My girl grades has dropped from B1(Pri 2) to B3(borderline)

[vlim]

kiasimom:

Hi.

I am in the same situation as you.
I coach my DS on all his subjects. Let him do top schools exam papers.
He managed to score around 90+ for his science.
However, when he told me just now he only gets 83 for his Science SA2 paper, my heart stopped beating for 2 seconds!!!!

I need to read through his exam paper when he brings it home on Thursday before I can find out where the problem lies...haiz :x

haaaaaa...u are very exaggerating :lol:

[kiasimom]

vlim:

kiasimom:

Hi.

I am in the same situation as you.
I coach my DS on all his subjects. Let him do top schools exam papers.
He managed to score around 90+ for his science.
However, when he told me just now he only gets 83 for his Science SA2 paper, my heart stopped beating for 2 seconds!!!!

I need to read through his exam paper when he brings it home on Thursday before I can find out where the problem lies...haiz :x

haaaaaa...u are very exaggerating :lol:

Serious, cross my heart :heartbroken:

[kiasimom]

mrswongtuition:

For Science, it's not just about memorising and knowing the content knowledge. They need to be able to use correct 'keywords' & 'phrases' to explain certain experiments/concepts.


For Maths, many struggle with the sudden increase in difficulty with the questions, especially when the problem sums start to become multiple step questions (it used to be 1 or 2 steps in P1/2). The lack of knowledge in model drawing for problem solving will also hamper their progress.

Maybe my DS used the words that are not the keywords the teacher is looking at??!!

[mrswongtuition]

kiasimom:

Maybe my DS used the words that are not the keywords the teacher is looking at??!!

Possible. Have they done corrections? If they have, look at the answers the teacher gave versus your child's answers. You can also ring the teacher to ask why your DS' answers are incorrect.

Sometimes students give wrong answers though the concept is correct due to wrong interpretation of the question. For example, the question starts with 'What' but the answer the child gives is for 'Why'. Definitely no marks even if the explanation is correct. Get what I mean?

And normally at P3/4, they don't really understand the differences between the keywords unless you explicitly teach them & practise enough with them. I normally also give the 'model answers' in terms of keywords & phrasing to help students know what is expected from them.

[kiasimom]

mrswongtuition:

Possible. Have they done corrections? If they have, look at the answers the teacher gave versus your child's answers. You can also ring the teacher to ask why your DS' answers are incorrect.


Sometimes students give wrong answers though the concept is correct due to wrong interpretation of the question. For example, the question starts with 'What' but the answer the child gives is for 'Why'. Definitely no marks even if the explanation is correct. Get what I mean?

And normally at P3/4, they don't really understand the differences between the keywords unless you explicitly teach them & practise enough with them. I normally also give the 'model answers' in terms of keywords & phrasing to help students know what is expected from them.

Hi.
No, the teacher will only do the corrections on Thursday and DS will bring it home for me to see.
Will keep your points in mind when checking.
Hopefully can sniff out some points...hopefully...

[acforfamily]

mrswongtuition:

For Science, it's not just about memorising and knowing the content knowledge. They need to be able to use correct 'keywords' & 'phrases' to explain certain experiments/concepts.


For Maths, many struggle with the sudden increase in difficulty with the questions, especially when the problem sums start to become multiple step questions (it used to be 1 or 2 steps in P1/2). The lack of knowledge in model drawing for problem solving will also hamper their progress.

Agreed!

[all.013398in.013398one]

kiasimom:

Hi.

No, the teacher will only do the corrections on Thursday and DS will bring it home for me to see.
Will keep your points in mind when checking.
Hopefully can sniff out some points...hopefully...

Yes, keywords in questions and keywors in answers for Science is the KEY
to gain points.

[edgem]

Hi All,


I am a FTWM, hence I do not hv the luxury of being consistent in terms of giving her assessment. I guess positive learning attitude is very important.

I started my P3 girl last year with tuition lesson (hearing advice from friends) but I realise it’s a wrong move. Her grades slipped, I took away majority of her tuition in mid yr and have a good heart to heart talk with her. She shared the tuition was too tiring and it became so routine that she lost interest in study…
I felt lost…

I am pleased I made the right move, after removing the tuition she became happier and shown more interest in her work. She did very well for her final yr.

I guess other than the academic, we have to be sensitive at times and try to understand their feeling

[mrswongtuition]

edgem:

Hi All,


I am a FTWM, hence I do not hv the luxury of being consistent in terms of giving her assessment. I guess positive learning attitude is very important.

I started my P3 girl last year with tuition lesson (hearing advice from friends) but I realise it's a wrong move. Her grades slipped, I took away majority of her tuition in mid yr and have a good heart to heart talk with her. She shared the tuition was too tiring and it became so routine that she lost interest in study...
I felt lost...

I am pleased I made the right move, after removing the tuition she became happier and shown more interest in her work. She did very well for her final yr.

I guess other than the academic, we have to be sensitive at times and try to understand their feeling

Did you have a talk with her BEFORE you got tutors? It's good to talk to your child about it before you hire tutors. And by talking to them, you'll know whether they will be willing to go for class or not. Or, how else they think you can help if there's no tuition.

I know of kids who do well without tuition, after parents talk to them and weigh out pros & cons of having tuition. Some suggested only the weakest subject needed tuition. Some preferred to have all subjects, but they choose the time & day.

As long as your children are happy with tuition, it should not be a problem

[cafelatte]

jennykhots,


Did you get a chance to check the exam papers ? Where are the marks loss ? You mentioned the school’s standard is high ? Meaning the papers were difficult ? I would analyse the marks loss and the cohort’s results before rushing out to enroll in tution or enrichment.