Age group:
Elementary School
Middle School
High School

Type of thinker:
Visual/Spatial
Auditory
Linguistic/Linear
Tactile/Kinesthetic

How do you use this test-review method?
This is the best method for the broadest range of learners and tests. It allows students to organize information both linearly and spatially, while also giving them a place to record broad themes and details. The structure is simple: Get two-column notepaper or divide a standard piece of paper into two halves. Put the dominant themes from class on the left side; details, examples, explanations, and critical questions go on the right. The critical questions may connect that set of information to another set, or they may even connect one class to another.

Other important information:
Like most outlining review methods, this is best for an overall review of the course, and specifically for exams that will test your child? ability to understand themes. Use it for essays and large exams, but not for vocabulary and small quizzes.

The thematic review sheet also provides a built in self-testing method. Have your child use an index card or a piece of paper to cover up one side of the sheet. As she moves down the review sheet, quiz her (or she can quiz herself) on the information that? covered up. Have her record any questions she had concerning the information, and mark in color any parts of the review that she had a hard time with.

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The above content was researched and written by Jonathan Mooney.