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Best way to prepare for Exams
Best way to prepare for Exams
Parents often ask how do I help my child score
in exams? Especially when exams are around the corner, parents get even more
worried and start panicking sometimes even more than the child itself.
More often than not the best way to prepare a
child for exams is to start early. How early is early? As early as before the
actual school terms begin. The challenge with most of parents and students is
that when the exams are over, they tend to totally relax and let go of all the
studying responsibilities. It is perfectly alright to take a break, however,
there must be a clear line to distinguish when the break is over and when to
start pressing on the accelerator again and start the engine rolling , by this
it means to get started for next year.
November and December school holidays are the
best time to get started again. After taking the much deserved break, parents
should start scheduling a new time table for their kids to start reviewing next
year’s topics. Subjects like Science is one subject that can get an early
headstart.
Writing skills can be enhance, comprehension
skills can also be improved by taking up short courses during the holidays to
upgrade the child’s writing and reading skills.
Skills that can help improve a child’s marks
are
- How to improve Composition
- Creative writing skills
- Sentence structure Enrichmennt
- Vocabulary Enrichment
- Grammar skills
- How to improve Comprehension
- Speed reading skills
- Ability to answer questions where the
answers are not in the passage
- Critical thinking skills to answer
tough questions
- Comprehension Techniques to understand
the passage twice as fast
- How to improve Oral Marks
- Confidence building Emotional Quotient
Type skills
- Speech and Oral presentations
- Speech and Drama type activities
- How to improve Science
- Learn Memory techniques to learn how
to memorize information and date on scientific facts
- Learn how to study from the textbook
and organize information in fun and easy to understand formats such as
outlining, picture mapping
- How to improve Math
- Take a Diagnostic Math Test to check
the level ability of the child
- Build on the weak concepts. Does not
mean the child is in Primary 5 means they must go to Primary 5 Math
Tuition class. They have to assessed and attend an ability based type
class that covers basic Math concepts before the child can solve
challenging problem sums
- Start early during the school holidays
so that the child can have a better foundation before they enter the
higher level next year
Learning Discoveries conducts workshops for Pri
1 – 6 on Writing skills, Memory Techniques, Comprehension Skills and Math Genius
Programs. Registration Call 67414 344 or visit
www.learningdiscoveries.net
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