Study skills

• Literacy
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Study skills

To boost concentration and motivation

Learning objectives

•  Recognise why traditional methods don’t work and identify suitable alternatives
• Identify common challenges and trial possible supports for these 
• Working with high and low energy: identifying high and low energy tasks and evaluating the effectiveness of certain strategies

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 Recognise why traditional methods don’t work and identify suitable alternatives

1. Match the traditional method to a more executive functioning- friendly alternative
2. Think about which strategies you might use. 

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 Recognise why traditional methods don’t work and identify suitable alternatives

To summarise the alternatives suggested were:

1. Active interrogation when reading
2. 5-minute easy win task to start
3. Visual timers
4. Low-friction background/body doubling
5. Visual and auditory alerts (large whiteboard)
6. Movement/rest breaks

Which would you use?

Identify common challenges and trial possible supports for these 

• On the next page, click on the link to explore 10 common challenges. 
• 'Flip' the challenge to read a description of it. 
• 'Eliminate' the challenge if you do not experience it.
• Click 'back' to see the full screen and select the next challenge. 

Which of the challenges do you face? 

Screenshot what is left on the screen and save to your Onedrive/put into the chat. 

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Ways to overcome these challenges

Consider the following:

1. The study environment
2. Task Architecture
3. Active-learning over passive
4. Novelty
5. Interest
6. Challenge yourself
7. Create a sense of urgency

Overcoming challenges

On the Wordwall wheel, spin the wheel and consider the strategy: would this help?

If you wouldn't find this helpful, eliminate the item and spin again. 

Screenshot the strategies you will use and add to the chat. 

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Working with high and low energy: identifying high and low energy tasks and evaluating the effectiveness of certain strategies

• Having high and low energy that fluctuates all the time
• Learning to work with that can be really helpful
• It provides a sense of accomplishment that you have completed something regardless of energy
• On the next few slides, decide if the task involves high or low energy.
• Think about which you would use. 

Highlighting keywords: Going through a chapter and just finding the 'bold' terms

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Watching 'Exam Prep' on YouTube: Watching someone solve a calculus question on a screen rather than you doing it yourself.

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Practicing answering long practice paper questions

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Oragnising folders: putting your 'mock' papers/handouts into the right sections of a folder

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Drafting sample essay questions.

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Understanding complex processes (e.g. The Krebs Cycle or Particle Physics) and drawing them from memory

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Using Gemini Notebook to turn materials into mindmaps, infographics, podcasts and flashcards

1. High energy
2. Low energy

Which high energy and low energy strategies would you use?

Learning objectives

•  Recognise why traditional methods don’t work and identify suitable alternatives
• Identify common challenges and trial possible supports for these 
• Working with high and low energy: identifying high and low energy tasks and evaluating the effectiveness of certain strategies

Your task

Create a PowerPoint on the topic of Waves

Do not read from the PP

Include short bullet points

Include relevant images which you will explain

Begin the PP with the most interesting fact from the topic.