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TEST TAKING SKILLS?

Many students and their parents deal with debilitating test taking anxiety. Here, at LearningRx, we've worked with thousands of students who've improved their cognitive skills and test taking confidence. Long term memory, processing speed, and auditory processing can all be improved with intense, challenging training. Working on these skills has led to amazing test taking results for our students. We assess and improve Cognitive Skills for students of all ages.

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TEST TAKING STRUGGLES

Test taking can be one of the most anxiety inducing activities your young student undertakes in his/her school career. Parents often tell stories of kids who dread tests so much they sweat, think negative thoughts, try to skip exam day, and break pencils in frustration. I think we can all relate to this. Test day was nerve racking for most of us! 

Although, exams can be especially stressful for children who suffer from weak cognitive skills. What we've learned through numerous studies is that weak cognitive skills are often the number one cause of learning struggles for students. 

What this means is that behavior and educational content usually are not the problem. Learning more facts or understanding the equation better won't make a difference because it's not the root cause. Likewise, getting your son or daughter to "pay more attention" or "stop being lazy" also won't do any good if the issue is cognitive. Rather, the way to address a cognitive weakness is to improve your child's cognitive skills. 

HOW BRAIN TRAINING IS DIFFERENT

If you've tried or experienced the following without success, it might be time to consider a solid brain training program that focuses on improving cognitive skills:

-  Tried tutoring for difficult subjects, but scores haven't improved

Knows the subject matter the day before, but doesn't perform well at test time

Is struggling with tests in more than one subject area

Dislikes or struggles with reading

Takes a long time to do homework or is consistently last to complete test

Has to work longer or harder than other students to prepare for exams

If one or more of these examples describes your child, there is a good chance that brain training will prove more effective than tutoring, extra studying, or trying to "fix" behavior. These are each common experiences when one or more cognitive skills are weak. 

Did You Know?

Some of the experiences described above relate to very specific Cognitive weaknesses. For instance:

If a student has trouble comprehending a question, has to read the instructions multiple times, or forgets things that were just explained to him/her, the student might be struggling with his/her Working Memory.

If a student consistently under performs on tests, even after studying as much or more than other students, he/she might be experiencing challenges with Long-Term Memory. This struggle makes it difficult for students to recall things they've already learned in the past, so that they can apply it on the exam before them. 

If a student finds tasks more difficult than other kids, or he/she often takes much longer to turn in exams or answer questions, he/she might be struggling with processing speed. Often, improving processing speed can help students gain positive momentum and confidence during tests.

At LearningRx, our brain training programs target those very skills. We do it through a series of intense (but fun!) mental exercises that improve the way the brain thinks, learns, reads, and remembers.

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HOW BRAIN TRAINING CAN HELP

Gina Cruz, Owner of LearningRx San Antonio Northeast, discusses the impact test taking struggles can have on students. Frustration, hopelessness, and "stinking thinking" can be the result of the inability to focus on important tasks. 

Most families feel frustrated from not understanding the root cause of the issue. Once we have assessed the cognitive skill issue, our families are more informed about what causes the student to lose focus in the first place.  Learning your individual cognitive strengths and weaknesses can be one of the most empowering experiences you can have as a student. Once we know what needs improving, we can create a brain training plan that serves your growth.

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