Study advice
Be prepared
- Go to all revision sessions for your subjects.
- Have up-to-date course notes. If you don't, ask your teachers for the latest versions.
- Practise assessments and examination papers.
- Know what is required for each achievement standard.
Planning
- Set regular routines of study.
- Choose a quiet, airy, well-lit place to study.
- Set study goals
- Daily goals
- Weekly goals
- Long-term goals
- Know your deadlines.
- Make a study timetable
- Do a small amount of study on each subject every night.
Relax
- Have lots of breaks eg break every 50 minutes for 10 minutes.
- Eat healthily, sleep regularly and exercise.
- Reward yourself regularly.
- If stressed, ask for help. Your teachers want you to succeed; ask them!
Study advice
Onion Street – Study Skills
Taiohi
S-Cool Revision Tips
Study Guides and Strategies
Basic Steps in the Research Process
VARK – A guide to learning styles
Stress Management
How-to-study.com
Maths study strategies
Maths study skills self-survey
Making an oral presentation
Answering assignment questions
