Essay questions (open-ended questions) made up 45 percent of the marks in the GCE Nutrition and Food Science (NFS) ‘O’ Level Paper 1, a 2-hour examination written paper. Tackling essay questions require high level cognitive skills from students as these questions are not straight forward but a hybrid of information from various topics. NFS Students are often very stressed by this segment of the exam paper because of difficulties in recalling knowledge, linking knowledge from various parts of the textbooks and also limitations in writing skills. In this course, participants will be guided on activities that will help them facilitate the teaching of essay writing. These activities are designed to scaffold the essay writing process, helping students retain content with understanding, providing students will the basic skills to organise an essay, and select appropriate content from various topics. Participants will also work on making essay-writing templates that are customised for their students.

The aim of this course is to help F & N teachers learn how to facilitate the teaching of essay writing to prepare the students for the GCE ‘O’ Level Examination Paper 1.

Participants will be able to:
1. state the requirement/organization of an essay.
2. identify the type of questions in the paper.
3. select appropriate content from various topics.
4. retaining content with understanding.
5. design templates for essay writing.

The materials provided and designed in the workshop will be collated into a comprehensive essay-writing package.

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