All About Getting Help for Students Weak in Math

[OrangUtahn]

wanting:

I like math but I can't learn it well, I am worried about that!

Me too! That's why I avoided math like the plague.

[Skyed]

I hate math but I do well in it. Oh the irony.


Try getting tuition?

[Skyed]

For amath the subject is very routine, just keep doing and you’ll do well. For emath a bit trickier, need to practice a wide range of questions.

[SengkangMum]

Hi All,




Oh dear ! My gals seems to be having the same problem in understanding the maths questions. And so far cant find a good home tutor to tackle this. I am starting to get a bit panic as next year she will be in P3.if this year she not going to make it for maths, will be tough for her in P3 :slapshead:

[Maths Olympiad Tutor]

Hi Friends,


I remember during my secondary school days, I used to be like that too! Many tiny errors that caused me to lose many marks. A lot of the time, these errors should have been preventable if I had more focus.

In my opinion, carelessness is caused at least partly by a lack of thought and general proficiency.

An effective remedy I found was to adopt a guided questions-based approach when teaching a student. Instead of giving them the answer directly, you ask questions to lead them there. This encourages them to think, thereby eliminating carelessness. If they can verbally explain why things have to be done a certain way, they have displayed a good understanding of the question. In addition, arriving at the solution themselves also provides them with confidence, a bonus!

[smile]

Hi rafflesiantv,

I just read this topic, would you pm me your tutor hp and address too? Tia

[soorya]

My friend’s kid attends Mdm Ching’s class in Kent Ridge Tutors Novena branch. She has more than 10 years of teaching experience in Lower and Upper Primary Maths. She focuses a lot on problem sums and my friend’s kid Has benefitted a lot from her teaching. Maybe you can try her class in

Square 2 above Novena MRT.(Tel 635 80444). She also got Marker’s training for PSLE Maths so can teach your kid techniques on how to represent solutions in the answer paper to score high.

[catddy2002]

SengkangMum:

Hi All,




Oh dear ! My gals seems to be having the same problem in understanding the maths questions. And so far cant find a good home tutor to tackle this. I am starting to get a bit panic as next year she will be in P3.if this year she not going to make it for maths, will be tough for her in P3 :slapshead:

Hi,

Is your child poor in English?
If yes, you will have to improve her English.
If not, get her to read and understand one sentence at a time.

[Green-apple 0]

Dear All,


My DS is P1 now. He is very forgetful and made careless mistakes on his maths; I did not outsource his math because he is just P1. May i know if i should start finding him a tutor?

[ChiefKiasu]

Green-apple:

Dear All,


My DS is P1 now. He is very forgetful and made careless mistakes on his maths; I did not outsource his math because he is just P1. May i know if i should start finding him a tutor?

Very few kids don't make \"careless mistakes\" at P1

If it is just \"careless\" mistakes and not semantic errors (ie. understanding of concepts), you should not worry too much. Your son understands the material, but may not be able to present the information properly. If you have time to look through his work and explain to him what he did wrong and how he should have done it, it will help. Another way is to send your child for math enrichment classes that focus on drills, eg. Kumon. These classes are particularly useful for kids who may understand the concepts, but take too long to work out the computative elements of the problem. So if you want to improve their speed and efficiency in calculation (and reduce careless mistakes in the process), those will be the right kind of courses to go for at P1-P2 levels.