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UNIT 3: STUDY SKILLS

Enhance your academic success with effective study methods, good time management, and exam preparation strategies. Learn to manage anxiety, create study plans, and optimize your study environment. Find tips for exam day readiness and dealing with exam stress. Incorporate visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic learning styles into your study routine for better retention and understanding of course material.

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UNIT 3: STUDY SKILLS

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  1. UNIT 3: STUDY SKILLS

  2. 5 Factors that will impact your academic success this year • Effective study methods that suit YOU • Good examination writing skills • Completion of school based assessments • Good time management • Regular and consistent time set aside for academics

  3. Revise your own study skills • Visual: think in pictures; use diagrams and symbols where possible • Auditory: learn best through listening; discussions and recording work • Kinaesthetic: through experience; moving, touching, doing

  4. Where are you studying? • Sitting at a table in a quiet place • Work at the library or a friends house if you cannot work at home • Study 30 mins; Break 5 mins • Cell Phone must be switched OFF • Ask for no interruptions

  5. Dealing with Anxiety • Good preparation can decrease Anxiety and increase Confidence • Relaxation techniques can also be used • Go through the meditation or breathing technique we did in class • Consider Rescue Remedy

  6. Exam Preparation • Listening, completing homework & test preparation • Working consistently • Using a DIARY and STUDY PLANNER • 2-3 hours after school daily • Must be studying for a MINIMUM of 3 weeks, intensively before examinations

  7. Exam Day • Good breakfast – include protein and carbohydrates • Go over summaries • Prepare properly – what stationery do you need? • Try not to discuss the exam, before or after • Leave home in good time • Once the exam is over, concentrate on the next one

  8. In the exam… • Breathe….and try to centre yourself. • Check you have the correct paper! • Listen to any instructions • Ensure all your scripts have your name and/or number on each page • Consider your time-mark allocation (Page 40)

  9. Reading the Question and Planning Your Response • Read and make summaries for the following topics, in your note book: • Multiple Choice Questions: Pg 108 • Understanding Questions: Key words Page 110

  10. Study Plans 1: Use a Calendar or create your own one 2: Fill in Set Commitments, like sport etc. 3: Fill in Due Dates for Projects and Dates for exams/tests 4: Allocate a certain amount of time each day for home work. 5: Work backwards from your Due Dates and specifically allocate certain days for certain topics to study

  11. NB: Give Details of WHAT you are going to study Extra Maths 3-4pm Swimming 3-5 Dancing 2.30-4 Swimming 3-5 MATHS CYCLE V-BALL Dancing 2.30-4 Extra Maths 3-4pm Swimming 3-5 Swimming 3-5 STUDY HISTORY PG 33-40 STUDY HISTORY PG 21-27 STUDY HISTORY PG 27-32 STUDY HISTORY PG 13-20 ENGLISH CYCLE STUDY HISTORY PRACTISE ESSAY QUESTIONS Swimming 3-5 Dancing 2.30-4 Extra Maths 3-4pm Swimming 3-5 FINAL REVISION HISTORY HISTORY CYCLE LO PROJECT DUE COMPLETE LO PROJECT Complete Activity 3.3 Dancing 2.30-4 Extra Maths 3-4pm Swimming 3-5 Swimming 3-5 LS CYCLE

  12. Importance of NCS • Unemployment rate is 24% • Competition for jobs • NCS certificate will increase chances • Tertiary education will increase chances further

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