For a student with learning difficulties, Maths often feels like an impossible challenge. Nahla came to us just months before her final exams, feeling frustrated and demotivated by continuous failing grades term after term. Her goal was simple yet seemed unattainable: to pass. This is the story of how our personalized plan helped her break the cycle of failure and achieve a significant milestone: a confident Level 5 pass in her IGCSE Maths exam.
The Challenge
Nahla’s teachers had long recognized her specific difficulties with mathematics and placed her in a class for students needing extra support. The school was very supportive, providing slow-paced teaching sessions, targeted lesson plans, and extra time during exams to help students like her. Yet, despite this dedicated support, Nahla consistently struggled to reach the pass mark, and the frustration was beginning to take a toll.
Both Nahla’s mother and her teacher knew a change was needed. The group support at school, while well-intentioned, wasn’t providing the individual attention she required to pass. Convinced that one-to-one tutoring was the answer, Nahla’s mom scheduled a demo session with us.
From the moment we began working together, it was evident that the biggest obstacle wasn’t just math—it was confidence. Years of low scores had left Nahla doubting every answer she gave.
The Cloud LearnX Approach: “How We Fixed It”
Our patient and student-centered approach during the demo session immediately resonated with Nahla’s mother. She entrusted us with Nahla’s progress, and we started by building a strong partnership with her. Through close communication, we gained a complete picture of Nahla’s challenges, including the methods her school had recommended and the specific areas that needed the most attention based on her exam results.
Our Personalised Plan for Nahla
1. Focus on High-Impact Topics
We identified the topics that appeared most frequently on past exams but were less challenging to master. This allowed us to build momentum quickly.
- Targeted Practice: Nahla worked through special worksheets that started with fundamental questions and gradually progressed to exam-style problems.
- Review and Reinforce: After each attempt, we would review the topic together to solidify her understanding and discuss any questions she had. One important thing we did here was to move beyond simple memorization and summarize each method, empowering her with a flexible problem-solving toolkit she could apply to any exam question.
2. Reinforce Effective Organization
For students with learning difficulties, structure is key. We saw that Nahla was already using excellent techniques like color-coding and highlighting.
- Building on Strengths: Instead of introducing drastic new methods, we encouraged her existing habits and integrated them into our sessions.
- Consistency is Key: We made sure our tutoring approach was consistent with the methods she was already comfortable with, creating a stable and predictable learning environment.
- Structured Long-Term Planning: From day one, we mapped out a clear schedule that covered every session right up to the final exam. This plan carefully allocated time for completing every relevant past paper, in-depth discussions to review answers, and dedicated sessions to address any remaining learning gaps. This organized, forward-thinking approach ensured there was no last-minute panic, building her confidence steadily each week.
3. Implement Strategic Exam Practice
With mocks just two weeks away, our immediate goal was to prepare her for exam conditions.
- Timed Past Papers: Nahla practiced full exam papers under timed conditions to build stamina and improve her pacing.
- Exam Best Practices: We focused heavily on crucial exam techniques, such as showing all steps, checking her work, and correctly rounding off final answers to maximize every possible mark.
- Last-minute boosts: We understand that the day before an exam can be stressful, especially for students who struggle with memory retention. Our plan included a final, light review session on exam day and the day before. The goal wasn’t to cram new information, but to calmly go over key points and review important facts with custom-made summary notes. This final check-in is designed to boost memory and ensure the student feels calm and ready on exam day.
The Final Result: A Story of Success
On results day, Nahla reached out, overjoyed with her grade.
“…Good afternoon. This is Nahla. I just wanted to inform you that grades have just come in, and I’m pleased to say that I passed! I got a 5 although I was a few marks away from getting a 6! I wanted to thank you. All tge classes and practices were so helpful and I cannot thank you any further…”
Nahla, igcse student
Nahla achieved a level 5!
Many believe that for students like Nahla, whose brains are “wired differently,” failing math is unavoidable. With dedicated, one-to-one intervention and a solid strategy, we can turn a subject that was once a barrier into a bridge. While they may not become math superstars overnight, our goal is to ensure that a past failure in math does not limit their bright future.
“…Hi Naveen, Nahla is so pleased and I’m so happy. All that hard work paid off. I’ll send to you a screenshot.
Thank you so much for your dedication and in working closely with Nahla and her mama:-)
Nahla’s mother
Nahla’s journey is a powerful reminder that every student can succeed with the right support. If your child is finding math a constant battle, you’re not alone. Book a free consultation today, and let’s build a personalized plan to unlock their potential.
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