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Build Your Students’ Study Skills

What students learn in October can still be there in May, with study skills built on how memory works.

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  • 1 CPD hour
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Plenty of students revise by rereading their notes and giving every subject the same slot on the timetable. It feels productive, and then half of it has gone by the exam.

The fix is to teach them study skills that match how memory works. Spacing and self-testing help knowledge stick over weeks rather than days. The lotus blossom, a grid with a topic in the middle and eight squares around it, shows students what they already know and pushes them to go deeper. There's note making by hand, turning notes into something visual, and the old orators' trick of the mind palace.

None of it needs to wait for exam season. Start early and students get into the habit of finding things out for themselves.

Modules

11 modules
  1. 1Wrap Up2 min
  2. 2Study skills and the brain5 min
  3. 3Essential approaches8 min
  4. 4Making the best use of our time4 min
  5. 5Testing and questions8 min
  6. 6The lotus blossom6 min
  7. 7The importance of organisation5 min
  8. 8The art of note making6 min
  9. 9Making connections4 min
  10. 10CoRT thinking3 min
  11. 11The importance of memory8 min

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