How to do well Physics, Chemistry, boilogy, Geography etc..

1) For each chapter
- have a blank sheet whilst listening to teachers teaching on a subject
- Mindmap
- (each chapter should end up being captured in one page or 2)

2) End of chapter
- Go through the mindmap, or draw them on the computer...
- With the mindmap, try working on assessment paper..
- ask if required...
- improve your mindmap if needed

3) Exam time (easy)
- Each exam, just go through this mindmap
- Go through questions which you previously didnt know..

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Advantage of doing mindmap during lesson time

i) Makes you pay attention.

ii) Improve your mindmap

iii) Know what teacher emphasize on in class

iv) After lesson, go back and draw the mindmap at end of each chapter. You are actually revising automatically.

vi) When you are doing your exercises, you can simply go through the mindmap , before answering. Add to the mindmap only for infomration to qns that you dont know.

v) You have 4 exams a year. It will make is so much easier when revising for exams. You can even put aside your text books if you dont have time.

vi) This will also help you during your Sec 4 and O levels as well.

vii) Imagine how much time you save by doing a mindmap whilst you are in class. No extra time required.

viii) This is the secret as to why good students do well for exams and yet , can have more time to play computers.

ix) not so good students, on the other hand, have their parents chasing them because homework is not done, they are not studying for the exams, alwasy behind time etc. How then can the parents like them have more time to play computer games ?

x) He should already know the benefit. I did mindmap for him when he was in primary shool, and he did it for his secondary geog etc. Allow him to score and do well.

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Current
i) He just refuse to do it, saying that nobody does that in class.

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Parent comment
i) There is nothing embarrassing about doing it. Papa is the only one doing it when i attends classes/lessons as well. Helps me a lot.

ii) If fact, if teacher sees him doing it, they will be impressed.

iii) In life, you must dare to do things if you feel that what you are doing is right and that it will help you .

How to do well in languages ?

1) Read newspapers

2) Make it a point to try to speak properly .

3) Listen to people's point of views, challenge, ask if necessary...

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Composition

1) Once a fortnight, take a model compo book...

2) Reverse Engineer - take the topic, mindmap what was written...

3) Notice how writer write it ie fill in the meat..

4) OR take a compo topic , and mindmap the structure of the comp.

How to do well in Maths

Maths is a subject where you do well by practising, not by studying.

i) Pay attention in class, copy down examples by teachers if needed

ii) After end of each chapter, do the following :
- Go through Maths notes & formulaes for that chapter. Make sure you understand.
- Do assessment book or exam papers for that chapter
- Most important, circle those you dont know. Find out the answers

iii) Exam preparation
- Go through teh summary notes & formulaes
- Do some questions that practices the key points of each chapter
- Do again those questions you didnt know previously ..