The benefits of learning how to learn for students can be overwhelming, for the natural way in which most students come to learn their work is stunningly inefficient.

Those of us who are both parents and teachers will have watched our offspring supposedly revise for GCSEs and A levels when in fact all they are doing is “reading through” the notes – surely the most ineffective way of “revising” ever invented.

The fact is that where students can be given an awareness and experience of a range of effective methods of learning that are available to them it can make all the difference – whatever the age of the child.  Suddenly those pupils and students who have struggled to learn by “reading through” or attempting to learn by heart, find that a different approach can make all the difference.

Learning becomes enjoyable, and topics and facts can be learned in half the time previously taken.

The problem is that many students don’t get much of a chance to learn about learning - at least until near the end of their studies.   But when they do, the motivation and self esteem that can be gained from the resultant rapid success itself becomes a factor in motivating them to ever higher goals.

It was as a result of watching my three daughters revise for their exams that I decided to gather together all I knew about various methods of learning, collecting all the various approaches to teaching study skills that were used in many different schools.   The resultant work can either be used as separate lessons on how to learn or introduced as an additional part of mainstream lessons.

Raising Grades through Study Skills is therefore based around the students experiencing different learning techniques and thus realising that there is not just one way of learning and that different people can benefit from different approaches.

The book comes in a loose leaf ring binder or can be bought on CD Rom, allowing you to develop and modify parts of the text that you wish to personalise for the school.  The text includes all the activities that the pupils will need to develop their study techniques, and includes an unlimited photocopy licence for use of the materials by pupils within the school.

The book comes with an unlimited photocopiable licence for the school, and costs £24.95 plus £3.95 delivery for either the book or CD. If you wish to buy both together the price is £31.94 plus £3.95 delivery.

You can order in four different ways. In each case please quote our reference T1329emn. Sample pages can be viewed prior to ordering on http://pdf.firstandbest.co.uk/education/T1329.pdf

  • By post to First and Best, Hamilton House Mailings plc, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Rd., Corby, Northants NN17 4HH
  • By fax on 01536 399 012
  • By phone with a credit card or with an official school order number on 01536 399 011
  • On line with a credit card at http://bit.ly/41jsi