Study tips for high grades in 2026 to 2027

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Kickstart your year understanding just how to study less for higher grades. Here are some strategies to score your A. Instead of coffee, try chocolate. The first thing you must always remember is that exams test what you know and not what you studied.

1. Stop measuring studying in hours. More hours do not translate to a high grade without good strategy. More than likely your brain only captured information in two of 8 study hours. Make your goal what the result should be and not the number of hours to study.

2. Active recall what you’ve studied
Close the book after three hours. Recognising and recalling are different actions.

3. Turn notes in questions
As you record main points, record them as questions

4. Find weak spots
By target practice. Once you get weak areas, reread them. Test yourself and categorise your areas into no knowledge, weak, strong. Review weak areas.

5. FEYNMAN trick: Pick a topic and explain to your pretend audience. Simply the work.

6. Practice before you feel ready. This is useful for Maths and Sciences, but all subjects apply. Get some work and practice during reading hours and not after you’re done. Take time out to practice.

7. Space repetition and avoid cramming.
Example of space repetition is Day 1 Learn, Day 2, Recall, Day 7 Review weak areas. Try retrieving over time through shorter sessions. Don’t try reading a huge block in one session.

8. Study away from your phone as it is a distraction. It actually calls you to entertain yourself.

9. Focus block for 40 or 50 minutes and break, but your break should not put you on Tik Tok.

10. Create an error log. Error logs record what you need to review.

11. Stop studying when you are no longer learning. If you find that nothing is recorded in your head after repeatedly reading take a break.

RECAP:
Read, recall, practice, fix weaknesses, log errors, repeat, read for review, retrieve, practise, consistent review. Eliminate wasted hours by understanding that longer hours dont mean better studying.

– Anthea McGibbon, Site owner




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