Students often will say they do not know what to do when their teacher says "you must go home and study". In this section "Study Skills Resources" you can access videos and weblinks to help you understand what students should be doing every week to learn, understand, remember and apply new knowledge.
We Can All Learn
from www.khanacademy.com
Students with a growth mindset actually perform better and are able to persist in resolving difficult problems than a student with a fixed mindset. Fixed mindset students get praised for their intelligence only eg: "you're smart". Growth mindset students get praised for the process, thinking or strategy used in their learning.
Our brain capacity is not fixed - the more we struggle with things and persist the more our neural pathways develop in the brain.
We can all learn.
Eduardo Briceño articulates how mindset, or the understanding of intelligence and abilities, is key. When students or adults see their abilities as fixed, whether they think they're naturals or just not built for a certain domain, they avoid challenge and lose interest when things get hard. Conversely, when they understand that abilities are developed, they more readily adopt learning-oriented behaviors such as deliberate practice and grit that enable them to achieve their goals. But this belief is itself malleable, and there are clear actions we can all take to establish a growth mindset and enable success for our children, our peers and ourselves.
Study Skills Handbook
Moorebank High School subscribes to the online ELES Study Skills Handbook. Students, parents and teachers can access this site at school or at home. By working through the units on this site students will learn about skills and techniques to help them complete work more effectively and improve their academic results.
A sample of the topics available on the site include:
| Working better at home | Working better at School | Improving your skills | Improving how you study |
| Overcoming Procrastination | Will we ever use this? | Reading skills | Summarising |
| Organisation and Filing | Asking for help | Writing skills | Active Study |
| Time Management | Dealing with conflict | Mathematical skills | Preparing for Exam Blocks |
| Managing Workload | Groupwork skills | Research skillls | Test Taking Techniques |
| Dealing with Distractions | Using classtime | Presentation skills | After Tests and Exams |
Information for parents (pdf 118 KB)www.studyskillshandbook.com.au
See the Library staff for our school username and password.
Prue Salter is the owner of Enhanced Learning Educational Services which specialises in helping teachers and parents further develop students' study skills through the use of our study skills resources & study skills sessions. You can watch videos on a range of topics related to developing and improving study habits.