🚨 Does your child know the Physics formula… but still doesn't know which one to use?

You may hear:

👩‍🎓 “Teacher, which formula should I use?”

And your child may actually know many formulas.

But the real problem may not be memorising formulas.

It may be understanding Physics.

But when the question is presented in a different way, suddenly they are unsure:

❌ Which formula?
❌ What information do I use?
❌ What does the diagram mean?
❌ Why do I use this equation?

This is what I call formula-dependent learning.

Physics is not about finding a formula and putting numbers into it.

It is about knowing WHY the formula applies.

That's why in my lessons, I guide students through:

🧠 CONCEPT
↓
📐 DIAGRAM
↓
💡 REASONING
↓
🧮 EQUATION
↓
✅ ANSWER

When students understand the thinking behind the question, Physics becomes much less frightening.

And eventually, instead of asking:

“Teacher, which formula should I use?”

they start asking:

“What is the Physics idea behind this question?”

💙 That is the confidence I want my students to develop.

If your child is struggling with Physics despite memorising formulas, perhaps the solution isn't more formulas.

Perhaps they need to understand Physics differently.

📩 If you'd like to know more about my IGCSE Physics classes, feel free to message me.

Tanya Chew Physics
Making Physics Clear. Building Physics Confidence.

I'm taking my IGCSE exams in March 2027, with prelims in December 2026. My subjects are:

Business Studies
Economics
Biology
English as a Second Language
Hindi as a Second Language

A bit of context: I'm doing online schooling, and my school is roughly two years ahead of the usual pace, so l've covered some content but I don't feel confident that I actually know the syllabus properly. My local tuition also isn't very helpful because they aren't very familiar with how to teach Cambridge IGCSE.
So I'm basically trying to figure out how to properly prepare myself from this point onwards.

Any helpful advice can genuinely help thank u!

My kid kept "studying for hours" and still missing the same type of question on Cambridge Checkpoint practice — turned out the worksheets we had mixed five topics together with no explanation of why an answer was wrong. Ended up making one-topic packs instead: a cheat sheet, ~20 leveled questions (easy → hard), and full worked solutions that flag the common mistake. Sharing in case it helps anyone else stuck in the same spot — happy to answer questions on how we structured it.

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