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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What specific elements of the tests is she failing at?

Very broadly, Chemistry has two aspects, one really math/equation heavy and then one aspect that's really just a lot of memorization.  You can reason your way through the first aspect,  but the second part just requires you to commit things to memory.  I majored in Chemistry and I always found the memorization aspect much more challenging.

For the math/logic portion, practice problems will help.  For memorization, I did a ton of flash cards and would go through them over and over.[/quote]
DC is taking AP chem, and really struggling with the memorization part. She's not great at that regardless of the class. One of the reasons why they hated history class -- too much memorization.  The math part is easier for them.  They do make flashcards, too, but they still struggle.

They do fine on class assignments but come test time, they fail it.  I bought an AP chem book to help, and they also have a text book, but I don't know what else to do.  [/quote]

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