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SINGAPORE AND ASEAN SCHOOLS MATH OLYMPIAD 2009 (SASMO)
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Finally, there is a Math Olympiad that will truly stretch and motivate your math students. Over 1000 students including 112 students from Indonesia joined our SASMO contests in 2008. Our contest dates in April 2008 benefited many Primary 6 students who won our awards and used their results to apply for Direct School Admissions (DSA).
Objective:
SASMO is devoted and dedicated to bringing a love for Mathematics to students. Unlike most Math Olympiads, SASMO caters to students in the top 40%. It aims to stimulate students’ interest and enthusiasm for problem solving and to develop their mathematical intuition and logical thinking. This can also help improve the students’ school math grades because they apply problem solving strategies learnt during the training to their school math.
HISTORY
Created in 1977 by the late Dr. George Lenchner, an internationally known Math educator, the Math Olympiads went public in the U.S. in 1979. Over 150,000 students from 5,000 teams worldwide participate in the Olympiads.
SASMO is an affiliate of Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools, USA (MOEMS, www.moems.org) and there are similar affiliates in Columbia, Iceland, Australia (APSMO), Philippines and India.
SASMO award trophies, collar pins, medallions and certificates to the top 30% (both individual and team). Your encouragement and recognition of the importance of the Olympiad goals will help your students enjoy the Olympiad program as well as make progress in becoming a problem solver. |
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Students must take BOTH contests run in 2 sessions on Thursday, April 2 and 30, 2009 so that results will be released by May 15 for students to use their results to apply for Direct School Admissions (DSA). |
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The Contests will be held in your school and no travelling is required. These contests provide an incentive for students to intensify their study of Mathematics. Entry cost is $18 per pupil (School sign-up), and $22.00 for private candidates. |
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ABOUT NOBLE-EDUCATION.com PTE LTD and “SASMO”
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Noble Education.com Pte Ltd is the largest distributor of educational games to schools. Noble has been appointed by MOEMS, a non-profit organisation to set-up and run the ASEAN affiliate. Noble has created the Singapore & Asean Schools Math Olympiads (SASMO) to run competitions across Asean and developed a website, to run this programme.
Joseph Yeo, an NIE Math Lecturer and teacher trainer has edited the Math Olympiad – Contest Problems (Asean Edition) and included some new approaches to problem solving.
Noble now also offers Math Olympiad Training / Math Olympiad Contests at very competitive prices. |
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| Contests and Workshop: |
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Contests papers will be sent to your school one week before the contest dates. We will collect back the papers from your school. No travelling is required for the students. These contests provide an incentive for students to intensify their study of Mathematics. |
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The workshops are optional. Our SASMO coaches will prepare your students to solve interesting problems individually and within their groups. The problem set includes challenging but not too difficult problems so as not to discourage novice problem solvers (see attached examples). Students will be introduced to higher-order strategies and more advanced mathematical ideas to help them solve problems. They will experience the satisfaction, fun and thrill of discovery associated with creative problem solving. |
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What you get when you sign up for the SASMO Contests: |
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All 25 problems and detailed solutions from the previous year. New enrolees receive 50 problems and solutions from the previous two years. |
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Certificates for all students and awards for about 30% of all participating students and about 25% of all teams. |
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Contests are taken in the participating school or at our SASMO Math Olympiad Centre |
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The first contest consists of ten non routine problems and the second contest consists of fifteen non routine problems. |
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Each student, working alone, scores 1 point for each correct answer. Thus, a student may score up to 25 points per year. |
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Calculators are not permitted. |
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When a problem introduces a more advanced concept, all necessary definitions are included. |
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The detailed solution for each problem usually names the strategy required |
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Many solutions include follow-up problems and activities. |
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After each contest, Score sheets are submitted to us for scoring. Our records will determine which awards are to be shipped after the last contest. |
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TEAMS |
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Each team has up to 20 students. Schools can have more than one team. |
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Only teams from schools qualify for the team awards. The team score is the sum of the ten highest individual scores, taken after the final contest. |
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AWARDS : |
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Each participant receives a Certificate of Participation. |
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The high scorer of each team receives a Top Scorer certificate. |
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Each of the top 10% of all participants in each division receives a bronze, silver or gold collar pin. |
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Each student who achieves a perfect score of 25 points receives a Dr George Lechner medallion. |
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For each division, each team in the top 10% of all teams receives a plaque; the next 10%, a certificate. |
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The grade level of a team is the highest grade level of any of its members. |
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If you have further query, please do not hesitate to contact me at 64768681 or
Dina – North and West Zones – 92380792, dina@noble-education.com
Henry Ong – South and East Zones – 90672766, henry@noble-education.com |
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Thank you |
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Henry Ong
SASMO Executive Director
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