Ace your exams with sleep!

Studies show that when you sleep you revive your brain with the needed recharging power to recall the content that was studied. By starving the brain from sleeping you minimize your recall functioning of your brain and will find it difficult to remember what you’ve studied. As a teacher and a student I find 10 hours of sleep does wonders for me, yet it is not always possible because we want to cram all the information into our minds the day before and even the few minutes before our exams. A study in the UN showed that learners who do not study for an hour before their exams  have an increase in their recollection of the content in comparison to their fellow students, who studied until the entering into the examination halls. The moral of the story: get enough sleep before you write the exam and don’t try to cram the information into your brain right before the exam. Enjoy a good nights sleep get up fresh eat a good balanced breakfast e.g. high in Omega 3 and 6 (fish, nuts), relax do something else to calm your nerves e.g. gardening, swim, exercise, don’t read or watch TV, listen to soft music that stimulates the brain not over exerts it. Don’t drink any caffeine based products or gas drinks.

According to a recent study conducted by Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY, adolescents attention span can be kept on one subject for approximately 17 minutes after that their attention is lost, the study also concluded that the attention span of a child in your class is only kept for 7 minutes. This could all be linked to television. They suggested ways in which you might keep their attention.

1.       Every 7 minutes let them stand up and stretch, physical exercise supplies oxygen to the brain and muscles enhancing their attention.

2.       Get a queue which you may use every time you see the children losing attention to get them to do something fun and get back to the work at hand. E.g. if you say the word Justin Bieber: they start to sing and dance, when 30 seconds have past you let them sit back down again.3.        Let them take a breath and do something fun, like playing a guessing game.

4.       Drinking lots of water, it’s not only healthy but also refreshes the brain giving new energy. Thus let your children keep a bottle of water at hand.

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According to a recent study conducted by Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY, adolescents attention span can be kept on one subject for approximately 17 minutes after that their attention is lost, the study also concluded that the attention span of a child in your class is only kept for 7 minutes. This could all be linked to television. They suggested ways in which you might keep their attention.

1.       Every 7 minutes let them stand up and stretch, physical exercise supplies oxygen to the brain and muscles enhancing their attention.

2.       Get a queue which you may use every time you see the children loosing attention to get them to do something fun and get back to the work at hand. E.g. The word Justin Bieber: they start to sing and dance.

3.        Let them take a breath and do something fun, like playing a guessing game.

4.       Drinking lots of water, it’s not only healthy but also refreshes the brain giving new energy. Thus let your children keep a bottle of water at hand.