Time management with the Pomodoro Technique

I use the basic pomodoro method as explained in slide 6 of this deck with students retaking Maths who have experienced difficulty with the subject in the past.

They get one or two pomodoro's worth of routine questions each week to reinforce the lesson content. Works for them. The full method is quite sophisticated and includes review and optimisation templates. That won't work with teenagers!

The method allows a gentle increase in sophistication - you can just start using it with a timer one day to structure something boring (marking maths homework in my case, the mechanical marking not the reflective feedback to the student), then escalate your use of the rest of the method.

PS: plastic kitchen timers in the shape of cactus plants or retro clocks are readily available in UK.