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Importance of continuing study during summer break
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| 1-3 months of Learning Lost During Summer Break |
In “Lasting Consequences of the Summer Learning Gap,” Johns Hopkins University sociologists Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle and Linda Steffel Olson document evidence that future academic success can be explained, to a significant degree, by experiences during summer vacations in the elementary school years.
“We have to help them have experiences over the summer months that build academic skills, such as high-quality summer school programs, or begin to consider breaking up the school year or having year-round schooling,” Alexander said.
This is yet another study showing the importance of continuing education during summer break. Another study by Dr. Harris Cooper, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, found that when students return to school after a long summer vacation, they've lost one to three months worth of learning. |
| Students Lose Most in Math |
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Since children go to libraries or read magazine and books at home during their summer vacation time, they tend to stay at the same level or sometimes even gain in Reading during the summer. But Math is one subject where everyone loses out in summer due to lack of practice at home. So, plan some special activities regarding math. It doesn’t have to be done every day, but a couple of hours every week will give your child enough practice to stay in touch with the subject and even be prepared in advance for the next session. |
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| Consider Summer School or Tutoring |
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You could put your child in a local summer school or a tutoring program to ensure he gets enough practice in Math. One-on-one tutoring specifically can benefit students who are struggling with Math, such students can use summer break to refresh the areas of the previous school year; while students who want to advance can use these sessions for enrichment and get an edge for the next school session. |
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Get information about the next year’s course or syllabus from your child’s school and ask your child’s tutor to cover this syllabus. Many one-on-one tutoring companies such as provide a good introduction and practice into the next year’s math course for al K-12 students. They also provide regular practice sheets to ensure that child learns the applicability of these concepts. These are short 30 mins. practice worksheets that ensure the child gets practice, but doesn’t feel too over-burdened with the work during the summer. |
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About Author : Anu Bhave is the founder and President at - an online tutoring and homework help firm that provides very high-quality personalized, convenient, yet highly affordable supplementary education services to K-12 and college students.
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