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This guide will provide you with some tips to support studying strategically, as well as give you techniques to check your understanding of the material you've learnt. We've organised this resource around the learning journey, to help you decide which tips and strategies might work best for you.
Lets look at a few ways your learning environment can help you focus and get the most from your studies.
For further support take a look at the Strategies for improving motivation, focus and concentration videos on the
student support site and learn more about Looking after your digital wellbeing.
Take a look at the My Learning Essentials online guides 'Strategies for effective note making and Preparing to read to learn strategies that can help stay organised.
Lets look at a few ways you can use planning and strategy to get the most from your time.
For further help and advice take a look at the My Learning Essentials online guide 'Managing Your Time Effectively' or book onto a workshop.
Lets look at a few ways you can review your learning and check your understanding:
To retain information, you need to get it the practice of revisiting it regularly. To help you do this you could try revisiting past notes and condensing them into summaries of your learning. Revisiting your notes is most effective when it is a regular habit.
Set yourself a task to return to your notes before around 5 to 7 days later. When your return to your notes quiz yourself or add some more questions to follow up on.
Download and try this Cornell notes template to help get you started.
Use marking rubrics from assignments to work out exactly what you need to know and demonstrate in your assignments and assessments. Often, you will be expected to demonstrate, beyond recalling information, that you can apply your learning to a new context or provide an analysis.
To help you address items within the assessment criteria make use of strategies like 'Know, want to know and learned' and practising past papers, as explained in this guide.
To try out this popular technique, choose a concept to learn and teach it to yourself or someone else (or even your stuffed teddy bear). When you get stuck, return to your notes and identify the gaps in your learning. The best way to utilise this method is to pretend to teach it to a child so you can understand complicated topics in simple language. For example, after watching a recording of a lecture, look at topics covered in the next few days and challenge yourself to explain them out loud.
For further help and advice take a look at the My Learning Essentials online guide 'Understanding your task' or book onto a workshop.
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