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word count 10486
date submitted 26.01.2009
date updated 10.02.2009
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Elaine Wood

Aimed at children aged 7 to 11, this book explains how memory works and demonstrates useful techniques to help learn material for tests and exams.

 

Revision is daunting and difficult especially for young children who have to take class test and SATs exams for the first time. This book helps children aged 7 to 11 to understand how memory works so thay can use it to its full potential and learn to revise in an efficient and fun way which will guarantee them success.

Using techniques which have been adapted from post 16 study skills, children are taught various memory organisation strategies. by the time they have worked through the book, they should be able to select a strategy that is appropriate for the type of material they are required to learn.

This book also encourages children to be multi-sensory rather than relying on a particular learning style. This will help them to become more efficient and confident learners, improving their test and exam results.

The published version will be packed wilth illustrations, diagrams and activities for children to complete.

 
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exam help, key stage two, revision skills, revision tips, sats help, study skills

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Author apart from the rest wrote 732 days ago

Elaine,

I truly enjoyed reading your work. This book is very easy to understand, giving sound advice to youngsters! I find the whole concept superb!

Rob

thrillerlover wrote 740 days ago

I’ve added your book to my watchlist. Best of luck with it!

P J wrote 1210 days ago

Well Lainey - this certainly got me thinking. As a teacher I obviously know all this information myself, and see everyday, how much better children learn and retain things by using the sort of multisensory approach you're quite rightly promoting.
I thought the beginning was just a bit long for this age group - the talk of schemas and so on. I would make that much shorter, give some more anecdotal examples and start in on the very practical activities you have presented later, a bit sooner. Otherwise you may not catch your reader early enough. Perhaps present some of the info here as appendices for parents and/or children at the back.
I can see this sort of book catching on amongst children - but it looks as if KS2 tests are eventually, and thankfully, on the way out. Instead, single level tests are being brought in. This, together with renewed interest from both parents and educators about how children learn, and a renewed emphasis on the importance of metacognition - reflecting on your own learning, makes your book very timely. I can imagine it being used really well in transition projects - looking at transition from KS2 to 3. This is another hot topic in education, and one which secondary schools would do well to encourage as my son could still do with this at GCSE stage!! I would market it at 10+
Good luck with this. Keep in touch. It will be on my shelf tomorrow.
Tricia

Diane wrote 1212 days ago

I have two children, aged nine and eleven, who I know would love this book with illustrations and activities -- perhaps a kind of Horrible History type format?

The voice of the book seems informative and easy to read, not condescending at all, and is very engaging. Seems a shame that this age-group should even be worrying about tests, but hey, that's a whole _other_ subject.

Very interesting indeed. I shall be back to read more.

Thanks for sharing your work with us, Lainey.

~Diane.

Lainey wrote 1213 days ago

Many thanks Sue, I'm glad you liked it. I am working on breaking it down into chapters. Thanks for that, I am new to this and grateful for your advice.

Elaine

LittleDevil wrote 1213 days ago

Ok lets see how good I am... or how valuable this could be. No cheating I promise
I woke in the morning and brushed my teeth with toothpaste, I got up and had breakfast Toast, butter, cereal and milk. At lunch I had a BACON sandwich I came home from school and had a bag of crisps While the Jacket POTATO was cooking and then I fed the Dog his FOOD

I am quite impressed. I can't remember what it was called but I paid about 50 quid many years back for a home study course on pretty much the same subject,. I think this could be very good for kids and adults alike. I think you need to break down the chapters though to make it more readable. Sooner you do that the more readers you will get. I couldnt manage the whole lot in one go. I am impressed, I think I could remember that later on tonight. I have a grandson with learning difficulties, (A Boy Called George) by book. I think this may help. I would not only shelve it I would buy it too
I am going to kick start this for you
Good luck and best wishes
Sue

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