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Effective Study Tips for Writing-Based Subjects

Explore practical advice on study skills for writing subjects. Learn about healthy habits, planning, class notes organization, study techniques, and effective learning methods to boost academic performance. Discover tips to enhance memory retention and maximize study sessions.

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Effective Study Tips for Writing-Based Subjects

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  1. Effective Study SkillsWriting based subjects

  2. What’s new? S1-3 S4-6

  3. Getting prepared

  4. 1. Practicalities (from research studies) • Eat healthily and regularly – especially breakfast. • Get 8-10 hours of sleep every night, and a regular bedtime • Get out into the fresh air and do some exercise (even just a walk) • Drink water regularly • Revise in a quiet environment – no TV or music or family life. • Most studies show that music does not aid memory (it simply tricks your brain into thinking it is busy)

  5. Lowers concentration • Increases FOMO/stress • Reduces memory • Makes you sleep worse • all advice says do NOT charge it in your room overnight. 2. Phones – put them away! Alarm Clock Argos – cost £3.99

  6. 3. Planning • Make a simple plan or timetable. • Lay out your week in a plan and fill in what you will do and when. • This can include other activities. There is an SQA app but there is nothing wrong with a bit of paper and some coloured pens

  7. Afternoon off

  8. 4. Class Notes • Make sure you have all the appropriate notes • Catch up any class notes that you have missed (the exam doesn’t care if you were “off that day”) • Organise your notes and make sure they are all available during your study time (this should be done well ahead of studying actually starting)

  9. Study techniques

  10. What are you learning? • For a writing subject this will be for information such as: • Quotes • Definitions and Explanations • Examples • Arguments for and against • Evaluations • Comparisons • Conclusions

  11. Highlighting Passive – not very effective

  12. Reading notes Passive – not very effective

  13. Writing Techniques DO NOT just copy, it is passive • Rewrite information and put it into your own words • Change the layout – turn a paragraph into a mind map, or write a table out in full prose. • Read your information, look for links and put it into categories • Add drawings as little memory aids • Revisit again and again over time – see diagram

  14. Revision Clock

  15. Reading Techniques DO NOT just read, it is passive • Prepare a talk with note cards • Give the talk to someone • Explain what you have learned to a real or imaginary someone else, with notes and then without • Record yourself and listen back when on a walk.

  16. Most Effective Learning? DOING IT – simulating the real thing • Use past paper questions (SQA website) • Plan answer summaries – don’t write a full answer • Repeat writing until you know it by heart • Write sections of answers – practice your weak areas • Practice skills types (knowledge, analysis, evaluation) • Write FULL answers Work with a partner to help stay on task

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