Why is there such a big gap between children in the same class in Xi grades? Why do children with poor grades try to make up for classes and still can't catch up with their classmates with good grades? In fact, the gap between them is not because of IQ, but because children with poor Xi grades cannot manage time.
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Students who are struggling with their Xi grades often feel that they don't have enough time.
Because they feel that if they want to catch up with their grades, they must use their spare time to "make up for classes". However, school takes up most of the time, and a lot of homework is assigned. If you can't even finish your homework every day, where will you have the time to "make up for classes"?
As a result, some students have to compress the time for sleeping, eating, leisure and entertainment, etc., compressing all the time outside the Xi to the extreme, spending a lot of time to learn Xi, almost reaching the limit of human physiology, and it is unlikely that they will be able to squeeze out any more time, but the progress is still very limited.
What to do in this case?
It can be explained in one sentence: "It doesn't matter how long you spend studying Xi, what matters is efficiency." ”
There is also a "Matthew effect" in Xi time
Some students with poor grades always complain that the teacher assigns too much homework. Students with good grades don't think so, in addition to completing homework after school every day, they can also read some extracurricular books and even have a little entertainment.
This is a very frustrating situation for those students who want to improve their grades through their hard work.
I have given this phenomenon a name: The Matthew Effect of Learning Xi Time.
The Matthew effect refers to the social phenomenon that the strong become stronger and the weak become weaker. The name comes from a parable in the Bible's Gospel of Matthew.
Students who study well Xi are very easy to read books and do questions, and there is still a lot of time left, which can be used to make greater progress.
Students who are not good at learning Xi are very painful to read books and do problems, and they are inefficient, and it is difficult to complete the homework assigned by the teacher every day, and they can't squeeze out time to improve themselves, so they can only become more and more miserable.
As a result, the "gap between the rich and the poor" in academic Xi performance is getting wider and wider.
To solve this problem, it is useless to squeeze in time alone. Just as the poor cannot fundamentally change their economic situation by saving money, we must remember that there is something more important in the world than time: efficiency.
Everyone has only 24 hours a day, and no matter how crowded they are, they are limited, but the efficiency of time use can be multiplied, and there is a lot of room for improvement.
When we think about how to use time, the first thing we should think about is not how to "pick" time from where, but how to improve the efficiency of existing time use.
Don't try to do everything well,
Make sure you're always doing what matters most
The most important rule of making good use of your time is not to try to do everything well. A master who really knows how to use his time must be someone who knows how to give up.
If you have a bunch of books in front of you, how should you read them? The most efficient way is to pick up a book and read it carefully, and then take one after reading, instead of picking up a dozen books at the same time and browsing them at random, and you end up reading none of them.
So, which one to choose? The answer is simple: the most important one.
For the second most important one, I resolutely do not read it. After reading the most important book, the second most important book becomes the most important.
Making sure you're doing what matters most is actually making sure your time is being used productively.
If your child plans to take three test papers today, one for Chinese, one for English, and one for Mathematics. Then, the child should do the subject that needs to be improved the most.
Even if one is delayed because of something and the other two are not done, the test paper that has been done is still extremely helpful to the child's grades.
Learn to let go of those that seem valuable
But it's beyond one's ability
Look for the most important things to do in a limited amount of time, to give up on things that don't just seem less valuable. More importantly, learn to let go of things that seem valuable, but are beyond your means.
A very difficult question that always makes people want to try it. If your child has enough time to solve the last problem after completing the first question in the paper, it is certainly worth the challenge because it will give your child extra points.
However, if the previous questions are difficult to do, then challenging such a difficult problem will not only not lead to results, but will also detract the child's scores. This can leave the child without time to make sure he or she gets the questions right that would have earned him/her.
In order to ensure the efficiency of children's learning Xi, it is necessary to do more problems that are suitable for their own level, which not only has a sense of accomplishment but also improves their problem-solving ability.
So, for those children who are just starting to make plans, the plan should not be too stressful. For example, if you expect it to take you an hour to re-Xi a certain part of the content, you can plan to take 80 minutes. Make time for more, but try to make sure you can complete the tasks you set yourself every day.
At the end of the day, having done everything that was planned the day before can give your child a great sense of accomplishment and boost their confidence and motivation to continue making and executing plans.
In this way, step by step, and then slowly raise the bar, you can really use your time efficiently.
Depending on the content
Xi characteristics arrange time
"No one can step into the same river twice" - this is the famous quote of the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus. Well, we can also say, "No one can spend the same hour twice." ”
Every hour is unique, and within each hour, our surroundings, our own physical and psychological state, will change.
The time of class and the time of Xi at home are obviously different. We can't simply divide the 24 hours into small compartments and fill them in, and then call this "time planning". We have to learn to match different Xi content and different times.
When dealing with things that require a lot of reading, comprehension, and memorization, it is necessary to arrange a time period that is relatively long, energetic, and not easily disturbed.
What do you do with the less energetic, less distracted time? Because you need to use a pen to calculate when doing problems, you can force your child to concentrate, even if the surrounding environment is noisy, even if the child is not very energetic, you can still achieve the effect of practicing Xi.
In addition to squeezing in time to study and Xi
You also have to learn Xi squeeze in time to rest
If you want to make good use of your time, you can't Xi optics, but you also have to learn to squeeze time to rest.
There are many students who like to stay up late, because the night is quiet, which is conducive to Xi. But this will affect the spirit of the day, I always want to doze off in class, and I am afraid of being discovered by the teacher, so I sleep very unsteadily, so I don't listen well to the class, I don't sleep well, and I am confused and staring all day long.
In fact, time is both long and short. It is easy to waste time, and it will pass in a flash; it is necessary to study hard Xi, and the time is long enough, and it is okay to stay up late occasionally when the study Xi task is heavy, and it will definitely damage the spirit in the long run, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Learn to execute
Execution is the primary productive force
This is the most important reminder and the most important principle.
Turning a good plan into reality is like learning Xi need to be Xi and re-Xi. Plans need to be kept in mind both before they are executed each day and checked after each day. Only in this way can we keep pushing ourselves and persevere.
In short, all that has been said about how to manage time is that it doesn't tell you how to make a table of how to organize your time every day. In fact, this is probably the least important aspect of time management. You can fill the entire form with a pen and a piece of paper, but the contents may not help you with your Xi.
We all know that the same is a densely packed test paper full of words, some can get 100 points, and some can only get 0 points. Therefore, it is not the ability to write the test paper all over, but the ability to know what to write the right content.
It's the same with time management, it's not the ability to list the form to fill the time, but knowing how to fill in the right content at the right time, and then executing it carefully, this is the real ability.
Having said so much, I just want to explain to you: children are not fighting for IQ, but time management!
Finally, parents and friends must understand one point: if the child seems to be particularly diligent, and even sacrifices a lot of time to play, but the results are still a little unbearable, please do not doubt the child's IQ first, and must take the initiative to communicate with the child to see if the child is lagging behind in the "time management" link. If so, teach your child some time management tips!