World Class Tests in Mathematics and Problem Solving administered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have found that students aged 8 to 11 performed particularly well in “logical deduction” type questions.
The Tests, conducted in April 2009, also found a significantly higher proportion of students getting distinction in the Mathematics paper compared to those who did the test a year ago. In April 2008, 38% of the students aged 8-11 achieved distinction, while in April 2009 the figure rose to 51%.
“Although we have observed an apparent improvement in the Mathematics paper results for the April 2009 Tests in the 8-11 age group compared with last year, we should remember that the students who took these Tests make up a possibly biased sample of the total student population in Hong Kong. So we probably should not take the findings as representing the entire student population in Hong Kong,”said Prof Edmund Chiang of HKUST’s Mathematics Department, who has analyzed the results of the World Class Tests in the past years.
“On the other hand, the study suggests that there is room for improvement in the students’ performance in some “designing and planning” type questions in the Problem Solving paper for the 8-11 age group. The results point to a possible need for Hong Kong to focus more on “designing and planning” type of problem solving skills among young children,” Prof Chiang added.
The Tests have also found that within both the 8-11 age group and the 12-14 age group, the older children did better than the younger ones. Meanwhile, there was no significant gender difference in the performance of the boys and the girls.
For the 8 -11 age group, 827 students (male 555, female 272) took the Mathematics paper, and 431 students (male 290, female 141) took the Problem Solving paper. For the 12-14 age group, 362 students (male 231, female 131) took the Mathematics paper, and 277 students (male 179, female 98) took the Problem Solving paper.
Since the launch of the World Class Tests in 2001 by the British Government’s Department for Education and Skills for assessing and nurturing gifted youngsters, the Tests have become an international benchmark for Mathematics and Problem Solving. The questions in the tests are designed by professors of renowned universities in the UK, USA and Australia.
The Tests were first introduced in Hong Kong in 2004, and since then, nearly 27,000 students from about 400 primary and secondary schools have taken the Tests. In 2008 HKUST was commissioned to promote and administer the Tests in the Asian region.
World Class Tests are organized throughout the world in April and November each year, and the results announced today are of the April 2009 tests conducted at various test sites in Hong Kong.
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Appendix 1
得 獎 名 單 （ 個 人 ）
List of Awardees (Individual)
小 學 組 數 學 科 – 各 級 最 佳 表 現 獎 （8 – 11 歲）
Most Outstanding Candidate (Aged 8 – 11)
喇 沙 小 學 李 雲 Lee Wan in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 1 Level
La Salle Primary School
香 港 道 教 聯 合 會 圓 玄 學 院 陳 呂 重 德 紀 念 學 校 何 浚 銘 Ho Tsun Ming in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 3 Level
H.K.T.A.Y.Y.I. Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial School
聖 公 會 九 龍 灣 基 樂 小 學 李 健 樂 Li Kin Lok in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 4 Level
S.K.H. Kowloon Bay Kei Lok Primary School
聖 公 會 青 衣 主 恩 小 學 丁 振 輝 Ding Chun Fai in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 5 Level
S.K.H. Tsing Yi Chu Yan Primary School
保 良 局 陳 守 仁 小 學 林 澤 樺 Lam Chak Wa in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 6 Level
Po Leung Kuk Camoes Tan Siu Lin Primary School
小 學 組 數 學 科 – 各 級 最 年 輕 優 等 成 績 獎 （8 – 11 歲）
Youngest Candidate achieving Distinction (Aged 8 – 11)
喇 沙 小 學 李 雲 Lee Wan in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 1 Level
La Salle Primary School
寶 安 商 會 溫 浩 根 小 學 衛 茂 楓 Wei Mao Feng in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 3 Level
Po On Commercial Association Wan Ho Kan Primary School
聖 公 會 九 龍 灣 基 樂 小 學 李 健 樂 Li Kin Lok in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 4 Level
S.K.H. Kowloon Bay Kei Lok Primary School
Clearwater Bay School 蘇 銘 俊 Sou Ming Chun in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 5 Level
Sha Tin Junior School 盧 彥 哲 Lu Yan Zhe in Mathematics (Aged 8-11) Primary 6 Level
小 學 組 解 難 分 析 科 – 最 佳 表 現 獎 （8 – 11 歲）
Most Outstanding Candidate (Aged 8 – 11)
