Our online one-to-one SPM Reka Cipta tuition helps students critique a design idea and explain a justified development process. The first class is a one-hour trial class from RM50, with the fee agreed before it starts.
Who Invention tuition helps most
Three situations come up again and again.
- A solution looking for a problem. The student loves the gadget but cannot state who needs it.
- Choices without criteria. The final concept was picked by feeling, so the written reasons sound like guesses.
- Claims bigger than the evidence. A single test of a prototype is written up as proof that it works.
A one-to-one teacher can question the idea the way an assessor might, so the student practises giving reasons out loud first.
What a lesson looks like: comparing two concepts
Picture this example. A student wants to help people find a dropped phone in a dark bedroom. Concept A is a glow-in-the-dark phone sleeve. Concept B is a bedside tray that lights up when a phone is placed on it.
The teacher asks the student to choose criteria and weight them by importance: cost (weight 3), safety (2) and ease of use (1). Each concept gets a score from 1 to 5.
| Criterion | Weight | A score | B score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Safety | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ease of use | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Concept A scores 4×3 + 3×2 + 5×1 = 12 + 6 + 5 = 23. Concept B scores 3×3 + 5×2 + 3×1 = 9 + 10 + 3 = 22.
A narrow gap like that deserves a comment. The student writes that A leads by one point, that safety would favour B if its weight rose, and that the choice depends on the weights. The free lesson on comparing original concepts using explicit criteria covers the method.
What can be taught online, and what stays with school?
Defining a need, comparing options, explaining a prototype observation without overclaiming and reflecting on a decision can all be taught in an online lesson. Lessons can also practise questions an assessor might ask.
Building the prototype, any school-assessed project work and the marks for it stay with the student and the school. A teacher cannot do any of it for the student, and no one can promise a grade.
How starting works
- Message us on WhatsApp with the form and the stage your invention has reached.
- We assign an experienced Invention teacher and arrange the one-hour trial class (from RM50).
- After the trial, you decide whether the teacher is a good fit, and can ask for another teacher if not.
Read more about the one-hour trial class (from RM50) and how our online tuition works. A trial lesson agenda helps you prepare.
Keep learning for free
Try the lessons on defining a specific need and explaining a prototype observation without overclaiming. Use the structured answer self-review on your own writing. Back to all SPM tuition.