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Welcome, nau mai
Welcome, nau mai
Welcome to our Study Skills Hub! This site is designed to help you enhance your learning and study practices by offering a range of evidence-based strategies. Whether you’re preparing for exams, mastering a new subject, or just looking to study more effectively, you'll find valuable tools and techniques here. Each section is carefully crafted to provide step-by-step guides, practical examples, and resources to make your study sessions more productive and engaging.
How do you study?
How do you study?
Everyone studies differently. There is no magic shortcut to studying but there are evidenced based approaches that will make your study more efficient, effective and enjoyable.
How to Use This Website
How to Use This Website
1. Explore the Study Techniques:
Each section of this site focuses on a specific study technique. The sections contain examples for different subjects and a step by step guide to getting started. There is a brief overview of each technique under each image below. Choose some options that appeal to you to explore further.
Too much? Watch this video on 3 of the study techniques (Active Recall, Interleaving and Spaced Repetition) that can work together to improve revision effectiveness.
2. Understand the Role of Lifestyle Factors:
Explore the Best Practice section for other factors to enhance your study program, including:
Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise: Explore the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for optimal learning. This section discusses the impact of sleep, nutrition, and physical activity on your ability to focus and retain information.
Managing Distractions: Learn strategies to minimize distractions, particularly from social media, and create a study environment that supports concentration and productivity.
3. Preparing for the actual assessment:
This section explores how to make the most of the hard work you have put in and get the best result you can come exam day.
4. Using AI
This sections looks at how to use AI for your revision as well as the risks and pitfalls of using AI.
Study Techniques
Study Techniques
Active Recall/Retrieval Practice
Learn how to actively engage with your material by recalling information from memory.
Break down large pieces of information into manageable chunks. This section offers strategies for chunking in different subjects, making learning more accessible.
Discover how combining text with visuals can enhance your understanding and retention of information.
Deepen your understanding by asking “why” and “how” questions. This section guides you through the process of generating meaningful connections between concepts.
Learn how to use flashcards efficiently with the Leitner System, a method that helps you prioritize the review of more challenging material
Learn how mixing different topics or types of problems in a single study session can boost your problem-solving skills.
Discover how evaluating your own study strategies can help you improve the effectiveness of the time you spend revising.
Organize your thoughts and ideas visually. Learn how to create mind maps that simplify complex topics and make revision easier.
Test your knowledge regularly to reinforce learning. Find out how to use practice tests effectively across various subjects.
Master time management with this technique that breaks your study sessions into focused intervals, followed by short breaks.
Learn how to climb back up the forgetting curve by integrating spaced repetition into your revision program.
Best Practice and Practical Exam Advice
Best Practice and Practical Exam Advice
Explore this section for other factors to enhance your study program, including: Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise and Managing Distractions.
This section explores how to make the most of the hard work you have put in and get the best result you can.
Using AI
Using AI
Discover how to incorporate AI, like ChatGPT, into your study routine. This section offers guidance on how to use AI for generating practice questions, explaining complex topics, and even reviewing material in a more interactive way.
Risks and Pitfalls of Using AI for Revision
Understand the limitations of using AI in your studies. Learn how to use these tools responsibly to avoid potential pitfalls, such as over-reliance on AI or misunderstanding the information provided.
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