T.I.M.E. offers a course for students of 7^th, 8th, 9th,and 10^th classes called IIT-FOUNDATION programme. The course covers the areas of Maths,Physics and Chemistry. We also offer reasoning and Basics Communication Skills classes as a part of the course for 7^th, 8th and 9^th classes. Our course and tests are designed in a way that inculcates the habit of application of concepts thereby paving way for effective learning.

• Objectives of our IIT-Foundation Course
• Course Material
• Course Methodology
• Class Room Based Inputs
• Feedback Mechanism and Doubt Sessions

• The objective of this course is to make the students understand and master basic concepts in the subjects of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

• The focus will be on encouraging students to apply the concepts learnt to real-life situations. The programme will encourage school goers to look beyond textbooks for learning.

• The IIT-Foundation programme will not only help children understand better what is taught in regular school classes, and hence do well in board exams but will also help them develop the acumen which will give them a distinctive edge over the rest of their peers.

• The programme also grooms children by providing inputs on Reasoning skills, Speed Maths, and Communication Skills.

• The programme helps children prepare for various talent search exams like NTSE, NLSTSE, Science Olympiad, Cyber Olympiad.

Course Material:

• For each class we provide the following books

  • 2 Study Material Booklets and 2 Work Books in Mathematics

  • 2 Study Material Booklets and 2 Work Books in Physics

  • 2 Study Material Booklets and 2 Work Books in Chemistry

• Regular Tests are conducted – The tests include Chapter wise Tests, Cummulative Tests and Model Tests.

• For each of 7^th, 8^th and 9^th classes, a reasoning booklet will be provided. Apart from the booklet about 10 handouts based on different areas will be given.

Course Methodology:

1. Course methodology is aimed at helping the students understand the concepts thoroughly.

2. It helps them develop a logical approach to Maths, Physics and Chemistry, for more effective learning.

3. It lays stress on application of concepts. What we mean by this could be demonstrated through some examples –

i. How a does a kingfisher catch fish?

A) The kingfisher flies vertically over the position of the fish, and then dives into the water at a 90 Degree angle. The concept here is that the normally incident rays do not undergo refraction, hence the fish lies exactly where it appears to be. At any other angle, the apparent location of the fish would be different from its real location.

ii. Why do we normally swing our arms while walking, and why not when we carry a load in our hands?

A) The center of gravity of a body depends on the distribution of mass in the body. As we walk, the movement of the legs tends to cause a shift in the centre of gravity. To compensate for this shift we swing our arms. When we are carrying a load in the hands, however, the effective C.G is lower, making it easier to maintain balance.

iii. Why does salt become damp when kept exposed during the rainy season and not when kept exposed during summer?

A) In the rainy season humidity in the atmosphere is very high i.e. there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. Thus, calcium chloride, an impurity present in the common salt, absorbs this moisture and makes the salt damp. In summer, however, as the temperature is high, calcium chloride tends to lose moisture through the process of evaporation, and the salt is left free-flowing.

4. The syllabus has a comprehensive coverage of Maths, Physics and Chemistry encompassing the syllabi of the major boards (State, CBSE and ICSE). All areas will be covered in full, and not the areas of intersection alone. The whole idea is that a State Board student should be able to answer a CBSE question and vice-versa.

Class Room Based Inputs:

Each topic is dealt with in three modules

• Basic Module

• Exercise Module

• Testing Module

Basic Module

The objective of this module is to develop a thorough understanding of the concepts. This is done with the help of our study material. The faculty member introduces the basic concepts to the students with the help of solved examples that are given in our study material. The faculty member ensures that the concepts are delivered in such a manner that all the students in the class are able to follow the subject. The examples in the study material consists of objective questions, short answer questions and also essay type questions. The objective type of questions include Fill in the blanks, Match the following, True or False and Multiple Choice questions.

The questions provided in the examples are followed by appropriate solutions. With the help of the given solutions, the student can develop a fair idea as to how to present the solution for a question in the examination.

Exercise Module

The objective of this module is to understand the application of concepts. The lessons in this module are taught using Work Books (WB). The work books are a collection of exercises. The exercises are a mixture of objective and descriptive questions. The students are expected to solve the questions in the exercises before they come to exercise class. In the exercise class the faculty member discusses all the problems and also analyses the methods that have been adopted by the studnets to arrive at the solution.

