Jean in Newcastle Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 If I read and understand something, I remember 80% of it automatically, the other 20% I can remember if I make an effort to make it stick. My ds has a similar way of remembering information. Dd on the other hand, is asked the same questions every day (ie. What is an action word? What is 3 + 2?) And each time she looks at me like she's never heard of such an animal before. What do I do? Do I make her go over it everyday? Will she get it eventually? Do I tattoo the answer to her forehead? (OK - that's just the frustration talking. . .!) Anyone else deal with this and have some answers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 My son has to do a lot of review before he remembers facts. Even as we do 8th grade work, I have him do speed drills on 2-12 multiplication tables. If I do this, he does fine, but if I don't, he will get slow and forgetful while doing his math work. I have been told that this is a trait of ADHD - the inability to do math with quick and easy recall of facts. With that in mind, we just keep working on it. This week I read Why Student's Don't Like School and it was very helpful to me. It has a lot of information that convinced me that I need to work a bit harder making sure that DS has enough in his memory to access when he is thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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