Study Tricks

Anne Haggart, Hannah Smith

& John Duncan

Study Skills Understand how YOU best learn, try out effective note taking techniques and think about productive revision

From this .......................................to THIS!

Knowing you better

• All of our brains work differently = there are many different ways to learn

• By understanding a little about how your brain works you can become a more effective student

The theory bit…

• Multiple intelligences

• Right brain vs left brain

• Learning styles

• Memory techniques

• Note taking

• Revision techniques

Multiple intelligences

If you’re unsure of your own intelligences, take the quick test on Birmingham Grid for Learning’s website to find out: http://tinyurl.com/32nx7v

This is me!

What is my learning style?

VISUAL LEARNERLearn best by seeing information. Ideas,

concepts, data and other information are associated

with images.

AUDITORY LEARNERRemembers what they say and what they hear, learning through listening

KINESTHETIC LEARNERLearn best by moving their bodies as they learn.

These are ‘hands-on learners’ or ‘do-ers’ who concentrate better and learn more easily when

movement is involved

Do we match the rest of the population?

Memory techniquesPut your pens down, no cheating!

Note Taking?

Memory techniquesDevelop your mind palace!

Studying for your exams

• Revision strategies

• Where is the best place for YOU to study?

• Managing your time – time circle/study timetable

MY STUDY

TIMETABLEMONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY   SATURDAY SUNDAY

 

9am – 4pm

 

IN SCHOOL

 

10am – 12pm

   

 

4pm – 5pm

 

           

12pm – 2pm

   

 

5pm – 6pm

 

           

2pm – 4pm

   

 

6pm – 7pm

 

           

4pm – 6pm

   

 

7pm – 8pm

 

           

6pm – 8pm

   

 

8pm – 9pm

 

               

Memory techniques

What have you learned today about effective studying?