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[quote=Anonymous]Two suggestions:

First, if your child truly does not know what's going to be covered on an exam (is this English test going to be on the book we just read, or is it a test of essay structure/composition where the subject will be given in the exam), she needs to email the teacher and get clarity on that rather than trying to guess.

Second, if the material your child is expected to learn is scattered among several sources, this is a great opportunity to teach your child how to organize and study as they go along rather than trying to pull it all together at the end, which is an important skill for them to have as adults. Create a suitable organization system depending on the class, and then each day your child spends a little time reviewing material and organizing it. For instance, if there are class notes, print-outs from the school website and references to websites to review, then each day as she reads those materials for homework, she can print them out, highlight/make notes as she reads, and then put them in a binder with her class notes from that day. Then when it's time for the test, all of the material they've covered since the last test will be gathered in one place and she an devote her time to reviewing the substance rather than collecting the pages.[/quote]

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