Each chapter consists of two types of questions: BEQs and CAQs (Board Exam Questions, BEQ) and (Concept Application Questions, CAQ)

BEQ are designed to cater to the kind of direct questions that will help the students get feel of the questions that they generally face in their school examinations. BEQs are further divided into two types of Exercises:

Exercise 1 consists of short answer questions. These questions need to be answered in two-three sentences. About 10 questions are given in this exercise. Exercise 2 consists of long answer questions. About 5 questions are given in this Exercise.

These exercises are given for the home assignment. Students are expected to submit these exercises. The plan for this assignment will be given in the class by the faculty member. Concept Application Questions(CAQs)

The objective of providing CAQs is to encourage the students to apply the concepts learned in the basics class. There are application based descriptive type of questions (to prompt curiosity and the desire to gather ideas). There will be one exercise for the CAQs. After the discussion of the various concepts of the topic, one class will be provided for the discussion of CAQs.

Apart from the above mentioned exercises, At the end of each book a collection of questions from all the chapters will be given. These questions are used to develop the Advance Logical Thinking and Analytical Skills of the students. (ALTAS) Testing Module

The objective of this module is to test the students’ grasp of concepts that have been taught in the class. The basic difference between the exercise module and the testing module is that the exercises would have no time limit, while test papers will have a time limit. The duration of each test class is 2 hours.

The testing module will include three types of tests

1. Topic wise tests
2. Cumulative tests
3. Model Papers

Topic-wise Tests are conducted after completion of each chapter. In each testing class two tests are administered: Test 1 and Test 2.

TEST 1

Test 1 would consist of 15 objective-type questions and will be administered for a 30 minute duration. Questions would be provided in one paper and the responses of the students would be marked separately. The question paper would be retained by the students. The objective of this test is to know the preparedness of the children.

The test will be followed by a discussion of the paper for about 60 minutes. The purpose of the discussion is:

1. As the questions asked in Test 1 would be on the basics and application of the basics, the faculty member would recapitulate what has been taught in the basics and exercise module and thus REINFORCE the students’ grasp.

2. If students have gone wrong they will learn where they went wrong and will try to improve their performance. In the discussion we help the students find where the mistakes were committed and as the students realize this, they would be able to guard against recurrence in future.

TEST 2

1. 15 objective-type questions are administered for 30 minute duration.

2. Will test the students on aspects similar to the ones discussed in TEST 1.

The questions (or concepts) in Test 2 would be very similar to those covered in Test 1. As Test 2 is conducted after the discussion of Test 1, a student should be able to score more marks. The objective of this test is to check the attentiveness of the children in class.

CUMULATIVE TESTS

Cumulative Tests are descriptive in nature and carry 50 marks. It is further divided into three sections – I, II and III. These tests are conducted once a month. Section I and II tests are modelled on the school/board exams paper pattern. Section III is a combination of school/board exams paper pattern which will require application of concepts too. After completion of two to three chapters one CUMULATIVE TEST will be conducted.

1. Section I consists of Very Short Answers – one word or one sentence answers, multiple choice questions, match the following, fill in the blanks with each question carrying 1 mark
2. Section II consists of Short Answers – three to four sentence answers with each question carrying 2-3 marks
3. Section III consists of Long Answers – The questions are divided into two parts. The first part consists of understanding the concept and it will carry 2 marks. The second part will consist of application of concept and it will carry 3 marks.

Model Papers will cover all chapters and will have all the three sections and will be descriptive in nature. These papers will be given at the end of the course around January-February. The duration is about 2 hours and will carry approximately 80-100 marks.

Feedback Mechanism and Doubt Sessions

• Regular parent-teacher meetings

• Feedback through our IIT-Foundation website
  - Enrolment details
  - amount paid, amount due, batch code
  - Class details
  - venue, days of the week
  - Talent Search Exam
  - assistance as to which exams the student can write and the entire information about these   exams including model questions.
  - Material issued for the Batch
  - bring your ID card & collect the material from the office
  - Progress Report
  - Parents’ Discussion Forum
  - Suggestions

• Feedback from the students in the class
  - Faculty
  - Academic coordinators