by Jenn Linning | Oct 14, 2018 | English, Key Stage 4, Revision, Students
In the English Language GCSE, many students fall into the ‘effect on the reader’ trap. The trap is that they have learned some basic phrases about what effects a writer can create, and then they use these phrases to describe the effect of any language device they...
by John Nichols | Dec 6, 2017 | Revision, Students, Teachers, Tutors
In the next blog of this series, the Get My Grades Team is going to take a look at what we mean by the ‘Computer Brain’ and how it affects us. The Computer Very often we find that some things always tend to happen together. When this happens we tend to associate them...
by John Nichols | Oct 24, 2017 | Research, Revision, Teachers, Tutors, Users
In the third installment of our ‘How Does Learning Work?’ blog series, the Get My Grades Team is going to take at look at the different types of memory and how they affect how we recall what we learn. There are 2 main types of memory that we need to consider: ‘Working...
by Jenn Linning | Sep 29, 2017 | English, Key Stage 4, Revision
The age-old myth that you cannot revise for English is still prevalent amongst students today. Below, we have listed some of the most efficient ways to revise for English Language and English Literature. Let the Get My Grades team banish this myth once and for all....
by Bryden Commons | Sep 14, 2017 | Exams, Families, Mental Health, Revision, Wellbeing
The lead up to exams can be an extremely stressful time for young people, and in turn for worried carers. It can seem difficult, sometimes impossible, to help a stressed-out teenager. As a parent, it can be really tough to feel like you can’t help your child, but...
by Joanne Oguntimehin | Sep 5, 2017 | Revision, Students
As the beginning of the school year is here already, the Get My Grades Team thought it would be useful to review the Top 5 Ways To Revise. As much as we like to think that staring at a textbook will automatically transfer and imprint its contents onto our brains, for...
