Twig Learning Center

Mr Donnell Koh graduated from NUS Chemical Engineering with 2nd Upper Honours. He used to work as a chemical engineer, but deep inside he always wanted to teach. After 3 years of working in the private sector, he enrolled into National Institute of Education (NIE) to get his Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) and fulfill his dream of becoming a chemistry teacher in Singapore!

His first posting was Merdian JC. He was the pioneer teacher in MJC and he was very excited to be part of a new ‘start up’. It was a brand new school and the students who first came in had high O level scores. Teaching there gave him a clear picture of the problems faced by weaker students in the study of O level Chemistry tuition Singapore. He always had to think of ways to simplify the concepts to enable them to understand the subject with ease. His teaching methods also became very precise and clear so students knew exactly what to focus on and the thought processes involved in solving the questions. He did extremely well with his first batch of Meridian JC students. They came in with 17 to 20 points but eventually in those classes he taught, many scored As and Bs for A Level Chemistry Paper.

Later in Raffles JC, he faced a different set of challenges. Some gifted students who already completed the Chemistry syllabus on their own had to be challenged further to excite them in the subject. They read beyond the syllabus and always asked thought-provoking questions. These students provided much for classroom discussion. Donnell, with his wealth of knowledge and experience teaching Chemistry over the past 13 years. He has been able to understand the needs of a wide spectrum of students from extremely weak ones to those who are very highly motivated and do not settle for anything less than A.

With this wealth of experience, he is able to adapt his teaching style to help the weaker students to catch up, yet excite the better students to think more critically. Find out more about Twig Learning Center here