Super top students: the most efficient learning method for top students

Chapter 61 Removing Barriers to Learning
Learning can't be just 3 minutes hot
Xiaohua is in the fifth grade of elementary school this year. He has a very smart mind, but his concentration is not strong, and his thoughts often wander. You say this but he thinks about that.

Xiaohua's parents saw that their son was only getting excited at the beginning of everything, and they were very anxious. They didn't know how to make the child more focused and how to cultivate the child's concentration.

Attention is a psychological phenomenon that everyone is familiar with.If we pay attention to the lectures, our psychological activities will point to and focus on the teacher's narration; if we pay attention to watching TV, our psychological activities will point to and focus on the changes of the plot on the screen.

A certain thing has a special meaning to us, and our cognition activities point to it, and we concentrate on examining it and thinking about it, so as to improve our enthusiasm for this thing in terms of sensibility, rationality, or action. Notice.

For us, attention is very important.Focusing on what you have to do is the number one ingredient for success.Only when you are good at restraining yourself, devoting all your attention to learning, and fulfilling your duties, can you have hope of success.

Specifically, we can carry out the following attention training under the guidance of parents:

1. Visual attention training

Look at some photos or pictures of animals, and ask some questions, such as who are in the photos, how many men, how many women, how many adults, how many children, what are they doing, etc.But let the child observe things to constantly change, otherwise the child will feel no interest.

2. Auditory attention training

Listen to parents telling stories. After the story is told, the children have to answer the questions raised by their parents. If parents can tell the children the questions to be asked before telling the story, the effect will be better.

This is like listening to a teacher's lecture. If you do a good job of previewing and find out where you have doubts, you will pay special attention when listening, because you listen with the desire to find answers.

3. Action attention training

That is to achieve the purpose of training attention by letting oneself complete specific actions.For example, doing some gymnastics movements, dance movements or some game movements can achieve this effect.

4. Hybrid attention training
In fact, it is a combination of seeing with eyes, hearing with ears and movements, which not only trains vision and hearing, but also trains movements.

Can't sit still in class

We can often see this phenomenon. In the classroom, the teacher is giving a lecture with enthusiasm, and the students are listening to the class with great interest, but there are some students who always look around and look around, always want to stand up and feel their The stool is like a stove...

Xingxing was just in the first grade, but he often couldn't hold on after being quiet for a while in class, so he started to do small movements or think about other various things.

Some said he was a "monkey butt restless", others said he was "weak-willed and lacked self-control".Xingxing's mother felt that what they said seemed to make sense, but she couldn't find the real reason why Xingxing couldn't sit still in class.

In fact, this is caused by the low "attentional stability" in psychology.

Attention to stability refers to the time that attention can be maintained on certain things.This is an important feature of attention in time.The stability of attention shows that although there will be some changes in the objects that people contact or their own behavior in mental activities, people's attention to the whole activity remains unchanged.

For example, in the process of completing homework, we may need to read textbooks, reference books, write or do calculations. Although the texts, sentences, or numbers that everyone comes into contact with are changing all the time, the attention of the students is always kept on completing the homework. On top of this general activity task, the attention is therefore stable.

If you want to keep your attention steady, you need certain conditions and appropriate measures.

First of all, in the study, you must let yourself clearly know what the total task you want to accomplish is.

Second, allow yourself to combine your attention with external activities.When paying attention to a certain object, it is best to combine the attention with the actual operation, such as listening to the reading aloud in English class and reading aloud by yourself, listening to others and speaking by yourself.

Again, strive to diversify your learning activities, because monotonous activities will quickly reduce your attention.Steady attention can be maintained if the various activities are alternated and new content and questions are constantly being presented.

Here are three ways to train our sustained attention:
1. Clear the noise
Before doing homework, please ask your family members not to shout loudly, and don't turn up the TV and radio too loudly, so as not to let yourself hear it.

2. Timely encouragement
Encourage yourself to improve your concentration when you study.If we used to pay attention to time for only 5 minutes, but now we can persist for 8 minutes, it is a kind of progress.

3. Book Title Memory Competition

Take 10 books from the shelf, let yourself read them for 5 minutes, then remove the books, and immediately name the 10 books.

Why do I always get distracted while doing my homework?

Every night, from 6 o'clock to 10 o'clock is the time to do homework, but his efficiency in 4 hours is 2 hours for a question.Ask him why, he said no.Is it really not, or is the mind drifting away?
There are always such people around us who can't concentrate when writing homework, and can't write a few questions for half a day. After a long time, the same is true for exams, and they haven't done a few questions when handing in the paper.

