All About Working With Children Who Are Weak Academically
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for some children, seems like u need to allow them to ‘fall hard’ and then get back on their feet themselves. sometimes adults encourage too much and cushion their fall too much, kids are often well-protected. sometimes it is ok to let kids fail their papers once or twice. if the child is sensible enough, he/she will know what to do to prevent the next failure.
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Original Title: what do u do when ur child doesnt not perform academically?
what do u do when ur child doesnt excel in his or her studies? my definition is getting less than 80 marks. -
aiyo, my girl is same too. just cant do math n sci a bit better but not as easily as languages
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ya i agree. i was happy to drop math n sci durg my Jc and uni days
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24hr-mum:
what do u do when ur child doesnt excel in his or her studies? my definition is getting less than 80 marks.
How is it that getting less than 80 marks an indication of not excelling in studies? I am assuming it's primary level. Is it a one-off result or consistently below 80? What is your expected high and your lowest?
Know your child's strengths and weaknesses then set realistic target. Know their interests, talents and potentials and work on them to achieve their goals.
That way, all are happy. -
Hi 24hrmum,
Without using 80 as a benchmark, how is she performing as compared to cohort? 80 is sometimes not a good indication. Eg. if 50% of the cohort fail maths and highest in class is only 80, if the child gets 70, it's actually good.
I have a different problem. My P5 dd is strong in maths and science. But her language is the opposite.... Her CL is still do-able (can manage above 80) but the EL is her biggest challenge now as she is around 60 range. So that pulls down her average... While we are :xedfingers: that she will maintain her strength in those that she is good at... we need to build her EL to hopefully at least 70+ range. She is sitting for PSLE next year.
Maybe those good in language tend to be weaker in maths and science and vice versa???? -
i hvnt got rpt bk so duno cohort ave. shes in 2nd class. but her frds tat i know r at least 85, many 90+
her marks tis sa is 77 sci, math 72, eng 81.5, ch 84.5. no band 1 at all. -
24hr-mum:
read else where that your girl manages 17-18 for EL compo. that could have pull her up into band 1. her 81.5 is due to paper 2? or Oral?i hvnt got rpt bk so duno cohort ave. shes in 2nd class. but her frds tat i know r at least 85, many 90+
her marks tis sa is 77 sci, math 72, eng 81.5, ch 84.5. no band 1 at all.
i find that maybe most (not all) girls are not so good in sc and math. i gave up looking at my boy's math paper since last year. for science, i only do Paper 2 by analysing his answering technique (for concepts he is not sure, i still have to seek his dad's help to explain). reading the questions and options in MCQ section gives me a headache. -
Parents who have been there, done that. What are your advice?
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Could you be more specific? Help kids who are not academically strong to do what? To improve in their studies? To score better? To boost their self-confidence?
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