"Is your child an F1 racer or a normal car driver?"

Actually, it does not matter.

If you are a F1 racer, do you step on the gas from the beginning to the end? Or logically, you will brake at certain times for certain bends and go full throttle on straight roads?

For normal car driving, all the more you will not travel at 100km/hr all the way to your destination. You will need to stop due to traffic lights, slow down when taking turns, stop for pedestrians, etc.

What I am trying to illustrate here is, if you can drive your car according to the various conditions given to you, don't you think that learning also has to adapt to the various conditions of education?

For non-exam periods, you will want a faster pace of learning. This is the same as straight roads. Drive through all the way. The logic behind this is that your child's brain is not stressed by timelines of exams. Hence, the higher effectiveness in learning and transferring knowledge to longer memory.

For exam periods, you will want a slower pace of learning for your child. This is akin to sharp bends. High stress levels, time pressures and peer pressure give your child less edge to learn more. Hence, if he has gone 'full throttle' at the non-exam periods, the exam periods should be reviewing and reflective learning.

This might be going against the norm of 'cramming during exams', but if this works, I don't see any reason of not adopting this approach to learning. At least, this is what I tell all my private tuition students. To be able to cruise through exam periods is the biggest incentive for any child to learn more now.

No matter if your child is a F1 racer or a normal car driver, you will need to help him formulate the right strategies for the right road conditions.

(^_^)