Study Skills that are proven to work!
Study skills are the skills you need to enable you to study and learn efficiently - they are an important set of transferable life skills. This page provide generic study skills advice - appropriate to all learners
Parents/carers of S4 pupils were invited to an evening Study Skills Information Session on Wednesday 7th October 2026. The presentations from this evening and from previous years can be downloaded below.
Bright Red Books were also at the evening and are offering 25% of all of their study booklets with code: LITHGOW25: Click HERE (opens new window) to view these publications.
This page gives specific information on the 6 Study Skills strategies. Subject teachers may well use this page to link subject revision to these study skills techniques.
Why Are you reading this? Exams!
There you go, we said it. Whether these exams are N5, Higher or Advanced Higher you'll be contending with lots of new material, more demanding courses, and -let's face it- more homework.
So, you need to learn how to study because:
- Every formal assessment and piece of classwork will be used by teachers to make judgements about your working grades and progress.
- It's the most important year yet.
- These skills are crucial for learning, life & work.
Learning how to study effectively is so important. And let's be honest, when it comes to studying haven't you ever wished you were a bit more...
Overview of all 6 strategies
Learn to Study using:
Short Video Clips
Neurodivergent Learners
Preparing for examinations can be especially challenging for neurodivergent teenagers, as traditional study methods might not always align with their learning preferences. Many of the techniques explained above are absolutely appropriate but on this attachments here are some study skills techniques that can be particularly effective. Possible study techniques for neurodivergent learners (PDF, 648 KB)(opens new window)
Faculty Study Skills examples
Some other strategies may include:
Flashcards
Mind maps
