Topic today: The mindset of students now a days and their attitudes

Topic today: The mindset of students now a days and their attitudes

Hi fellow crusaders of the sky,

Today my topic would be on the mindset of secondary 1 and 2 students through my observations. I have seen nowadays that most teenagers only get serious when near the date line of whatever they were doing. For example the test is on a Wednesday. Students would tend to have a carefree days before the exam and only really studying hard (by bringing their files and notes and studying at every time possible) the night before the test or worst, on the actual day itself.

This may be helpful to a certain extent where you remember fresh information from what you studied right before the test. This also shows the concept of revising as for the human mind, there would be a peak where you remember all the information clearly, like as they were at the back of you hand. However after some time, you start to forget some information and will come a time when you forget almost everything. The goal which we want to achieve is to have the tests or exams at the peak time or nearest to the point where we remember almost all the information. This is when revision comes in. Revision allows us to have another peak point, hence will have a higher chance of taking the test near the peak. (Can be imagined in a graph).

This leads me to my point of view. revision is definitely a must, however I feel revision at the Last Minute is bad as by doing that, you are stressing yourself out more. For example, the test is in one hours time. I am last minute revising and you suddenly realise that you did not remember this particular point, thus stressing up, trying to remember that point and in the process forget other important points for the test. There is also a chance where you may experience a mental block if the pressure is great enough. This is a time where the person totally forgets everything and remain "blank" during the test. Also, there is no use in revising everything over one night as the human can only stay focused for roughly 40 minutes. Hence instead of all in one day, the student should spread it over 40 minute intervals spread over a few days. Students will feel that it is very difficult to study the notes in one day and hence give up remembering some data. This will result in not desirable results. On the other hand, the student may actually revise the work over a few days and not find it overkill and at least revising it once.

Questions for the young at heart: How do you prepare for your tests? Is there a good solution as to how students should revise for their work? Please give me your great feedback in the comment box. Thanks!!