Does anyone's DCs actually find the Pomodoro technique effective?

[ArmyofMunn]

I know there's a supportive GCSE handhold thread currently on here, but I thought this question might benefit from its own thread.

I just wondered whose DCs were strictly following the Pomodoro technique and if it really does work, as it seems every school is recommending it.

If I understand it correctly, it's 25 minutes of revision then a 5 minute break, then onto another subject over a two hour period, so four subjects are covered in one session.

My DD has found it more helpful to expand it to two one-hour sessions with a 15 minute break, so she covers two subjects in one session.

Or should she crack on with the shorter sessions as she'll retain much more?

I only just read about it recently in relation to helping ADHD kids

I use it myself for work (because I'm scatty and have short deadlines on several projects at a time). It works for me and I've just started encouraging dd1 to use it too - only issue with it is if she needs to finish certain pieces of homework that take longer as part of revision. Would recommend.

I also use it for work and find it effective for keeping focus. I don't necessarily change topic/what I'm doing between sessions if I'm doing something that takes longer than 25 minutes, but I find that 25 minutes on followed by 3-5 minutes break really works for me.

It just seems such a short time to revise - doesn't the brain take a while to settle into each nee thing it's absorbing, if it's complex?