Get Your Children Ready for Math Exams!

Math...love it or hate it, right? Well, parents, Jorge Manzanera, a Professional Academic Coach and Math tutor located in The Woodlands offers some tips to help your children prepare for math success. If you'd like additional tutoring or coaching, visit Jorge's website at http://www.math2toring.com/.

Preparing for a Math exam is something that can make you feel very good, and your parents very proud, and that can establish a path of success for your academic and professional development.

Unfortunately, it is work that requires time and a clear commitment. It is not a matter of how smart you are but a matter of how well you prepare. Enjoy the ride, and be certain that efforts like this will prepare you to achieve any other goal you set for yourself.

First: Take the challenge: When we just don’t take responsibility and procrastinate with assignments, eventually, usually sooner than later, we start having painful consequences that can drag you in the wrong direction, and would need very special attention to be solved.

When you accept the challenge and the responsibility for your math grades, you became an agent of change towards your success. Nobody can do this key step for you, regardless of how much they care. This decision will immediately make you pay more attention in class, take better notes, complete your assignments, and even enjoy more the class and the subject.

Second: It is alright to ask for help, do this as early as you possibly can. The first person that would love to help you is your current math teacher. If he (she) sees you are finally taking responsibility and you have a (real) interest and commitment, you will get valuable help. Also you should talk to your parents, they are the most interested in your (success), in most cases, an older member of the family, has the knowledge and skills to help you along the way.

They can give you valuable advice to develop study skills, and to be more effective. They will hopefully help you to keep you away from distracters like video games, mp3, tv, radio, etc. Appreciate their efforts and be flexible and don’t expect that they will do their homework or assignments for you. Talk also to your friends that have better grades than you do, they will most likely want to help you too, not by givng you the solved assignments , but by working on them together.

Third: Get organized with your reference materials, textbook and notebook. Choose a proper desk or table to work on, and make sure there is a good light and no distractions. Do not turn the TV or any loud music on, do not text, and do not talk on your cell.

Fourth: Make a schedule that will allow you to review or study all the main aspects for your test. Work when you are not tired, and fully concentrate for periods of 10 to 15 mins. Between these periods, you can take brief breaks.

Fifth: Take good care of yourself. Have a very healthy life; sleep, nutrition, water intake, and exercise, are all very important to keep your brain strong and active.

If this seems overwhelming, the try to get a one-on-one professional academic coach or tutor. He or she will be able to design the lessons that you need, and further develop your strengths and reduce your weaknesses, to insure the success you are looking for.