香 港 道 教 聯 合 會 圓 玄 學 院 陳 呂 重 德 紀 念 學 校 何 浚 銘 Ho Tsun Ming in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 3 Level
H.K.T.A.Y.Y.I. Chan Lui Chung Tak Memorial School
聖 公 會 青 衣 主 恩 小 學 鄭 穎 新 Cheng Wing Sun in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 4 Level
S.K.H. Tsing Yi Chu Yan Primary School
香 港 培 正 小 學 老 綽 禧 Lo Cheuk Hei in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 5 Level
Pui Ching Primary School
Kowloon Junior School 關 瑞 駿 Kwan Sui Chun Sampson in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 6 Level
小 學 組 解 難 分 析 科 – 各 級 最 年 輕 優 等 成 績 獎
Youngest Candidate achieving Distinction
寶 安 商 會 溫 浩 根 小 學 衛 茂 楓 Wei Mao Feng in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 3 Level
Po On Commercial Association Wan Ho Kan Primary School
聖 公 會 九 龍 灣 基 樂 小 學 李 健 樂 Li Kin Lok in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 4 Level
S.K.H. Kowloon Bay Kei Lok Primary School
Clearwater Bay School 蘇 銘 俊 Sou Ming Chun in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 5 Level
Sha Tin Junior School 盧 彥 哲 Lu Yan Zhe in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11) Primary 6 Level
小 學 組 最 年 輕 雙 優 生
Youngest Outstanding Candidate (Aged 8-11)
寶 安 商 會 溫 浩 根 小 學 衛 茂 楓 Wei Mao Feng
Po On Commercial Association Wan Ho Kan Primary School
中 學 組 數 學 科 – 各 級 最 佳 表 現 獎 （12-14歲）
Most Outstanding Candidate (Aged 12-14)
聖 士 提 反 書 院 吳 梓 宏 Ng Tsz Wang in Mathematics (Aged 12-14) Secondary 1 Level
St. Stephen’s College
華 仁 書 院 （ 九 龍 ） 梁 子 恩 Leung Tsz Yan in Mathematics (Aged 12-14) Secondary 2 Level
Wah Yan College Kowloon
聖 馬 可 中 學 李 仁 隆 Li Yan Lung in Mathematics (Aged 12-14) Secondary 3 Level
St. Mark’s School
中 學 組 數 學 科 – 各 級 最 年 輕 優 等 成 績 獎 （12-14歲）
Youngest Candidate achieving Distinction (Aged 12-14)
東 華 三 院 伍 若 瑜 夫 人 紀 念 中 學 李 佳 穎 Lee Kai Wing in Mathematics (Aged 12-14) Secondary 1 Level
T.W.G.Hs. Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial College
West Island School 林 舜 彥 Lam Shun Yin Gabriel in Mathematics (Aged 12-14) Secondary 2 Level
Island School 許 彧 瀚 Hui Yuk Hon in Mathematics (Aged 12-14) Secondary 3 Level
數 學 科 越 級 挑 戰 優 等 獎 （12-14歲）
Most Outstanding Challenger in Mathematics (Aged 12-14)
大 埔 舊 墟 公 立 學 校 （ 寶 湖 道 ） 姚 俊 樂 Yiu Chun Lok
Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)
中 學 組 解 難 分 析 科 – 各 級 最 佳 表 現 獎 （12-14歲）
Most Outstanding Candidate (Aged 12-14)
英 華 書 院 麥 晉 維 Mak Chun Wai in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14) Secondary 1 Level
Ying Wa College
保 良 局 百 周 年 李 兆 忠 紀 念 中 學 高 煜 喆 Ko Yuk Chit in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14) Secondary 2 Level
Po Leung Kuk Centenary Li Shiu Chung Memorial College
Island School 許 彧 瀚 Hui Yuk Hon in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14) Secondary 3 Level
中 學 組 解 難 分 析 科 – 各 級 最 年 輕 優 等 成 績 獎 （12-14歲）
Youngest Candidate achieving Distinction (Aged 12-14)
藍 田 聖 保 祿 中 學 王 靖 Wong Ching Rachel in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14) Secondary 1 Level
St. Paul’s School (Lam Tin)
伊 利 沙 伯 中 學 吳 熙 同 Ng Hei Tung Michael in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14) Secondary 2 Level
Queen Elizabeth School
Island School 許 彧 瀚 Hui Yuk Hon in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14) Secondary 3 Level
解 難 分 析 科 越 級 挑 戰 優 等 獎 （12-14歲）
Most Outstanding Challenger in Problem Solving (Aged 12-14)
大 埔 舊 墟 公 立 學 校 （ 寶 湖 道 ） 姚 俊 樂 Yiu Chun Lok
Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)
中 學 組 最 年 輕 雙 優 生 （12-14歲）
Youngest Outstanding Candidate (Aged 12-14)
大 埔 舊 墟 公 立 學 校 （ 寶 湖 道 ） 姚 俊 樂 Yiu Chun Lok
Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)
得 獎 名 單 (團 體)
List of Awardees (Group)
最 傑 出 表 現 學 校 獎 (中 學)
中 學 組 數 學 科 最 傑 出 表 現 學 校 獎
Most Outstanding Group Performance in Mathematics (Aged 12-14)
拔 萃 女 書 院 Diocesan Girls’ School
嘉 諾 撒 聖 瑪 利 書 院 St Mary’s Canossian College
聖 保 羅 男 女 中 學 St Paul’s Co-Educational College
最 傑 出 表 現 學 校 獎 (小 學)
小 學 組 數 學 科 最 傑 出 表 現 學 校 獎
Most Outstanding Group Performance in Mathematics (Aged 8-11)
華 德 學 校 上 午 校 Bishop Walsh Primary School (A.M.)
嘉 諾 撒 聖 家 學 校 （ 九 龍 塘 ） Holy Family Canossian School (Kowloon Tong)
香 港 培 正 小 學 Pui Ching Primary School
小 學 組 解 難 分 析 科 最 傑 出 表 現 學 校 獎
Most Outstanding Group Performance in Problem Solving (Aged 8-11)
華 德 學 校 上 午 校 Bishop Walsh Primary School (A.M.)
嘉 諾 撒 聖 家 學 校 （ 九 龍 塘 ） Holy Family Canossian School (Kowloon Tong)
香 港 培 正 小 學 Pui Ching Primary School
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