making a schedule, downloading mock tests, forming a group study are all ‘being in motion’. While this is useful, it does not produce results on its own. No matter how many routines you form, you’ll not increase your score incoming exams if you don’t actively engage in studying and memorizing. Starting on schedule, finishing the target exercises of a chapter is taking action. It is producing results by getting off stuff from your to-do list and honing your skills. Student’s Takeaway The aggregation of marginal gains, suggests that there is a tiny margin of improvement in everything you do. Since bad habits interfere in developing good ones, it is important that we get rid of them.

Hi, I wanted to attend the seminar for Stress-Free Problem Solving in Grades 9 & 10 Is there a recorded video I can still watch? It was yesterday and I had forgotten to register before time. Thank you

In a tweet by the MoE, The Central Board of Secondary Education has launched a Mathematics practice book on its official website. It is designed for students of class 7 to 10. The Mathematical Literacy: Practice Book will help students examine the problems related to real-life situations and help them solve such problems. The Mathematics Workbook is designed in such a way that students can understand the concepts by themselves and solve the mathematical problems with minimal support from teachers or parents. The book also provides an opportunity for students to explore their reasoning and quantitative skills. Since CBSE reducing the syllabus by 30%, this is the first insight into what the changed syllabus pattern question papers would look like. Get it at http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Manuals/math-literacy.pdf

Amidst the pandemic, CBSE has issued a spree of circulars announcing changes in the exam pattern, beginning session 2020-21. The most important ones are: Case Study Based Questions that will hold > 20% weightage in the assessment. Assertion-Reason based problems that will hold 10% weightage in assessment A decrease in the number of long answer type questions. 14 objective type questions ( MCQs, VSA type) and 10 very short answer type question will account for close to 25% weightage in assessment An overall increase in the number of question asked A choice in Basic or standard maths Let’s look at them in detail and what they mean for your child Case study questions There will be 2 questions worth 8 marks out of 80 No resources (books, ebooks, etc.). Will be application-based hence rote learning won’t suffice Would be multi-layered and require a comprehensive understanding of how one part of the syllabus is relevant to the other How to score well? Questions based on a given case study are normally taken from real-life situations. These are certainly related to the concepts provided in the textbook but the plot of the question is always based on a day-to-day life problem. There will be all MCQs or objective questions only based on the case study. So, the case-based questions can be answered as a very short answer. Many parents are unaware of how the MCQs are answered. Here are a few pointers that all parents/teachers should know: Step by step solution is not required in MCQ type questions. The student should tick/write down the correct option only. Writing a complete solution is nothing but a wastage of time. Students will not get extra marks for writing a complete solution. For the board examiner, writing a complete solution is part of the rough work only. Most of the time, you need not solve the MCQ completely to get the correct option. You can start thinking in reverse order and choose the best fit option. 2. Assertion- Reasoning Based Questioned The new pattern that has been introduced gives a heavy 25% weightage to objective type questions in all subjects. That means, Out of 80 marks, 20 marks will be assigned to this new bracket of questions i.e Multiple Choice Questions, Assertion-Reason Based, Case study based questions, Fill in the Blanks, etc. Subjective questions where students need to write a detailed answer will carry only 60 marks under the new pattern. The long answer type questions have reduced in number and weightage. Hence, it has become necessary to study between and lines with minute details to answer objective type questions. How to score well? Read thoroughly A lot of students skip this utterly important part, taking it as easy, but always read the question carefully to understand the assertion statement. Then, figure out whether the reason statement is true or not. Once you feel you have found the correct answer, read both the given statements once more. Then select the option that you think is right. Think of each statement independently Evaluate the given statements independently to figure out the correct answer. In certain questions, the reason provides the correct explanation for the given assertion statement, while in others it does not. If your concepts are clear, you will be able to quickly spot the inaccuracy in the explanation and select the correct answer. You need to think logically and use your conceptual understanding to analyze the scenario before answering assertion questions. Practicing assertion questions with CBSE Class 10 practice tests Assertion questions can be confusing. You need to know the meaning of the options available to get the answer right. Here, practice tests can be useful. Just reading tips on answering may not be effective. Tips are great for developing your own strategies to tackle the exam questions. If you practise CBSE Class 10 assertion questions, you will improve your thinking abilities. Once your practice test results are available, check whether you happen to lose marks due to lack of conceptual knowledge, overconfidence or lack of focus resulting from nervousness. 3. Standard vs Basic maths - How to choose? Basic maths The overall difficulty level was EASY The QP had 40 questions in 4 sections with Internal choice. To excel in Basic maths, be through with your NCERT and Exemplar. You don’t have to necessarily do help books or RS/RD. You can also have a look at the Practice book that CBSE released for Grade 7 to 10. But that is not mandatory at the Basic level. In addition to that, you must go through the Sample Papers with the lastest 30% cut in the syllabus, that CBSE released on its official website. Basically, the NCERT along with SQP would be enough to score well in Grade 10 Basic Mathematics. Standard Maths The overall difficulty level was EASY to MODERATE Most of the questions were from last year To excel in Standard maths, you should be through with the NCERT. You should also thoroughly practice the official Practice book CBSE released lately. It becomes mandatory at the standard level. You should also practice the important concepts from RD Sharma or any other help-book you think fits better on your question paper setting or curriculum. In addition to that, you must go through the Sample Papers with the lastest 30% cut in the syllabus, that CBSE released on its official website. Basically, the NCERT, CBSE practice book, important concepts from RD, along with SQP would be enough to score well in Grade 10 standard Mathematics. In conclusion, Choose Maths Basic if you want to: Take Humanities in Class 11 and 12 Take Commerce without Maths in Class 11 and 12 Take any non-maths course after Class 12 - like Design, Animation, Humanities Choose Maths Standard if you want to: Take Commerce with Maths in Class 11 and 12 Take Science in Class 11 and 12 Give IIT-JEE or Medical Exams (NEET) To do any Engineering course after Class 12 To do CA, CS after Class 12 Want to go to Medical Field after Class 12 4. A decrease in the number of long answer type questions 14 objective type questions ( MCQs, VSA type) and 10 very short answer type questions will account for close to 25% weightage in the assessment. Long answer type questions have reduced. These are completely new types of questions, the sole purpose of which is evaluating your understanding of the subject to its core along with its application in a never-studied-before scenario. This will also be a hit for those children who pull through by simply memorizing answers. If your concepts are clear, you will be able to quickly spot the inaccuracy in the explanation and select the correct answer.

