Speeding up v accuracy
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:17 am
My daughter is struggling with the time factor. Have done 3 bright sparks - did 1st one to time limit and she scored 71%. This totally shattered her confidence. So I decided to let her do the next one with no time limit. without believing she had the pressure of time she finished the whole paper in 55 minutes and only got one wrong (which was a word she didn't know). The next one I said we would do to time again...as soon as I told her she was half way through she went to pieces again and got 72%.
When doing the test to time the whole idea of only having a set time seems to panic her - she then makes mistakes across every question type. She finished the paper when there was a time limit but with errors on most sections. There is no pattern to her errors. She can do every type of question and sometimes had got the question right on her working out (such as type z) but then marked the wrong answer on the sheet.
We've talked through techniques for speeding up and she's doing everything I can think of.
Do I keep going letting her do the papers with no time limit to improve accuracy (and confidence) or not. I was going to start the NFEr ones this weeknd. I am concerned that if she deos them to time now she will loose even more confidence but, if she doesn't, on the day when she knows it is to time, she will panic.
Any advice on how to approach this or how to help her speed up even more so she knows she can do it in the time.
When doing the test to time the whole idea of only having a set time seems to panic her - she then makes mistakes across every question type. She finished the paper when there was a time limit but with errors on most sections. There is no pattern to her errors. She can do every type of question and sometimes had got the question right on her working out (such as type z) but then marked the wrong answer on the sheet.
We've talked through techniques for speeding up and she's doing everything I can think of.
Do I keep going letting her do the papers with no time limit to improve accuracy (and confidence) or not. I was going to start the NFEr ones this weeknd. I am concerned that if she deos them to time now she will loose even more confidence but, if she doesn't, on the day when she knows it is to time, she will panic.
Any advice on how to approach this or how to help her speed up even more so she knows she can do it in the time.