Niu Niu is accompanied by many troubles when doing homework at home every day.When he took out his homework book and sat firmly in front of the desk, he felt that the tip of the pencil was too thick as soon as he wrote a few words, so he went to find a knife to sharpen the pencil; after writing for a while, he was hungry again, and went to the kitchen to find something to eat ;After a while, I went to turn on the TV again to see if there were any cartoons; when I was doing an arithmetic problem, I asked my mother before I thought about it seriously. The cartoons are there.

Niu Niu's homework was finally completed with the repeated urging and help of his mother, but it was delayed very late, and the handwriting was illegible and full of mistakes.

We often hear some parents complaining about their children being absent-minded when doing homework——

"My child is usually very impatient, but when it comes to homework, he procrastinates. He sits there motionless, and it takes a long time to write a word. The homework that can be finished in half an hour or an hour, he He often stays up late at night. Not to mention his own troubles, his father and I have to accompany him to suffer..."

"My child gets confused as soon as she does her homework. If she is asked to copy new words 50 times, she will make 40 mistakes no matter how corrected she is. How can there be such a careless girl? Sigh..."

"Speaking of which, my son doesn't have a lot of homework in school, but he almost never doesn't write for three or four hours a night. It's not that he can't do it, but he just can't get up soon, and he doesn't seem to be in a hurry. If you are not here He is staring at him, he must not be able to finish writing until dawn..."

"As soon as she writes a few words, she starts to pick the eraser, bite the tip of the pen, scratch her ear and cheek, it makes people angry!"

"The teacher often said that he was inattentive in class and always wandered off..."

From the perspective of psychological development, this kind of phenomenon is mostly a manifestation of poor concentration. During homework, they cannot concentrate on thinking about problems, often engage in things that have nothing to do with learning, and appear very inattentive.When doing homework, I am not good at using my brain, showing a kind of inertia.

So, how can we correct the bad habit of distracting children when studying?
1. Do not accompany parents
If parents are around their children, they can't help urging their children not to do this, but to do that.These intermittent language stimuli are more likely to distract children.At the same time, it will also make children strongly dependent on their parents.

2. Give yourself a clear deadline to complete the assignment

For example, it is stipulated that you must complete your homework before 8 o'clock, otherwise you will not be able to do anything on weekends.Cultivate your own sense of time urgency, and slowly let yourself form a learning pattern.

With a clear task, there will be motivation when studying, so that you can maintain a state of tension, but you can't do the same thing for a long time.

3. Create a good learning atmosphere
Our inattention is also related to the home environment.Therefore, when the child is studying, the room must be kept quiet.In addition, many students are used to listening to music while doing their homework. This is a bad habit and an inducement for distraction.

4. Relieve inner worries in a timely manner

When the self-feeling psychological pressure is relatively heavy, the child cannot concentrate, especially when reviewing for the exam, so it is necessary to communicate with parents in time and find a way to resolve it.

Listen to music while doing homework
People's attention is limited, and one can't use it for two purposes. Listening to music while doing homework will affect the speed and quality of homework.

I always like to listen to music when I am doing my homework, so my attention is all shifted to the music, and I make a lot of mistakes in my homework.

Nowadays, with the development of digital technology, there are many kinds of MP3 and MP4, and it is not surprising that everyone has an MP3.Many students always like to listen to music while doing their homework.

Xiao Le is one of these children, who likes to listen to music while doing homework.He is also plausible, so that he can use one brain for two purposes, learning and entertaining.

Is it okay to listen to music while doing homework?Can one brain really do two things?
Many parents also have this confusion. Will children listening to music while doing homework affect the efficiency of homework?Listening to music while doing homework is actually a problem of attention allocation in psychology.

The allocation of attention refers to the state of "attention" when two or more activities are carried out at the same time, that is, to point "attention" to different objects at the same time.

However, the allocation of attention is conditional, and it is formed through long-term exercise in the process of learning and practice.

First, one of the two simultaneous activities must be proficient.Since people do not need more attention for skilled activities, they can focus their attention on relatively unfamiliar activities, that is, the signals arriving at the same time cannot exceed the processing capacity of the human brain, so that people can respond to both , enabling the allocation of attention.

Second, the relationship between several simultaneous activities is also important.Simultaneously is difficult if there is no connection between them.

Now we can answer the question "Is it okay to listen to music while doing homework?"

(1) Doing homework and listening to music belong to different fields, which will obviously cause mutual interference.

