THE GAP BETWEEN KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND DOING WHAT YOU KNOW
A repeated story I hear so often: “She studied. She knew it. Then she failed the test. Later when we went over concepts, she answered every question correctly. I don’t understand what’s happening.” If you’ve seen this, you’re not imagining it.
You’re not overreacting. And your child is not being lazy. What you’re seeing is one of the most misunderstood learning patterns in education. A student can fully understand material and still be unable to show it independently. Not because they don’t know it. Because their brain can’t reliably activate what they know on demand.