Transcript study_tips
Ten top tips for super study Work out a timetable for each weeks work in advance (but don’t spend all your time making plans and none carrying them out) Leave time within your timetable for any homework you might be given Don’t study every night. Take some time off e.g. Friday and Saturday night this will give you something to look forward to. Don’t feel guilty about your ‘official time off’! Arrange your study time in regular spells and include breaks e.g. 45 minutes of work then 15 minutes break. Try to start your studying as early as possible each evening Study a different subject for each 1hr spell (except for the day before an exam) During your 15 minute breaks do something different, have a drink, listen to music but don’t let them become 20-25 minute breaks! Some people work best in silence others prefer music but if so keep it low volume and unobtrusive save the heavy metal for your breaks and no-one can concentrate as well with the TV on! Have anything you might need handy and easy to find i.e. class notes, text books, spare paper etc Finally forget some or all of the points if you already have a system that works for you don’t change what is already successful How to study There are two main ways to study – Revision of class notes, worksheets etc – Tackling past papers or exam style questions which can be marked by your teacher To revise successfully it is a good idea to use both methods Revision • DO NOT just copy out your notes again this is pointless AND boring! Set out the topics you are revising then note down all the ‘catch’ or ‘wise up’ words with a brief description of each in addition write down any important facts about a topic plus any diagrams etc you think may be important (don’t spend ages colouring in etc this is just wasting time!) Practice Questions • You can do this in one of two ways 1. Under exam conditions i.e.. time limits and no books (allow about 15 minutes for each full credit question about 10 mins for each full general and 5mins for each foundation question) 2. As if they were an ink exercise using notes text books etc to produce model answers Transferring your knowledge • Learning geography is not just about memorising everything you have done in class. Much of the course concentrates on case studies , but in the example you will often be given a question not based on an area you have studied DON’T PANIC. Corries are formed in the same way whether they are formed in the highlands of Scotland or the Rocky mountains in Canada. Economic social and environmental problems of declining industry are the same in Wales as they are in Lanarkshire Mind maps and mnemonics • You do of course need to memorise some facts however. Some people find mind maps helpful E.g. dept stores Low quality retail residential High order CBD Land use Inner city • Others use mnemonics E.g. Every King Can Live In Glasgow for East Kilbride, Cumbernauld, Livingston, Irvine, Glenrothes = Scotland's 5 new towns • Find what helps you to remember and use it to structure your notes you can have more than one system depending on what you need to remember