International Arithmetic Mathematics Association to hold state-level maths competition on Aug 12

KUCHING: International Arithmetic Mathematics Association ( IAMA) will be organising the state-level LCT Cup Mental Arithmetic Competition and IQ New Maths Competition at CityOne Megamall Exhibition Centre, First Floor Mall 2 on August 12.

This is a unique competition where all students who participate will be a winner and will walk away with a trophy.

The reason behind practising this is to boost the confidence of students and to encourage them to show their ability.

The organiser recently held the International and National LCT Cup Mental Arithmetic Competition and IQ New Maths Competition on May 28 this year at the prestigious – The Shore Hotel and Residence in Melaka.

Over 1,600 participants from more than 60 learning centres throughout Malaysia participated in the competition.

After going through many selection processes, only a few learning centres were selected to participate in the final. There were 12 categories in total, nine for LCT cup Mental Arithmetic and three for IQ New Maths where for the first time in 18 years, Sarawak team won the National Champion for Best Centre.

Tadika Krista Stapok made Sarawak proud by winning the top 4 places in the National Level of the IQ New Maths Competition and won the National Champion for Best Centre Award 2017 and National Best Teacher Award for IQ New Maths National Competition 2017.

Meanwhile, Tadika Krista Pelita Height won the Premium award in LCT Cup Mental Arithmetic International and National Competition 2017.

IQ New Maths use higher order thinking skills based learning which includes critical, logical, reflective, metacognitive and creative thinking.

Higher Order Thinking Skills ( HOTS) distinguishes critical thinking over Low Order Learning Outcomes attained by memorising. HOTS encourages a child to be more creative in their thinking.

Children are cultivated and nurtured to understand concept rather than to memorise concept and formulas. Children are cultivated to think things logically and out of the box.

They learn to persevere and problem solving. Teachers are all well-trained and certified before they are qualified to teach.