study skills and time management
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J. Reason |
The Brain’s Behind It |
A. Smith |
Critical Thinking Skills |
S. Cottrell |
Eat That Frog | B. Tracy |
The Good Study Guide | A. Northedge |
Max Your Memory | M. Pascale |
Passing Oxbridge Admission Tests | R. Hutton |
Seven Day Brain Booster |
J. Alexander |
Skills for Success | S. Cottrell |
The Talent Code | D. Coyle |
Use Your Head: How to Unleash the Power of Your Mind | T. Buzan |
Websites | |
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Thomas Frank and his team have built this website from the ground up to help you learn effectively, spend less time studying, and become more productive. It’s full of very useful advise and highly recommended. |
Six strategies for effective learning. |
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All study skills, including critical thinking. |
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WikiHow | Articles on many subjects. Search for Education/Learning techniques. |
Reading, note taking and essay writing
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Critical Thinking Skills |
S. Cottrell |
The Student’s Guide to Writing | J. Peck |
Write It Right | J. Peck |
How to Write Better Essays | B. Greetham |
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Reading, note taking and anything related. |
Note-taking systems | Most widely used note-taking systems explained in detail. |
Royal Literary Fund | Essay writing, note taking and reading techniques. |
University of Bristol’s Guide to Referencing Academic Work | Different systems of referencing explained. |
SQ3R Reading Technique | Video tutorial. |
Revision
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Revision Guides |
All subjects |
I Hate Revision | R. Blakey |
Lazy Student’s Guide to Revision | D. Chapman |
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The words in your exam questions that tell you what the examiner wants you to do. |
Flash C ard Machine | A free service for creating web-based study flashcards that can be shared with others. |
Get Revising | Revision resources and study tools for all learning styles and revision planner. |
Revision tips; helps to organise revision. |
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Memrise | Free platform that makes learning languages and vocabulary easy and fun. |
Quizlet | Flashcards, tests, and study games make it fun to learn anything. |
Radio 1 Advice | Tips on revision and exams. |
Revision World | Revision World is part of a group of revision websites, offering you thousands of free GCSE and A Level revision resources and study help advice. Use Revision World to create your own free study planner or revision timetable. |
S-cool | The revision website. |
Seneca | Want to replace boring revision guides with a fun way to study? Join over 1,000,000 students improving their KS3, GCSE & A Level grades. |
Study Blue | The leading crowdsourced learning platform, provides intelligent learning tools including flashcards, notes, study guides and more. |
Tutor2u | Partners with teachers & schools to help students maximise their performance in important exams & fulfill their potential. |
Research skills
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The academic arm of Google. |
Google Books | Books that have been made electronically available. |
Dogpile.com | All the best search engines in one. |