Study skills How to get your

head around learning

Study tips, the journey to examsBe an active learner

Draw a mind map

Tell a friend about what you have

learnt

Draw a picture of what its

about

Make up a song about what you

have learnt

Use note cards to help

you study

Think of three questions to

ask your teacher

With a friend think of all the words you can

about the subjectPick out five points from the lesson

Create the right learning stateWhere you study is important. Think about what

you like best in your surroundings.Do you like it: Warm CoolFresh airWarm feet Warm headMusicQuiet

Being self responsibleThe only person in charge of what

you do and how far you want to go in life is YOU

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are probably right.” (Henry Ford)

Three areas of learning R:R:RRegistering – how to take information in

Retaining – how to make information stick

Recalling- how to make sure you can recall information when you need it

Quizzes for knowing your brain

Go to www.likemindslearning.co.ukTo find out about your brain

dominance Left or Right brain.

Learning StylesFind out about your learning stylesVisual, Audio or Kinaesthetic. What is your

preferred style?

Tips for learning stylesVISUALRecall position of information

on the note pagesDraw out diagrams or

concept maps before starting test

Practice turning visuals into test questions

KINESTHETICRole play the exam situationUse your hands/body to

imitate what you are trying to recall

Get exercise the night before the exam

AUDITORY• Speak answer to

yourself (quietly!)• Talk through the

questions with someone

• Spend time in a quiet place recalling answers

• Use ear plugs

Intelligences All eight + of them!

BeliefTell yourself you can and your brain will approach the task positively.

Telling yourself you can’t do something automatically puts your brain into negative mode.

Use positive language

Hope Might Will Do Can

But Can’t Never Should

Must Impossible

Success is about being positive

Time PlansThe brain works best

for one and a half hours at a time.

You can focus in a concentrated spell for about 20-25 minutes.

Study timePlan your study for twenty minute slots and reward yourself at the end with something nice.

Take a 5 minute break then get back to work

Revise for one and a half hours for maximum retention.

Study Alarm for your phoneThis is an App which you

can get from the This will help with your

study times to maximise the amount you can take in in one study session.

It’s a great idea to time your study so you don’t overload your brain and make study less effective.

You can study smart!!

Memory fade “All learning without reviewing is like trying to fill the bath with the plug out.” (Mike Hughes Closing the Learning Gap)

Review... review... review...When you have learned a piece of

information you need to retain it.Review this again after just 30

minutesLook at it again after 24 hoursReview this information after one week

Then again after one month.This helps to put the information

into the long term memory.

The four stages of competency

• You know what you DO know

• You don’t know what you don’t know

• Now you know what you don’t know

• You don’t know what you know

• (it’s become automatic)

Unconscious

Incompeten

cy

Conscious

Incompetency

Conscious Competenc

y

Unconscious

Competency

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The brain is amazing!The number of connections and neural pathways that

can be formed by a normal human brain is astronomical. It is the number 1 followed by 10 million kilometres of

zeros in font size 12 ………..

and just keep going for 10 million kilometres……………………!!!

WOW!This is more than the largest computer storage capacity

we have produced so far!

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