From mid-June, millions of students will blacken their patent, baccalaureate or college copies in order to obtain a diploma that will determine their future. Stress, sleep disorders, fatigue, over-consumption of screens… Find out how to help them naturally and without medication, by doing with their physiology rather than against it.
From the classic “by heart” to small highlighted cards, each parent has their own idea of what “good reviews” are. But, in the matter, what worked for one can be counter-productive for another. This is why specialists alert us to the need, as parents, to review our copies before advising a method to our children.
Discover his educational profile
Before jumping on the mnemonic method in vogue, Hélène Weber, psychologist and sociologist author of Objective memory (ed. Eyrolles), advises to make your child discover his ” educational profile “, that is to say, to understand by what privileged means he retains information. Some of us are auditorylovers of verbal explanations, others are visuals and love pictures and diagrams, others still are kinesthetic and retain what relates to smells, noises or sensations *(discover your child’s profile via the link below in the “References” section).
This teacher, who accompanies students to find a suitable revision method, notes that certain popular memorization methods, such as that of the “mental palace” (read “Taming your memory, good techniques”), do not work with everyone. since they promote a type of memory (here, visual memory). So, an auditory profile student will benefit from reviewing visual information in “ translating into sentences ” which is shown to him. For example, the mathematical equation r = P / π / 2 becomes, formulated aloud: ” lThe radius of a circle is equal to its perimeter divided by Pi, divided by two “. A visual, on the contrary, tends to “ see again “the picture of the formula in his head. A kinesthetic, he puts into practice the equationfor example by writing it on the board, to remember it.
Five rituals to better revise and memorize
Here are five proven rituals that promote memorization:
1. Proofread the key concepts of the courses before going to bed promotes assimilation;
2. Revise from time to time in Groupfor interaction and stimulation;
3. Write very visual review sheets with colors and diagrams, to stimulate visual memory;
4. Practice the “ spaced learning ”: learn a concept, revise it the next day and then again three days later, seven days later and three months later (read details in “Taming your memory, good techniques”).
5. Take breaks every hour to allow the brain to relax, decompress and not overload itself unnecessarily.
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The “by heart”, no longer in our hearts
The famous “by heart”, very popular with the French school, and which is making a big comeback at the moment, can be good if it is not systematically used and if it is reserved for a few fundamental notions such as the rules of spelling, multiplication tables, theorems or poems.
For everything else, as Audrey Akoun and Isabelle Pailleau advise, it is better “forget this annoying habit of monotonously and linearly repeating lessons like a neurasthenic parrot “and put” life, humor and originality ” in revisions.
The kinesthetic, for example, can learn his lessons by walking, by mimicking situations or by tracing diagrams with his finger in the air. The visual, by watching a film about what he is learning or by adding colors and photos to their revision sheets. The verbal, by transforming its course into story he tells himself, or via associations of ideas. Finally, the auditory can create its ownreview recordings/podcasts or think back to the lesson as he heard it in the professor’s voice (or “imagine it’s his favorite actor or singer he hears about the Cold War or global warming”).
As a parent, you can therefore help your child by offering him learning methods adapted to his profile in order to transform revisions into a moment when he can combine business with pleasure.
The formula for freaking out
In Keep calm and succeed in your exams (ed. Eyrolles), Audrey Akoun and Isabelle Pailleau give us with humor the “formula of freaking out” during revisions:
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- «You wait to get closer to the deadline to put you “really”.
- You discover that there are plenty of things you don’t know.
- You stay up late to work and you decrease your sleep.
- You eat anything because you don’t have time.
- The stress sets in and your parents get into it.
The winning cocktail to freak out and screw up your exams. »
To share with your teenager!
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