Studying IS making study notes. At least that’s what students tell us when we ask them what studying involves. We agree that, in most cases, making study notes should be what your teen spends most of their time doing while preparing for exams. It’s our belief that it doesn’t matter what your teen’s predominant Learning Style is, study notes are a must for everyone sitting written exams. Because study notes are such an integral part of studying for exams, we think all teens should know the … [Read more...]
How to Write Study Notes That Really Work!
Why should you care? Because writing study notes should be what your teen spends the majority of their time doing while they’re studying for exams! Why is writing study notes so important? Your teen has tonnes and tonnes of information to take in during the lead to up exams. And they’re not going to be able to retain this information unless they write a lot of it down. The act of writing information down consolidates it in your memory in a way that you can’t achieve by only reading. While … [Read more...]
How To Consolidate Everything You’ve Studied This Year
As you'll probably know, we’re big fans of writing study notes. The physical act of writing stuff down is – in our opinion – the best way to retain information. We also believe that reading over these notes is a really important part of consolidating what's been studied. But there’s something extra your child can do to increase their retention of information by a further 50% Once your child has finished studying everything they need to for a particular subject (hopefully this will be at … [Read more...]