Synopsis
How are you feeling about your exams? If the answer to this question is that you are quietly confident, looking forward with pleasurable anticipation to your forthcoming success, then perhaps you don't need this book! But if you are like most of the students I have taught, the answer to this question will probably range from tense and apprehensive through to miserable, very worried, and even totally terrified. Honestly, it doesn't have to be like this. I'm not suggesting that simply reading this book will have you happily skipping up the street towards your exam, grinning with excitement at the thought of the upcoming fun. But you can definitely upgrade those tense and worried feelings to a calm sense of confidence. Revision and exam-taking are a set of skills you can learn and practice, just like riding a bicycle. You don't need to depend on luck or hope. In this book, I'll be showing you the exact skills you need to improve both your performance and those all-important results! I aim to show you how to work smarter, rather than harder! Don't waste hours and hours of your time frantically revising in ways that are completely inefficient. Find out how your brain works best and use that information.Surprisingly, it turns out that you learn better when you're relaxed and enjoying yourself than when you are "working hard." So my aim is for you to learn as enjoyably as possible. I'll be sharing with you information to help you maximize your learning by working with your own bio-rhythms, rather than against them. I'll also be showing you how making some simple changes to your diet can improve your brain-function, making it easier to maintain concentration and focus. There are also some tips to help you sleep better as this is so important for good mental performance. Once you understand how to learn effectively, you can start to put into play some of the smart revision strategies I'll be sharing with you. Discover the power of using time that would otherwise be wasted. Find out how to make your learning colorful and fun. Learn the secrets to multiplying your memory so you maximize your ability to remember the key facts you need. You'll also need to make the best use of your time during the examination itself so I'll be sharing with you some hints and tips to get the most marks from the information you've learned. I'll show you how organizing your work-flow can help keep you calm and sane. You'll find out how to use the power of your subconscious mind - and what to do during the first 3 minutes of an exam that can make all the difference. Finally, I'll be making some suggestions about using the time straight after the exam so you feel energized and confident, rather than exhausted and frayed around the edges. Doesn't that sound like a useful set of skills and information to have? This book is primarily written for students from maybe 13 years old right through to adults of any age. The techniques it covers are useful for passing High School exams such as GCSEs and A-levels, but will also be useful to students taking a variety of Higher or Further Education exams. Everything I teach is based on years of practical experience, and is useful for a wide range of examination subjects. As well as being a great help to students, this book may also be useful to parents and teachers of young people, giving them information and strategies to support and help the students in their care. There are lots of books on how to pass exams. Most of them are written by teachers and lecturers. I'm a retired teacher, too, so how is this book different? Well, as well as being a teacher, I'm also a qualified Hypnotherapist, a Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming, a Psychology graduate with an expertise (and a great deal of experience) in Brain-friendly learning and a teacher of meditation. So my approach to teaching and learning is somewhat different from most teachers.I'm all for enjoying yourself while you are learning well.
About the Author
Babs Brightmore has spent many years as a teacher of children and young people with a variety of learning and behaviour difficulties, working to make learning as accessible for them as possible. This included investigating how the brain learns most easily and making a special study of ways to learn through play and activity. As well as being a qualified teacher, Babs is a Master Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), a qualified Ericksonian Hypnotherapist and a teacher of meditation .
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