by Margaret Mary McFadyen | Aug 14, 2025 | study skills
The leap from GCSE to A-Level Chemistry can feel like a jump across a chasm for many students. While your GCSEs might have given you a solid foundation, A-Level Chemistry dives much deeper, introducing more complex concepts, abstract theories, and demanding...
by Margaret Mary McFadyen | Jan 4, 2021 | study skills
There are many processes in Chemistry and when learning about them, it can be very useful to summarise them. Process diagrams, flow diagrams, process maps – whatever you call them – outline the important steps. A process starts in one situation and goes...
by Margaret Mary McFadyen | Nov 16, 2020 | study skills
Comparison is the thief of joy, so they say. But, if you frequently get comments that you are not giving enough detail even when you think you have written a lot, you may be missing out on important comparisons. In Chemistry, we frequently make comparisons. We might...
by Margaret Mary McFadyen | Oct 26, 2020 | study skills
Revision Strategies for Exams – do you need some ideas? Do you have exams coming up after the break? One of the things that is heartbreaking from the perspective of a teacher is when you give a student back their mock exam paper and they are distraught with...