Important Changes in Paper Pattern Pull up your socks as CBSE introduces never seen before changes in its question paper patterns. In the English question paper then you will find that about fifty percent of questions are multiple-choice questions. MCQs might be cut out in CBSE 12th Biology Question Paper 2021. Students will find more Assertion & Reason and Case-Study based questions, especially in Physics Question Paper. There is also an increase in case-study based questions in the 12 Maths paper. You must have a look at the latest sample papers to look at the specific marks distribution at http://cbseacademic.nic.in/SQP_CLASSX_2020-21.html

The Central Board of Secondary Education has released new sample papers with the marking scheme for the upcoming Board Exam 2021which are prepared according to the reduced CBSE syllabus. Students can now actually prepare according to the pattern followed in the sample papers and get to know the format of questions as well as the CBSE Marking Scheme that will help to know the pattern of distribution of marks across different answers. The marking scheme is very useful to know the right criteria for scoring. CBSE Sample Papers for Major Subjects + Marking Scheme CBSE Class 10 Basics Maths Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 Basics Maths Marking Scheme 2021 CBSE Class 10 Standard Maths Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 Standard Maths Marking Scheme 2021 CBSE Class 10 Science Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 Science Marking Scheme 2021 CBSE Class 10 Social Science Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 Social Science Marking Scheme 2021 CBSE Class 10 Hindi A Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 Hindi A Marking Scheme 2021 CBSE Class 10 Hindi B Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 Hindi B Marking Scheme 2021 CBSE Class 10 English (Language & Literature) Sample Paper 2021 CBSE Class 10 English (Language & Literature) Marking Scheme 2021