Follow our five National 5 study tips to increase your chances of a higher grade.
Don’t leave revision to the week before your SQA exam! It’s much better to start during your course, as early as possible in the New Year.
You may think that there is a lot of time between now and the final exam, but there is not when you consider:
You should make a start on your National 5 exam revision now.
Don't say you are going to study for 4 hours every day when you know that's never going to happen. Set yourself a realistic study target and stick to it.
Begin by setting yourself a small target to beging with, say 1 or 2 hours a week. Gradually build up the number of weekly study hours as you move through 2020. By the time you get to study leave you’ll already have an effective system for revision.
It is the easy option to study those topics in which you are already confident. It's a much bigger challenge to tackle those topics which you find harder. But how do you know your strengths and weaknesses in a subject?
With ACHIEVE each course has been broken down into a range of topic statements, each of which can be rated red / amber / green to help you identify and prioritise your weaknesses.
Carry out a self-evaluation and focus on those areas that most require improvement.
There are many different study techniques, and we will highlight some of the most successful strategies in a future blog post. No matter how you choose to revise, don't lose sight of the fact that working through SQA National 5 past papers are the key to success. Each topic statement in ACHIEVE links directly to any related SQA past paper questions and solution.
Use this feature to link the topic you are studying with any relevant past paper questions.
A word of warning: SQA National 5 courses changed in 2017, and whilst pre-2017 past papers are still available on the SQA website, some of the questions may not be part of the revised National 5 course.
