Time running away? Practising for the ISEB Pre-test

One of the challenges a number of our children appear to be encountering when they are taking the ISEB and other pretests is runnning out of time.

The maths section in particular can present problems as students try to extract the problem from the test.

Try this:

Give you child a sheet of word-based maths problems (e.g. three boys bought a six litre bottle of orange squash which they divided equally amongst them, how much did each boy receive?) and ask your child to write out the resultant sum.

As your child becomes faster, increase the complexity of the arithmatic.

Include: fractions, percentages, measurements.

Allocate time to completing the sheet.

Use a large kitchen timer which rings when "time is up" so your child gets used to working to time constraints. Talk to them about how they are going to be dividing his time.

You can use the timer technique are you practice verbal/non-verbal reasoning.

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