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[quote=Anonymous]The teachers for my kids worked with them to put together a reference binder with examples from all the content areas.  I can't remember whether they were allowed to use it on the SOLs (I believe so) but it was a fabulous tool and made them feel a lot less anxious about having to remember all the steps.  The key was to identify the type of problem they were dealing with - that is the real weakness my kids have, identify what kind of problem is in front of them.  For that, they worked a lot with the school SLP to better understand the 'clues' the problem gives you.  They then learned to highlight the clues.  That made it easier for them to look up in their reference binder (if needed) what steps were next.

And, of course, practice, practice, practice.  It wasn't enough for them to learn to do the math when the lesson was presented, they had to remember it 4 weeks later.  This is why, for many years, they always passed the class but failed the math SOLs.  Class assessments weren't summative, they were on the content recently presented.  SOLS are summative. [/quote]

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