Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This practical skills guide helps young people with who learn differently including those with dyslexia, DCD/dyspraxia and ADHD, study for their exams.

Students who learn differently can often find exams challenging and can experience a good deal of anxiety around exam time, leading to exam results that may not accurately reflect their capabilities. Much exam stress arises from a lack of confidence with the ability to learn and retain information in a meaningful way. This engaging workbook is designed to help students to overcome these issues. It not only shows students how to develop a positive success attitude towards study and exams, but also aims to equip them with powerful strategies and techniques for learning and remembering.

The book offers strategies for learners whose methods of learning are multisensory. When learning is active rather than passive, it happens faster, and is easier, more enjoyable and more effective. As you progress through the fun, engaging activities, so your confidence and belief in your ability to learn will increase. Struggling students will become confident, successful learners, with a positive attitude and access to a wide range of effective strategies, and in this way, you will achieve the results in exams that you have worked for and deserve.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword (p. 11)
• Acknowledgements (p. 13)
• Introduction (p. 15)
• Part 1 Give Me Attitude! (p. 19)
• Do you have a success attitude? (p. 19)
• Developing a success attitude (p. 21)
• Summary of Chapter 1 (p. 26)
• Part 2 Chili Out! Exam Stress is Quite Normal (p. 27)
• What is anxiety? (p. 27)
• Exam anxiety (p. 28)
• Recognising how you are feeling (p. 28)
• Reducing anxiety (p. 30)
• Monitoring your progress (p. 32)
• Evaluating your progress (p. 34)
• Learning to enjoy learning and study (p. 35)
• Summary of Chapter 2 (p. 35)
• Part 3 Arggh! When Effort Doesn't Equal Results (p. 37)
• Smart learning using multisensory methods (p. 38)
• Smart learning by using different thinking styles (p. 48)
• Summary of Chapter 3 (p. 51)
• Part 4 Reading More Than Texts and Movie Reviews (p. 53)
• Reading for understanding (p. 54)
• Blurry words - visual stress (p. 59)
• Losing your place - visual tracking (p. 60)
• Reading for speed (p. 61)
• Summary of Chapter 4 (p. 63)
• Part 5 Great Thoughts that Won't Appear on the Page (p. 65)
• Expanding your writing (p. 66)
• Structuring writing (p. 67)
• Answering the question properly (p. 69)
• Summary of Chapter 5 (p. 72)
• Part 6 Making Numbers Easier (p. 73)
• The language of symbols (p. 74)
• Words as numbers (p. 75)
• Numeracy vocabulary (p. 77)
• Page clutter (p. 78)
• Summary of Chapter 6 (p. 79)
• Part 7 Smarter Organisation for Exam Success (p. 81)
• Planning your time (p. 81)
• How organised are you? (p. 88)
• Organising your paperwork: suggested equipment checklist (p. 90)
• Organising your electronic files (p. 92)
• Summary of Chapter 7 (p. 93)
• Part 8 Revision Should Be Fun (p. 95)
• Thinking about revision (p. 96)
• How to revise: smart, fun, effective revision strategies (p. 98)
• When to revise and how often to revise (p. 109)
• Exam access arrangements (p. 111)
• Using extra time in exams (p. 112)
• Tackling an exam paper (p. 113)
• Analysing the question (p. 116)
• How to tackle different types of exam question (p. 118)
• Summary of Chapter 8 (p. 119)
• Part 9 Keep Calm and Get Ready for the Exam Room (p. 121)
• Are you prepared for exam day? (p. 121)
• How exam access arrangements work on the day of the exam (p. 124)
• How to remain calm and relaxed on exam day: ten steps (p. 125)
• Summary of Chapter 9 (p. 128)
• Template 1 Multisensory Spelling Sheet (p. 130)
• Template 2 Cover Card (p. 131)
• Template 3 Weekly Work Planner (p. 132)
• Template 4 Matching Cards (p. 133)
• Template 5 Ladders (p. 134)
• Template 6 Brain Frame (p. 135)
• Table of Exam Access Arrangements (p. 136)
• References (p. 139)
• Index (p. 141)