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Exam tips for primary school children

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How much your child has learned during the semester will be put to the test (literally) if he or she isn’t already sitting for end-of-term exams. This is a period of high pressure for students as they are encouraged to do extra revisions and process more information than usual.

The added stress being expected to achieve stellar results is also counterproductive to their learning process.

A commentary by Channel News Asia (CAN) asserts that the hyper-competitive academic culture in Singapore is “breeding severe test anxiety among many students” and the ripple effects must not be taken lightly.

CAN adds that some students “suffer intense emotional symptoms like fear, anger, depression or helplessness, while others exhibit behavioural symptoms like avoidance or irritability or cognitive impairment that include racing thoughts, minds going blank, difficulty concentrating and negative thinking”.

Your child needs guidance, support, and kindness from adults both at home and at school at this crucial period.

Help your child do well by taking some of the pressure off while he or she prepares for any upcoming tests.

Here are some helpful tips:

Use colours and creativity during revision – colourful shapes, tables, charts, mind maps, and flashcards can help with your child’s attention and memory.

A study published by the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences suggests that “colour can be very effective in learning and education settings, marketing, communication, or even sport”.

This is because colours attract attention and “the more attention focused on certain stimuli, the more chances of the stimuli to be transferred to a more permanent memory storage”.

Encourage your child to use coloured pens, bring highlighters and colourful sticky notes when revising. The process of writing stuff down in different coloured pens as a revision technique can stimulate the memory through visual association.

Using playful drawings and diagrams to express what he or she has learned can also help retain useful information and make revision fun. For example, if your child is taking down notes about photosynthesis, he or she can make his notes more aesthetically pleasing and comprehensible by drawing out his or her favourite plant and labelling.

Study in short bursts with frequent breaks – a research involving 600 students by the University of Surrey in England reveals that students who took regular breaks from studying had higher information retention – up to 20% more – than students who sat through their study time longer with lesser breaks.

Spaced out learning apparently allows the brain to absorb and retain information at the speed at which neurons naturally process input.

In the words of education journalist Nick Morrison: “if the neurons are distracted while they are making the changes that are involved in creating memories, then the creation of memories will be impaired.”

Get your child to set study times of up to 45 minutes then go for long breaks before picking up study time again. Allow him or her to completely disconnect from the studies during breaks so as not to feel subliminal pressure, which can be counterproductive to his or her memory.

Don’t study too late into the night – students have the tendency of burning the midnight oil when it comes to revision. However, intensive late night study sessions can harm the brain more than boost memory. It causes poor focus and shorter attention spans as the brain craves rest and recovery from the inputs gathered throughout the day.

Restricting the healing process of sleep causes foggy concentration, fatigue, irritability, high-blood pressure, and more serious medical conditions, according to National Health Service in the UK.

Advice your child to study early and finish early in the evening before his or her important test. You can also sit with your child in the morning to refresh his or her memory and go through new information.

Set a positive mood by playing mellow but uplifting wake-up music – if your child has been rigorously studying the night before, he or she is likely feeling nervous and tense in anticipation of the exams for the next day.

According to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Ohio State University, our mood in the morning pretty much sets the tone for our mood and productivity for the rest of the day.

Give your child a calm and uplifting start to the day by putting on some mellow and happy music. Music’s potential as a therapeutic tool is proven not just to improve moods but also assist with learning outcomes.

Am article titled “Music and the Brain: The Fascinating Ways That Music Affects Your Mood and Mind” mentions that “music affects the brain and mood by engaging emotion, memory, learning and neuroplasticity, and attention.”

Eat well to support mental performance – the effect of nutrition on the brain should never be underestimated. What your child eats will affect his or her moods and motivations when studying, as well as his or her capacity to retain helpful information.

Reach Out, an online resource for mental health in Australia, shares that the brain requires proper nourishment for it to function better and that the effect of an unhealthy diet causes trouble sleeping, poor memory and difficulty in problem-solving.

Try feeding your child brain foods to help fuel his or her concentration. Also have a look at healthier dietary substitutes.

Instead of processed cereal, biscuits or a muffin, frozen pizza, burger and fries, chocolate or lollies, ice cream, potato chips, energy drinks or soft drinks, and coffee.

Try oats mixed with milk and topped with fruit and walnuts, wholegrain cracks with cheese and tomato, homemade wholewheat pizza, steak and salad, fresh or dried fruit, yoghurt and berries, handful of nuts, fruit smoothie, and greed or herbal tea.