✌ ✌ ✌ STUDY ON THE iPHONE? YOU DO THE MATHS
Published by The Sunday Times, Singapore , 17-October-2010 under Home section page 16.

*** EXTRACT OF THE ARTICLE ***
Mathematics teacher Loh Cheng Yee may be pushing 60, but that has not stopped her from tuning in to the high-tech appetite of teenagers.

Late last month, the former Chinese High School and Catholic High School teacher launched two applications on the iTunes App Store to help secondary school students revise maths on their iPhone or iPod Touch.

She is the first to put maths workbooks based on the local school syllabus on such a platform.

'This is the best way to introduce new materials to students,' said Ms Loh, who has been teaching maths in Singapore schools for three decades. 'Anyway, they don't read books these days,' she said with a laugh. ...MORE

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★ FEATURES of iMathSg
❄ Refreshing content which has never been featured in Loh Cheng Yee's books or any other books!
❄ 5 Stars rating at the end of exercise - performance of exercise will be rated based on number of correct answers on first attempts.
❄ Generates a different set of questions after each exercise is completed and graded.
❄ Provides excellent revision for students preparing for examinations.
❄ Helpful tool for parents to monitor progress of children's understanding in Mathematics topics.
❄ Fill in the blanks - enter answers with key pads. Answers will be revealed after several attempts which can be configured in the settings page.
❄ Topics covered :
1. Quadratic Equations on Word Problems.
2. Pythagoras' Theorem
3. Linear Graphs
4. Quadratic Graphs
5. Simultaneous Linear Equations
6. Simultaneous Equations on Word Problems.
❄ Soothing and user-friendly design.
❄ Light sound effects
❄ Questions and diagrams can be viewed in both portrait and landscape mode. Landscape mode allows zooming.
❄ Every exercise is equipped with a draw feature that allows students to scribble workings.
❄ Lite version is limited to 2 exercises per topic.

★ BACKGROUND OF LOH, CHENG YEE
Loh Cheng Yee has taught Elementary Mathematics, Additional Mathematics and Mathematical Olympiad in Catholic High School and The Chinese High School (now known as Hwa Chong Institution) for 18 years.

In The Chinese High School, she was Education Consultant for Mathematics and pioneered the Mathematics Gifted Programme. In addition, she was the teacher-in-charge of the Online Quiz website for the Singapore-Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools in which she was a member of the Question Committee.

An author of numerous books, including
➊ Maths D'light for primary schools (age 10 to 12) by Shinglee Publishers Pte Ltd in 1993.
➋ Eight assessment books on Elementary Mathematics and six on Additional Mathematics for secondary schools by Singapore Asian Publications and Shinglee Publishers Pte Ltd from 1977 to 2007.
➌ Four school text books on Elementary Mathematics (Sec 1 to 4, age 13 to 17) and one on Additional Mathematics (Sec 3 & 4, age 15 to 17) by Shinglee Publishers Pte Ltd in 2007.
➍ Challenge Your Brain GEP and MATH Olympiad Questions 1 and 2 (Pri 3 to 5, age 9 to 11) by Shinglee Publishers Pte Ltd in 2010

The assessment books and text books are used by many schools in USA, Asian and Commonwealth Countries.

In addition, Loh Cheng Yee was the setter of the Mathematics papers for the People’s Republic of China-Scholarship Selection Test, an important local government examination and Overseas Scholarship Selection Test. She has also conducted Mathematical Olympiad Workshops for primary and secondary Mathematics teachers in Malaysia and Brunei and Mathematical Olympiad courses in the many top local and overseas schools.