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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/S5 pupils were invited to an evening Study Skills Information Session on Wednesday 23rd October 2024. The presentations from this evening and from previous years can be downloaded below. The various handouts etc are all available at bottom of page as digital copies or links. 

Study Skills Presentations
Presentation NameSlides to view
Introductory Slides

Study Skills Presentation Slides Oct 2024 (PDF, 2 MB)(opens new window)

Revision Techniques (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)

 

Subject Specific Slides shared on the evening

 

Modern Studies Slides (PDF, 848 KB)(opens new window)

Maths slides (PDF, 417 KB)(opens new window)

Art & Design slides (PDF, 5 MB)(opens new window)

Higher Geography Slides (PDF, 917 KB)(opens new window)

H. N5 PE Slides 1 (PDF, 378 KB)(opens new window) Higher PE slides (2) (PDF, 708 KB)(opens new window)

others to be added here over the next week

  
Information Slides shared from previous years presentations that are still relevant (see below) 
Use of MS OneNoteMS OneNote in classes (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
Use of Altra Resources/past paper generatorAltra Curriculum Resource in Humanities (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
Use of Achieve and Scholar (pupils log in via Glow tiles)Achieve & Scholar (PDF, 164 KB)(opens new window)

 

The evening appeared to be a great success based on the feedback received. See below for thoughts before the session and the thoughts by the end of the session.

Parent Views and Feedback
Before the presentationsAfter the presentations

 

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:

  1. Every formal assessment and piece of classwork will be used by teachers to make judgements about your working grades and progress.
  2. It's the most important year yet.
  3. 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:

Study Skills that are proven to work (click link for more info)
Spaced Practice (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window) 
Retrieval Practice Slides (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window) Retrieval Practice short video (opens new window) 
Elaboration Slides (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window) 
Interleaving Slides (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window) Interleaving short video (opens new window) 
Concrete Examples Slides (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 4 MB)(opens new window) 
Dual Coding Slides (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 6 MB)(opens new window) Dual Coding Short video (opens new window) 
  

 

Short Video Clips

Study Skills Explanation

 

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

Faculty Study Skills Inputs.
Humanities

Humanities Exam revision slides (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 550 KB)(opens new window)

10 min starter activities: Study Skills (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 279 KB)(opens new window)

Pt2: 10 min starter activities: Study Skills (gi.ui.mediatype.powerpoint, 132 KB)(opens new window)

Making the most of your revision: History (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)

Higher History Revision Techniques (Word doc, 1 MB)(opens new window)

  
  

 

Some other strategies may include:

Flashcards

Mind maps

 

 

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