Most of the parents face memory problem with their children when it comes to academic studies. Several students from 7 years old onward face this problem and parents get worried. Children who have secured good marks in the preliminary classes start losing them in the higher classes. In a class only two or three children do good and others lag behind.
Then what makes this? Why students lose marks at the higher level classes? These are the most debated questions and there was no single answer to them. Still lot of studies are going on the children and their memory issues. Results of them did not suggest one single solution. So this issue has to be understood by the parents with open mind.
As the student climbs up the ladder of academic career, burden of studies becomes more and more heavy. They have to read lot of books and learn lot of new concepts. Concepts at the higher classes would be more difficult and complex. Unless there is strong foundation children flounder at the higher classes. Most of the reading material in the upper classes depend on the basics taught at the lower classes.
So student and parents shall know one thing that by completing a class, student have lost all the relations with that class. Lessons taught in the previous class form the basis for the lessons in the higher classes. Once a student completes a class, he or she has to go through the lessons again and keep them fresh in the mind moving to the next class.
Subjects will have a structure and they will be taught in orderly manner. In the lower classes basics and concepts based on them would be taught in the higher classes. This rule applies to science subjects and arts subjects differ. We will discuss science and arts subjects separately.
In science subjects as told earlier, will be taught in an orderly manner and the students have to follow each basic without fail. If the student is perfect with the basics he or she could do well in the upper classes. Maths and science subjects will contain equations, theories, diagrams and experiments. By hearting the equations, understanding the concepts and theories, more experiments will help a student to excel in the studies.
As far as science subjects are concerned student has to read them with concentration. Student has to develop love toward the subject and make the theories, equations as friends. As we frequently meet our friends so that we did not lose contact with them, students have to visit their 'theories and equations friends' often and keep the relations fresh. Writing tests often will help the student keep in touch with the subjects.
Students having low memory and did not have enough confidence and have fear has to spend more time on the subjects. It would be advisable for them to write down the material on small slips or on pocket notebooks and whenever they find time should read them. To develop concentration, this type students should reduce their activities, try to sit in a silent place, chase away the thoughts in the mind and shall focus only on the subjects.
In fact mind never will be empty. It will contain lot of thoughts about various things. Tilt toward unnecessary thoughts will lessen concentration on the studies. So students have to differentiate between necessary and unnecessary thoughts. They must share thoughts with parents and find what thoughts are necessary and what are unnecessary.
Parents of these students should interact with their kids often and know what is nagging their mind. Children should be told about and enlightened about the necessity to shed away the unnecessary thoughts and see that child concentrates on the studies.
Here one thing has to be kept in mind. Encouraging the children by giving whatever they ask, did not help in developing them. In fact it will spoil them. Once the parents budge to the demands of the children, they start resorting to the same practice.
Instead parents should convince the children on long term benefits of studies and the damages due to short term benefits. Children should be taken to the people who have excelled in their fields and let the children feel, how those are enjoying higher status in the society.
These will help the children to excel in the science subjects. In the next post we shall discuss the problems associated with arts subjects.
Then what makes this? Why students lose marks at the higher level classes? These are the most debated questions and there was no single answer to them. Still lot of studies are going on the children and their memory issues. Results of them did not suggest one single solution. So this issue has to be understood by the parents with open mind.
As the student climbs up the ladder of academic career, burden of studies becomes more and more heavy. They have to read lot of books and learn lot of new concepts. Concepts at the higher classes would be more difficult and complex. Unless there is strong foundation children flounder at the higher classes. Most of the reading material in the upper classes depend on the basics taught at the lower classes.
So student and parents shall know one thing that by completing a class, student have lost all the relations with that class. Lessons taught in the previous class form the basis for the lessons in the higher classes. Once a student completes a class, he or she has to go through the lessons again and keep them fresh in the mind moving to the next class.
Subjects will have a structure and they will be taught in orderly manner. In the lower classes basics and concepts based on them would be taught in the higher classes. This rule applies to science subjects and arts subjects differ. We will discuss science and arts subjects separately.
In science subjects as told earlier, will be taught in an orderly manner and the students have to follow each basic without fail. If the student is perfect with the basics he or she could do well in the upper classes. Maths and science subjects will contain equations, theories, diagrams and experiments. By hearting the equations, understanding the concepts and theories, more experiments will help a student to excel in the studies.
As far as science subjects are concerned student has to read them with concentration. Student has to develop love toward the subject and make the theories, equations as friends. As we frequently meet our friends so that we did not lose contact with them, students have to visit their 'theories and equations friends' often and keep the relations fresh. Writing tests often will help the student keep in touch with the subjects.
Students having low memory and did not have enough confidence and have fear has to spend more time on the subjects. It would be advisable for them to write down the material on small slips or on pocket notebooks and whenever they find time should read them. To develop concentration, this type students should reduce their activities, try to sit in a silent place, chase away the thoughts in the mind and shall focus only on the subjects.
In fact mind never will be empty. It will contain lot of thoughts about various things. Tilt toward unnecessary thoughts will lessen concentration on the studies. So students have to differentiate between necessary and unnecessary thoughts. They must share thoughts with parents and find what thoughts are necessary and what are unnecessary.
Parents of these students should interact with their kids often and know what is nagging their mind. Children should be told about and enlightened about the necessity to shed away the unnecessary thoughts and see that child concentrates on the studies.
Here one thing has to be kept in mind. Encouraging the children by giving whatever they ask, did not help in developing them. In fact it will spoil them. Once the parents budge to the demands of the children, they start resorting to the same practice.
Instead parents should convince the children on long term benefits of studies and the damages due to short term benefits. Children should be taken to the people who have excelled in their fields and let the children feel, how those are enjoying higher status in the society.
These will help the children to excel in the science subjects. In the next post we shall discuss the problems associated with arts subjects.
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