STUDENT STUDY GUIDE

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Studying can be very overwhelming, but it does not have to be. Often teachers seem to expect you to do hours of studying for weeks in advance of exams. We recommend having a plan and sticking to it – we’ll walk you through everything you need for productive studying!

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Our top general studying tips:

• SOME STUDY IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN NONE!!

• Write a list of tasks to complete and check them off as you do it (then it feels like you’ve actually done stuff)

• Break studying into chunks (by topic or by subject)

• Don't try to multitask.

Brief summary of the page:

How to study 101 will run through a variety of methods for studying, along with what time of the day you should study.

Study Schedules outlines some tips for creating and following a study schedule.

Right before and exam goes over how to do last minute revision, getting ready for your exam and some strategies to use during exams.

Past Papers outlines where you can find past papers for NCEA, Cambridge and Junior exams along with how to use them.

Visit Study Stress where we outline common issues and stresses experienced with exams as well as strategies to avoid and overcome these feelings.

Tutorials explains the availability of different tutorial forms: these include tutorials with teacher, senior students and tutorial resources available free online.

In Additional Resources there are further resources specifically for Juniors as well and further research on managing your study, particularly beneficial for difficult and study intensive subjects.