(2) Although listening to music is "very proficient" for you, doing homework is a matter that requires full concentration. Doing both at the same time will inevitably affect the quality of homework.

(3) Many students are in the growth stage, without a high concentration of "attention", learning is bound to float on the surface, and naturally it is difficult to "solidify".

In fact, after studying for a period of time, you can listen to music and do some activities, which is good for your brain to rest.

Dyslexia
Xiaojun, who is in the second grade of elementary school, has good grades and has no difficulty in studying by himself.However, every time the teacher asked him to read aloud in class, he would stutter and make mistakes.

Later, the teacher and parents talked about this issue, and the parents began to train Xiaojun's reading at home.Dad found that Xiaojun was not as bad as the teacher described.

After home training, Dad asked Xiaojun to perform well in class!The next day, Dad deliberately asked the teacher to arrange for Xiaojun to read aloud in class, but Xiaojun started stuttering as soon as he stood up in class.The parents then suspected that Xiaojun had dyslexia.

There are two reasons why students have dyslexia:

1. Vision problems
Myopia can affect our reading and learning.Nearsightedness can make reading difficult, but a pair of nearsighted glasses can do the trick.However, other vision problems and eye diseases can also affect children's reading, such as nystagmus instability, hyperopia, color blindness, etc.Therefore, visual acuity should be comprehensively checked.

2. Other external reasons
(1) Lack of parent-child relationship.

The lack of parent-child relationship refers to the lack of language communication with parents and surrounding adults during the child's growth, resulting in the child's inability to master the language skills necessary for reading.

(2) Lack of cultural or educational environment.

Cultural or educational deficiencies refer to a lack of reading experience in certain cultural and educational settings that are critical to learning in school, resulting in dyslexia.

(3) genetic troubles.

At least 50% of dyslexia and 60% of dysgraphia are genetic.So far, six chromosomal regions have been identified that affect human literacy.

We can eliminate reading barriers by choosing appropriate reading materials.When choosing, pay attention to:
(1) Choice of font size and text volume.

(2) Color and typography.

(3) Content and vocabulary.

afraid of gym class

Xiaobei is good at studying, but she is always afraid of physical education class, because she can't find the rope when jumping rope, and she can't seize the opportunity to jump, and gets caught by the rope; when catching the ball, Xiaobei is always afraid of being hit by the ball , when a ball came, she would close her eyes tightly and reach out to reach the ball casually, but she would be hit by the ball every time.

Because of this, the students felt that Xiaobei was a burden in physical education class, and they didn't want to be in a group with her, which made her very frustrated.

The teacher has repeatedly encouraged Xiaobei to take part in the less difficult running and grid jumping, but Xiaobei is very opposed to it and refuses to stay in the physical education class.As long as there is physical education class, Xiao Bei will sneak away.Contrary to her performance in physical education class, wherever sports activities are not involved, Xiaobei is full of energy and can speak well. She always brings amazing stories to the people around her and is deeply loved by everyone.

The teacher didn't understand Xiaobei's situation, and the parents were also very concerned about Xiaobei's sports problems, but they were also very confused and didn't know what went wrong.

In human movement, every movement must be controlled by the brain in terms of strength, speed and balance, through the precise command and coordination of the bones, joints and muscle groups.

Symptoms of movement disorders include:

(1) Fingers are not dexterous, and cannot use scissors, chopsticks, etc. well.

(2) Unable to unbutton and tie shoelaces well.

(3) Movements of hands and feet are unnatural when walking or running, often manifesting as the same hands and feet.

(4) Difficulty in coordinating whole-body movements such as ball games and rope skipping.

How can I overcome my weaknesses in sports?You can do it in two ways:
1. Motivation to play sports
Those students who have experienced many failures in sports mostly lack sufficient motivation to try similar sports again. In this way, the motor skills that have been lacking in practice will become weaker and weaker compared with their peers, and they will jump into a vicious circle dead end.We should understand that physical activities are fun, and failing for a while does not mean that you are not good at other physical activities.Usually you can do some simple physical activities, let yourself appreciate the fun.

2. Give yourself a private space to practice sports
Many students' problems in gross muscle movement are caused by lack of practice, but because of the obvious problems of gross motor function, these deficiencies are easily exposed to their peers and cause other students to laugh at them.

Therefore, some students are often only willing to do simple sports, and dare not do activities that "look" beyond their ability, or simply quit sports, unwilling to make a fool of themselves in public, and afraid of being looked down upon by their peers.

(End of this chapter)