Study skills tutor Sally Nash says: ‘With 120 teenagers chasing each job*, employers are going to scrutinise GCSE and A level results more closely. Just knowing your subject is not enough: skills such as effective memory and time management techniques are going to give students that much-needed edge when it comes to doing well in exams and getting a job.”
The main study skills are:
• Note-taking
• Essay planning/writing
• Memory techniques
• Mind mapping
• Revision tactics
• Exam preparation
Nash gives one useful tip for learning a list of words. “The brain likes connections so the trick here is to make strong associations between words and make up an original story. The crazier and funnier the story the better.”
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• A-level students scramble for jobs to avoid tuition fee hike (The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
