<![CDATA[Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help]]>Do contact me if your child needs help with Chemistry, Physics, Biology (up to O level Combined Science), E Maths, Chinese Language. I will try my best for him/her to improve.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/63421/sec3-failure-in-subjects-need-helpRSS for NodeFri, 24 Apr 2026 11:45:02 GMTSat, 03 Sep 2022 15:30:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 18 May 2021 13:51:14 GMT]]>Required an experienced Pure Science Tutor for my Sec 3 son. Current MOE teacher preferred. Someone with strong Physics and Chemistry background. Pls call me at 9777 8533.

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zbear:
Whether 1-1, small or big group will depend on the needs of the student.


Best to check what your child feels comfortable in n then go for it if you can afford.
for English, 1-1 is more suitable at secondary level...but again affordability is the issue.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488364https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488364Sun, 12 Apr 2015 02:20:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:59:20 GMT]]>Whether 1-1, small or big group will depend on the needs of the student.


Best to check what your child feels comfortable in n then go for it if you can afford.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488357https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488357Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:17:59 GMT]]>

zbear:
I personally feel that a 1-1 tutor is more effective at Sec level unlike primary school. However, its definitely more costly and not everyone can afford.

1-1 tutor for secondary level is very expensive...besides, the child may be stressed with 100% attention. small group tuition might be more effective as it provides a little competition and brainstorming.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488351https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488351Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:17:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:58:54 GMT]]>

MUM-IN-TAMPINES:
My Sec 3 son also did badly in his Chemistry and I am looking for private tutor for him. Anyone has any recommendation? Thank you.

Hi ! I'm Joanne and I probided Physic and chemistry tuition.

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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488347https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1488347Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:58:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:11:23 GMT]]>Chemistry is a love hate subject… or at least thats how i feel about it.


I havent heard stellar reviews about Aspen although I know the teacher is from RGS. DS currently going to a less known one.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1483645https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1483645Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:11:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:05:56 GMT]]>My Sec 3 son also did badly in his Chemistry and I am looking for private tutor for him. Anyone has any recommendation? Thank you.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1483643https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1483643Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:05:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:57:37 GMT]]>

zbear:
I personally feel that a 1-1 tutor is more effective at Sec level unlike primary school. However, its definitely more costly and not everyone can afford.


i agree that small classes are much more effective for languages, u really need the tutor to have the chance to walk around and mark his essay and correct sentence structures, spelling etc. i send ds for a small english class of just 4-5 students and his eng results have really improved over the 2 years since i started him on the class. He is also sec 3 this year going sec 4 and has improved from B4 during his sec 1 end of year to A1 over the 2 years with the tutor so I'm quite thankful. plus languages need time i suppose, hard to see immediate improvement within weeks. unlike languages, I think maths and science can go for bigger group tuition, that's what my ds doing, not too expensive but still effective.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1144913https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1144913Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:57:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:15:58 GMT]]>Hi ga2004, it would good if your daughter can speak to her math & chem teachers to find out her weak areas. As a sec 3 student too, I fared badly for my ca2 for my chem but I went for regular consultations with my teacher + tried many past year pp as possible.


Practise as many math & chem questions related to syllabus too. Will be useful understanding & getting the feel of question types in exam. Try headstart during this holidays by revising sec 1-3 syllabus and ask your daughter to clarify any doubts with her teachers asap.

Motivate her too! Take care.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1139651https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1139651Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:15:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 03 Nov 2013 05:26:59 GMT]]>Rates of private tutor can range of $20 to $70 dollars depending on the qualification.


To be able to do well in chemistry, knowing the key words and sentence structure is not all, the student must also be able to apply the knowledge accordingly.

From the trend of the past year papers, understanding the concept and being able to apply is becoming more and more important.

One example is the carbon nanotube which is not covered in the syllabus but to answer the questions, student will have to relate to graphite which is cover under the chapter of chemical bonding.

Kindly PM me if anyone is interested in our physics/chemistry (pure and combine) holiday class.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1136837https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1136837Sun, 03 Nov 2013 05:26:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:03:38 GMT]]>Aspen has several branches and Neu only 1, if I am not wrong.


Can I check for private tutor for Science Sec 3/4, what is average charge per hour?

If anyone know of good tutor for physcis and chem for sec 4 in Katong, can pm me the contact as I looking to use this holiday to start revision for DS.

