All Study skills articles – Page 2
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One simple way to provide quick and effective online feedback
Use objective-based marking to save time and engage students with online feedback
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The real prize of entering STEM competitions
Both you and your students can gain a lot from participating in science competitions besides winning
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How to teach reading in science
Worried your students struggle with chemistry texts? You're not alone. Here are two solutions
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Strategies to succeed in post-16 courses
Passing exams at 18 requires specific skills and strategies. Here’s how to support students to develop them
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5 ways to explain rate and equilibrium
Help your students understand the synergy between rate and equilibrium and answer exam questions successfully
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Harness self-regulation to nurture independent study skills
Follow these tips to engage students with learning processes
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Put organic chemistry concepts in context
3 ways to teach 14–16 students how to apply their knowledge to new scenarios and prepare them for exams
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Using gestures in the classroom
Harness the power of hands to supercharge students’ retrieval and problem solving and assess their understanding
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Innovations in packaging
Explore polymers and redox via food wrap innovations with this activity for 11–16 students
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Packaging promise
From polymers to nanoparticles, the new technologies helping to reduce food and wrapper waste
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Use on-screen simulations to successfully boost data skills
Perfect for remote teaching, but they’ve a role in classroom settings too
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4 ways to successfully use images in your lessons
Use these strategies to help students grasp and remember abstract concepts
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Help students find reliable internet resources for organic chemistry
Teach your pupils to make the right research choices in a never-ending ocean of options
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Job profile
Laboratory analyst and higher degree apprentice, water
Joseph helps ensure there is clean, safe, water for 15 million people in the UK whilst studying towards his chemistry degree
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Job profile
Laboratory technician and higher apprentice, solar
Rebekka tests and finds ways to improve solar panels whilst balancing her studies towards her Foundation Degree apprenticeship
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Encourage your students to research
How independent research projects will benefit you and your students
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Strategies for six-mark questions
Get your students practising answering these within the time limit
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Five ways to promote independent learning
How to help students take responsibility for their own learning
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How to tackle context in exams
Teach students how to apply their knowledge, not parrot back information
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Which is best: practical or simulation?
Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?