How to get your head
around learning
Study tips, the journey to exams
 Be an active learner
Tell a friend
about what you
have learnt
With a friend think
of all the words you
can about the subject
Draw a mind
map
Pick out five
points from the
lesson
Think of three
questions to ask
your teacher
Draw a picture of Use note cards to
Make up a song
what its about help you study
about what you
have learnt
Create the right learning state
Where you study is important. Think about what you
like best in your surroundings.
Do you like it:
 Warm
 Cool
 Fresh air
 Warm feet
 Warm head
 Music
 Quiet
Being self responsible
 The only person in charge of what you do
and how far you want to go in life is YOU
“Whether you think you can
or think you can’t, you are
probably right.” (Henry Ford)
Three areas of learning R:R:R
 Registering – how to take information in
 Retaining – how to make information stick
 Recalling- how to make sure you can recall
information when you need it
Quizzes for knowing your brain
Go to www.likemindslearning.co.uk
To find out about your brain dominance
Left or Right brain.
Learning Styles
Find out about your learning styles
Visual, Audio or Kinaesthetic. What is your
preferred style?
Tips for learning styles
VISUAL
 Recall position of information
on the note pages
 Draw out diagrams or concept
maps before starting test
 Practice turning visuals into
test questions
KINESTHETIC
 Role play the exam situation
 Use your hands/body to
imitate what you are trying to
recall
 Get exercise the night before
the exam
AUDITORY
• Speak answer to yourself
(quietly!)
• Talk through the
questions with someone
• Spend time in a quiet
place recalling answers
• Use ear plugs
Intelligences All eight + of them!
Belief
 Tell yourself you can and
your brain will approach
the task positively.
 Telling yourself you can’t
do something
automatically puts your
brain into negative mode.
Use positive language
Hope
Might
Do
But
Never
Must
Will
Can
Can’t
Should
Impossible
Success is about being positive
Time Plans
The brain works best for
one and a half hours at
a time.
You can focus in a
concentrated spell for
about 20-25 minutes.
Study time
Plan your study for twenty
minute slots and reward
yourself at the end with
something nice.
Take a 5 minute break
then get back to work
Revise for one and a half hours
for maximum retention.
Study Alarm for your phone
 This is an App which you can
get from the
 This will help with your study
times to maximise the
amount you can take in in
one study session.
 It’s a great idea to time your
study so you don’t overload
your brain and make study
less effective.
 You can study smart!!
Memory fade
“All learning
without
reviewing is like
trying to fill the
bath with the
plug out.” (Mike
Hughes Closing the
Learning Gap)
Review... review... review...
 When you have learned a piece of
information you need to retain it.
 Review this again after just 30 minutes
 Look at it again after 24 hours
 Review this information after one week
 Then again after one month.
 This helps to put the information into the
long term memory.
The four stages of competency
• You don’t
know what
you don’t
know
• You don’t
know what
you know
• (it’s become
automatic)
1
2
Unconscious
Conscious
Incompetency
Incompetency
Unconscious
Competency
Conscious
Competency
4
3
• Now you
know what
you don’t
know
• You know
what you
DO know
The brain is amazing!
 The number of connections and neural pathways that can
be formed by a normal human brain is astronomical.
 It is the number 1 followed by 10 million kilometres of zeros
in font size 12 ………..
1,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
and just keep going for 10 million kilometres……………………!!!
WOW!
This is more than the largest computer storage capacity we
have produced so far!