Appreciate any recommendation or comment.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1134914https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1134914Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:03:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:44:39 GMT]]>I personally feel that a 1-1 tutor is more effective at Sec level unlike primary school. However, its definitely more costly and not everyone can afford.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132988https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132988Tue, 29 Oct 2013 06:44:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:43:26 GMT]]>Dear All,


I arranged for home tutor as I found the centres do not concentrate on individual progress.

So I felt this is better for her to concentrate and focus on her specifically.

thanks for all the support…

I hope this will help her to score better. Its last of interest and focus that these students have as I see even very careless mistakes.

regards
Ga

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132872https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132872Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:43:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:12:31 GMT]]>Are those 1 branch centres or chains?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132456https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132456Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:12:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:44:20 GMT]]>Dear all,


My DS has also failed 3 subjects for sec 3 overall results (Physics, Chemistry and A Maths) and he has finally agreed to have tuition for Physics and Chemistry.

With O level next year, I am now anxiously looking around for good tuition centre or tutor in the East (staying in tanjong katong area) for these 2 subjects.

Have anyone heard about Neu learning and Aspen and will also really appreciate any recommendation for good tutor for Physics and Chemistry.

Thanks in Advance

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1129372https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1129372Thu, 24 Oct 2013 06:44:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:40:04 GMT]]>Dear All,

I looking at chemistry, maths and biology a drill down tutor who can help my child to score well from 30% to 60%. Looking at a really serious tutor who can give a aggressive drill down course to my daughter. she has been given a second change to show her result.

Thanks.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1127377https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1127377Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:40:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:54:21 GMT]]>

ga2004:
Dear All,

My daughter has been scored very bad this overall year.
I am wondering if she could still be able to fair well in her exams.
Now since her overall weightage has resulted very bad i have to speak to her school to understand whether she can still be able to be promoted to o levels.

If anyone has had this expeireince please let me know how to help her. I have tried tutions but really need to see the best tutors who can help her .
she scores well in English and MT and history however her maths and chemistry is very weak so tried tutoring but has not helped her final year result.

She was a good scoring in PSLE with 248 so I am really worried how to help her. It would be really very difficult if she looses a year dur to this bad scoring.

thanks. Looking forward for a response.
Worried Mom.
Hi Worried Mom,

I'm facing the same problem with my DD.. she has been failing her Maths from Sec 1 and her Combined Science now..

I'm looking for a tutor to help her... The only time DD passed her Maths was when she was guided by my hubby's friend. But he's not free this yr and DD is going to sit for her Os next year and I'm terribly anxious for her...

Anyone has a reasonable charge Maths Tutor that can help?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1127190https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1127190Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:54:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:28:56 GMT]]>

ga2004:
Thanks for all the response. Being a Engineer myself i cant see my DS in such a situation. AS I have obeserved she puts in effort. however i feel she does not understand and tries to ignore so its also her mentality .

she works hard alteast for the past exams and atill she has failed in chemistry very badly. So my worry is Chemistry is what I am worried. So me and my husband have started to revise with her. I have had tutions for maths her year end has been 60 but have to improve else its hard for her to her in good poly or jc. But guess since both are working its really hard for us to fully concentrate and putting tutions may not be fully helpful. So wanted to share with you all to get some help.
thanks.

Hi,

Is she attending other extra curricular lessons like piano, competitive sports or third lang? Sometimes, dropping these might help! I also had very decent PSLE score, but when I was in Sec 3 SA1, my math score plunged suddenly to 60+!

Why? I had a passive Math teacher, was distracted by BGR & fashion, ECAs and spent a lot of time practising my piano. As such, I decided to give up my piano exams, cut myself from boys totally, go to church and hang out with the highly competitive top nerds in my class.

Most imptly, for the first time ever, I found myself a PRIVATE tutor (randomly found thru classified ads). She was a god-sent! Without her, I'd still be reasoning along the wrong track and solving the problems based on wrong logic. Thanks to her one-on-one guidance, my next exam score shot up to 97!

Besides finding her a PRIVATE tutor, your DD's 心理素质 is very impt. Keep encouraging her and help her set realistic targets, amid your busy schedules.

