{"id":97,"date":"2012-08-26T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T20:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.braidhurst.hostoi.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2024-11-21T19:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:54:29","slug":"supported-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/Braidhurst\/clubs\/supported-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Supported Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Supported Study: <\/strong>2024\/2025 &#8211; Click the link below for information about what, where and when<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/Braidhurst\/clubs\/supported-study\/supported-study-24-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-13566\">Supported Study 24-25<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Homework \/ Revision \/ Self-Study is important:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It improves your thinking and memory<\/li>\n<li>It helps you develop positive study skills and habits that will serve you well throughout life<\/li>\n<li>It encourages you to use time wisely<\/li>\n<li>It teaches you to work independently<\/li>\n<li>It encourages you to take responsibility for your work<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0allows you to\u00a0review and practice what has been covered in class<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0helps you to get ready for the next day\u2019s class<\/li>\n<li>It helps you learn to use resources, such as libraries, reference materials, and computer Web sites to find information<\/li>\n<li>It encourages you to explores subjects more fully than classroom time permits<\/li>\n<li>It allows you to extend learning by applying skills to new situations<\/li>\n<li>It helps you integrate learning by applying many different skills to a single task, such as book reviews or science investigations<\/li>\n<li>It helps your parents learn more about what you are learning in school<\/li>\n<li>It allows your parents to communicate with you about learning<\/li>\n<li>It encourages your parents to share their enthusiasm for learning with you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Successful homework leads to exam success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What helps you learn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re not the greatest fan of reading and prefer diagrams, sketches, charts and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>colourful information &#8211; try to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rewrite your notes as mind-maps<\/li>\n<li>Use colour to highlight important things<\/li>\n<li>Draw diagrams and sketches to help you remember points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you always get the best out of lessons that involve discussion, listening and talking \u2013 try<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read your notes aloud<\/li>\n<li>Record yourself reading key points of your notes aloud, then listen to the recording.<\/li>\n<li>Revise with other pupils, if you can<\/li>\n<li>Teach what you know to an imaginary or real audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you get a lot of understanding by reading textbooks, using websites and writing notes try:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Copying out your notes<\/li>\n<li>Reading your notes silently<\/li>\n<li>Rewriting the key points using different words<\/li>\n<li>Writing down key points from memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Come up with mnemonics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The word stands for Make Names Easily Memorable by Organising Nominated Initial Characters.<\/p>\n<p>The website Student UK suggests, My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas as a way of remembering the nine planets in order of distance from the sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto).<\/p>\n<p>You may wish to use mnemonics to help you remember key facts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revision Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>MyStudyPlan app<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Preparing a study plan can be a huge help in revising.\u00a0 The SQA have an app to support this.\u00a0 Please find the links below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sqa-my-study-plan\/id419308081?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download MyStudyPlan from the App Store<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.kotikan.android.sqastudyplanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download MyStudyPlan for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>e-sgoil Online Revision Support &#8211; including subject content &amp; webinars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-sgoil.com\/senior-phase\/study-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Support 2023-24 | e-Sgoil<\/a> National 5 &amp; Higher<\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC Biteszie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/levels\/zp3d7ty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National 4 &#8211; Scotland &#8211; BBC Bitesize<\/a> National 4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/levels\/z6gw2hv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National 5 &#8211; Scotland &#8211; BBC Bitesize<\/a> National 5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/levels\/zkdqxnb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Higher &#8211; Scotland &#8211; BBC Bitesize<\/a> Higher<\/p>\n<p><strong>SQA \u2013 Past Papers with Marking Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/pastpapers\/findpastpaper.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQA &#8211; NQ &#8211; Past papers and marking instructions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supported Study: 2024\/2025 &#8211; 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