This is general educational guidance. Check the linked official sources and your child’s school instructions for the applicable syllabus and assessment year.
Begin each session with retrieval
Write down the key idea, formula or method from memory before checking notes. Even an incomplete attempt shows what is actually retrievable.
Correct the recall immediately, then use one straightforward question to reconnect the idea with procedure.
Interrogate worked examples
Cover each next line and predict it. Explain why the operation is valid and what would change if a number, sign or condition changed.
Then close the example and solve a similar question. Familiarity with someone else’s solution is not the same as independent ability.
Move from blocked to mixed practice
A short block of same-topic questions helps stabilise a new method. Follow it with questions from earlier topics so that the student must identify the method without a chapter label.
Keep difficulty varied. A session made only of the hardest questions can conceal basic execution problems and weaken confidence.
End with a two-minute review
Record one idea learned, one error cause and the first task for the next session. This reduces friction when study resumes.
Review progress through the quality of independent starts, working and explanations—not only the number of completed questions.