With the coming of the new year, high school students are gearing themselves for their high school examinations in March and April.
A few tips will help the students face the exams.Not only students but parents also play a great role when it comes to their child's academic success. It has been established that the parent is the top educator in their child's life.
It has also been established that the parent is the prime role model for their child. While teachers are important as well, the child will benefit more if there is a collaboration that involves regular communication.
Teachers have the capability to express the skills and the concepts that are being introduced in the classroom so that parents may reinforce them at home through an assortment of learning activities.
The teacher has the ability to offer productive suggestions on learning tools and even exercises that may be performed at home in order to optimize the child's learning.
If you have a child that is going to high school, it's important that you realize how different high school is going to be for them.
This is a time of big transition. Not only is your child transitioning and going through tough physical and emotional changes, but high school brings on all new challenges that can be a bit difficult for freshmen high school students to get used to.
Now that your child is in high school, their grades and performance are more important than ever.In order to succeed in high school students need to have great study skills. Here are some important study skills that you (parents) can teach to your high school student to help them have an easier transition into high school.
Basic Study Habits
Just some of the basic study habits are going to be important for your teen as they go into high school as well. Some kids already may have developed these habits during middle school, but for others, they come a bit harder.
Here are a few basic study habits that are very important for your teen to have:Be prepared for your classes and make sure you attend. Be on time Make sure you do all assignments and turn them in on time.Avoid cramming for tests, but review on a regular basis.
Taking Good Notes
Taking good notes is very important for new high school students. While your teen may have taken a few notes in middle school, more than likely they aren't used to taking as many notes as they will in high school.
Reviewing notes regularly
A big problem that many new students in high school have is taking notes and then forgetting about them until it is test time. This can be a big problem and can lead to bad test grades. Cramming for tests is not a good practice. Teach your teen to review their notes on a regular basis. It's a good idea for them to take a look at their class notes each day. This way they keep the material fresh in their mind. It also keeps them from dealing with an overload of information, which can occur when trying to cram too much information in at once.
Staying Organised
Organizational skills are important for high school students, but this is an area where many teens seem to struggle. Just take a look at your teens room and you probably have doubts at whether they are able to organize anything.
Work on teaching your teen to stay organized, not only at home, but with their school work as well.
Teach them to have a place for all their study materials, such as notebooks, planners, pens, books, and other materials so they don't lose them.
Organization is a skill that will help students improve grades, since they won't have the problem of losing homework or forgetting about important tests and quizzes.
Time Management
There are just 24 hours in each day. What you do with that time makes all the difference.
While high-school students average 35 hours per week of class time, college students log an average of 15 to 18 hours per week.
Getting your "free" time under control now will help prepare you for managing that extra 20 hours a week come freshman year of college — when you'll need to to study and want to socialize more than ever. Manage your time wisely and you will get the maximum out of each day.