Everyone learns differently...try some of these strategies for success!
School start-up can be a higher anxiety time for all students as they enter back in to the routine of school. Coupled with the changes their bodies and minds are going through during adolescence, this can be an especially difficult time for our youth and their parents as they try to assist their sons and daughters. Anxiety is a normal response that all people experience. This link will answer some questions about anxiety and provide some suggestions for strategies to cope with anxious moments.
Sometimes homework or classwork is practice of a concept or skill. Here is an interesting article.
Barry MacDonald is an expert on parenting and educating boys. I often find purposeful and interesting information in his writings. All the following links are articles from some of his publishings.