Ds is crap at maths.

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Does anyone know a good tutor at a reasonable price in Glasgow?

You could try Khan Academy. It is on line and free. If you sign up, it will assess him and set work to his level.

There are also CGP or Letts revision guides and workbooks.

There is a tendency to see maths as something you either get or do not get, rather than something you have to improve with practice. There is then also the anxiety of not understanding it, which in itself is a barrier to learning. Rather, get him to look at understanding it a bit more every time he goes through it. Try to encourage him out of the "crap at maths", mindset and into the "will improve with practice" mindset.

I do not know any tutors, but you could try this as a cheaper alternative first and just see how it goes.

What do you mean by “crap at maths”?

How old is he?

Children (or anyone) cannot be "crap at maths".

Some people find things more difficult than others, however I often find that it is the people around the child that have the biggest impact.

Saying things like he is "crap at maths" will make him hate maths and therefore not want to do it or work at it, maybe even fear it and then he will never improve or enjoy it.

Saying things such as "my child struggles with maths. or finds it difficult" maybe more appropriate. Would you ever say "my child is crap at reading".

To improve his attitude towards the things he struggles with you could bring it into your daily lives. Make cakes with him, get him to add up the shopping when you go out. Make him doing maths part of his daily life, when he sees that he CAN do maths and is not "crap" as you call him, he probably will be less scared of it and you will see an improvement in his school.

My DS1 is totally crap at math not helped by the fact his younger brother is a proper genuine math genius so even those who are good at math feel slightly inferior, he has dyscalculia quantity numbers time as in we’re going out in 3 hours etc are totally meaningless to him. He passed math GCSE (a C but who cares). He was not taught why but how it’s doesnt matter why 8x7 is 56 it just is stop trying to work out why just accept it. He has a tutor who went over and over and over endless maths questions until he could just do them not understand them just do them. Having achieved a C at maths in a autumn sitting his stupid school then got ambitious and against his and our agreement entered him for the higher paper he failed it dismally because on the higher paper you had to understand what you were doing. He also in yr 11 had a math teacher with ASD he only taught 1 way to answer questions and was very logical once DS has mastered this he was fine.
Acknowledge math isn’t your DS’s strong point we all have weaknesses in life why pretend we don’t but that doesn’t mean for something as essential as math we should give up. A useful life lesson DS1 knew how important it is and so you have to struggle in however difficult it might be.
We cracked open a large bottle of champagne when he got his C I’ve never been so nervous waiting for an exam result! Good luck.

Depends on the age? Ds(14) practices the bits of Nat 5 maths he struggles with outside school which really helps embed it. He uses TeeJay books for practice exercises. If he really struggles with a particular piece he uses the Internet, BBC BITESIZE etc to try to work it out, sometimes I'll try to help too, and if he still can't get it speaks to the teacher.

It's helps to sit down and work out which areas he finds hardest and come up with a plan instead of thinking he is overall crap at maths. 2-3 hours of self study supported by you each week really will help boost his confidence in the subject.