6 Tips for effective study

Learning

     Here are some practical tips you can use when actually learning new content. Remember, everyone learns differently, so not all of these suggestions will apply to you, but it is worth trying them out because I found them very useful!

1. Learn in class. Rather than messing around or looking out of the window and wishing you were elsewhere, use the time and teacher's expertise given to you to actually learn. If you are sat in school, you might as well pay attention and learn what you have to now so that you don't have to teach yourself anything in your own free time later.

2. Use different coloured highlighters for different levels of importance. Colour coding information is a quick and easy way to identify key areas you need to remember and review when you revise from your notes later.

3. Utilise numbered bullet points. Using numbers rather than dots can help you recall information because if you remember that you have three bullet points but you can only remember two, you will put in that extra effort to be able to remember the third, rather than simply assuming that there must have only been two points you wanted to make. Another benefit of using numbers is that you can order lists of information in order of importance, with key information being at the top of lists so you are more likely to remember them, or

4. Organise notes/ remember facts as part of a topic (eg syllabus section) but understand links between other topics

5. Understand everything as soon as you learn it (100% no questions)

6. Do enough practice questions that you understand, don't do more easy questions than necessary. Move on to harder and harder questions as you understand each stage