Not sure how as working parents you could persuade her exercise self-discipline, like abstain from TV, no 煲电话粥 and online games *_*

If she had done well for history, it shows that she must hv a photographic memory, so why not capitalise on that to memorise the Periodic Table elements & nos, chem properties, then get the private tutor to coach her on how to apply that foundational knowledge to deduce the reactions and carry out the QA... Anyway, I'm no chem guru, so best to leave it to the experts to guide you on the strategies 🙂

Good luck!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125895https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125895Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:28:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:06:02 GMT]]>

isetan:
Hi Nebbermind, in your opinion, wat could be done if a student did not know how to apply of wat he was being taught?

I feel that it could be the foundation or the understanding of basic not strong. It's no longer like in pri school where one can look out for some pattern, choose a suitable heuristic, plug in the numbers and then get answers.
Therefore, like what many had said, work on the foundation n get it sorted out first

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125880https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125880Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:06:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:54:35 GMT]]>

TheAnswer:
ngl2010:

TheAnswer, in your opinion, how many hours of tuition is required for the weakest subject? Assuming I want to increase the grade for that particular subject from 60% to 80% and the subject is language.


(I imagine DS will have this problem in 2-3 years time)

Weekly tuition will only help minimally if they do not practice the language on a daily basis. It's not easy to increase the language results from 60% to 80%. In fact, it may not even be easy for some to get 60% for language. I'm not scaring you.

If I'm placed in similar shoes, I will let my DS struggle on his own for the first 6 months in sec 1 (no tuition for any subject). I will not wait for 2-3 more years. By then, there may be more damage. More rescue work need to be done. Secondary students are pretty busy. By that time, he may not even be able to afford time for tuition. Depends on his school schedule and how many weak subjects does he have.

It's not easy being a secondary school student these days..
Back during my time, I never had such a hectic schedule, always sit back, relax and score well.. Tough times now :pokeeye:

Thank you, TA. It is not easy to be a student now 😓 Maybe it will be easier for them during university time :xedfingers:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125872https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125872Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:54:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:37:49 GMT]]>Thanks for all the response. Being a Engineer myself i cant see my DS in such a situation. AS I have obeserved she puts in effort. however i feel she does not understand and tries to ignore so its also her mentality .

she works hard alteast for the past exams and atill she has failed in chemistry very badly. So my worry is Chemistry is what I am worried. So me and my husband have started to revise with her. I have had tutions for maths her year end has been 60 but have to improve else its hard for her to her in good poly or jc. But guess since both are working its really hard for us to fully concentrate and putting tutions may not be fully helpful. So wanted to share with you all to get some help.
thanks.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125857https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125857Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:37:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:30:52 GMT]]>

ngl2010:
TheAnswer, in your opinion, how many hours of tuition is required for the weakest subject? Assuming I want to increase the grade for that particular subject from 60% to 80% and the subject is language.


(I imagine DS will have this problem in 2-3 years time)
Weekly tuition will only help minimally if they do not practice the language on a daily basis. It's not easy to increase the language results from 60% to 80%. In fact, it may not even be easy for some to get 60% for language. I'm not scaring you.

If I'm placed in similar shoes, I will let my DS struggle on his own for the first 6 months in sec 1 (no tuition for any subject). I will not wait for 2-3 more years. By then, there may be more damage. More rescue work need to be done. Secondary students are pretty busy. By that time, he may not even be able to afford time for tuition. Depends on his school schedule and how many weak subjects does he have.

It's not easy being a secondary school student these days..
Back during my time, I never had such a hectic schedule, always sit back, relax and score well.. Tough times now :pokeeye:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125847https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1125847Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:30:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sec3 failure in subjects. Need help on Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:23:23 GMT]]>

jtoh:
If Math and Chemistry are her weakest subjects, it could be that she has a weak foundation in the two subjects. You need to get a tutor who can help build her foundation and develop from there. Group tuition will not work.

I agree with you. For Maths, I think it's good to revisit topics from Sec 1 and build all the way up. By Sec 3, it's expected that they still remember the previous concepts (prerequisite knowledge).

For chemistry it's important to know which are the key concepts, answer using keywords. Even sentence structure plays an important part in how the answer is presented. They will be marked against a stringent answer key. General answers will not be given any marks. It is no surprise that many students do badly for pure sciences.

In some schools, all Sec 4 students will have to take exams in the beginning of the year to determine if they need to drop any weaker subjects.

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