Dear Tanstan72,
Geography, to me, is about understanding facts. In a geography
exam, it does not matter whether how much the student writes but
the quality of words written. A typical essay would contained
serveral keypoints (between 5 ~ 7) about a certain topic. The
crux in scoring in geography is to be able to convey clearly to the
examiner that he/she knows the concept real well and able to
reproduced the keypoints that the examiner is looking for.
Instead of memorizing huge chunks of text, try asking your child
to list down the 5 ~ 7 keypoints and use the 'linking' technique to
link up those points. I.e. One keypoint links to another one.
Regarding about tuition, I suggest you getting feedbacks from
all tutors to look for signs of stress in your child. I myself is a
tutor for many years and I have seen many cases where the child is
simply too burn-out over the routinize day-after-day of tuition
session without room to breathe.
Your child math's and science's results have rooms for
improvement, and encouragement should be given constantly. Instead
of seeing the picture from the negative angle, I always
suggest parents and my fellow tutors to view the
picture 'positively' i.e. there are time for improvements and
his results as of today is based on his pure effort,
encouragements helps a long way!
Best Regards,
Chin Seng
Homework Forum Moderator
Chemistry Tutor
http://simply-chemistry.com/
agreed. No use writing a whole chunk where it goes no where
for example:
Pakistan GDP for 2009: $ 4 900 per
capita
Range of GDP for
Developed countries: $ 18 000 - $58 000
Account for the human factors that
may prevent damage to the arable farmlands of Pakistan along
Irrawaddy drainage basin.
Evaluate the feasibility of the
human factors. [8]
Firstly, IDENTIFY that pakistan is a LDC, MUST !
Humans factors: River channelisation, river resectioning,
embankments, and plantation and removal of vegetation.
for each: 1 short liner of where it happen (Example) +
1 elaboration
State that river channelisation, resectioning, embankments are very
expensive, certainly not a LDC will be able to afford
And plantation and removal of vegetation, long term solution, but
more cost effective, cheaper, LDC can afford
And conclusion (VERY IMPORTANT TO SCORE A L3/8)
Pakistan should use plantation and removal of vegetation, as it is
more affordable
But the real test of feasibility IS THE TEST OF TIME, 30 years
later, the floodlands still protected, useful and feasible !
This will be an approach to score L3/8, but not the only one, the
following will NEVER score L3/8
Write 3 points each for each way and go onto conclusion without
identify and linking to the question context that Pakistan is a
LDC
HENCE, MUST LOOK TO THE QUESTION, SCRUTINIZE question before
answering
Hope this helps. TS please reply
