What to do if children get bad grades at high school? A learning psychologist explains when parents should intervene, why learning together doesn’t always make sense and how children stay motivated.
New teachers, new subjects, bad grades: The transition from primary school to secondary school is a challenge; many children are confronted with poor grades for the first time. What should parents do if fours and fives suddenly appear on the report card? Let the children do it first? Or intervene immediately? And can learning together at the kitchen table actually be a good thing? Stefanie van Ophuysen, professor of educational science at the University of Münster, has been researching the transition to primary school for years. She explains how parents can help – and how not.