My DS is in Year 12. At the start of Year 12, the school made clear that for each A level that students take, they should be doing about 5 hours per week of study in addition to the periods for which they are taught. I am concerned that my DS is not doing anything like that, but for chemistry and maths, I am not really sure what he should be doing as extra. I am happy that he is completing any specific homework tasks that are set. The issue is that those tasks do not come anywhere close to taking 5 hours per week per subject to complete and I'm not sure what sort of extra things he should be doing. At GCSE, DS obtained a good set of results by completing homework (without doing anything extra) and then revising hard in the last few weeks before exams, and I think he is still working to that model. I am concerned that won't be enough for good A level results, but it's difficult trying to have a discussion about it when I'm not sure myself what types of extra work he should be doing.
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If you teach chemistry or maths to A level, advice gratefully received!
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Uninspirednamewise · 12/11/2017 00:05
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