Study Skills

It can be challenging to stay motivated and focused, especially when things appear uncertain.

How to get motivated to study

There can be more ways to get motivated into studying.

But everybody struggles with motivation sometimes.

When you are demotivated then it’s easy to watch videos or scroll through social media. You can forget that you have exams coming up, or avoid the thought.

Then it becomes harder to work. The longer you put things off the more stressed you can get.

Focusing on your goals can help you stay motivated

Here are some tips to help you:

• I want to have a good future
• I want to get into a good school/university/job
• I don’t want to regret not studying enough 

Find your style

There are lots of ways to learn, so it can be helpful to find the way that works best for you.

It's important to understand your learning style in order to see the study strategy that will work best for you.

Learning styles gives you an idea of how you can learn best. This is top 3 ways that could be helpful while learning:

• Visual- learn by seeing
• Auditory- learn by listening
• Kinaesthetic- learn by doing

This video shows these three ways, and how you can find which one is suitable for you.

Studying with learning difficulties

Studying for exams is challenging. But everybody can reach learning goals. 

Young people with learning difficulties can access additional support to reach their study goals. You can also help yourself:  

• Make flashcards about stuff you struggle with
• Find an interesting audiobook or podcast about the topic you’re studying
• Taking regular exercise breaks to focus your mind

Find out more: Discover support available for local young people with special educational needs or disability (SEND).

Revision tips

1. Create a timetable and order your subjects from most important to least important.
2. Revising early would definitely be recommended, if you start revising the days before an exam you wont remember much!
3. If you put your self under a lot of pressure you will burn out and won't remember stuff when doing a test.
4. Keep your phone and other distractions away otherwise you will end up not doing anything.
5. Highlight, underline

My experience: “Music has always been the only thing that has ever helped me focus. I sometimes have problems focussing. But I don’t know why. It might be because I struggle to learn things or because I get distracted easily. When I am doing homework, I use headphones and play music, It has to be instrumental or chill otherwise I sing along and cant concentrate.”- Nia

Page written by work experience student, Nia.