Pearson REVISE GCSE Study Skills Guide – for 2026, 2027 exams

Our revision resources are the smart choice for those preparing for their GCSEs. This book helps you to build essential study skills and methods throughout your GCSEs and beyond.

NEW in this edition

We have added an introduction to mindfulness which is designed to help you keep calm and prepare your mind and body for your revision. These mindfulness tips and audio activities can be used during your study, revision and in daily life.

Improve your study skills with our tried and trusted techniques in:

• motivation

• organisation and time management

• learning to learn

• research

• revision and memory skills.

The one-page-per-topic format and clear objectives make learning easy. Practical examples reinforce your understanding, and the progress tracker enables you to monitor your progress.

The consultant for this guide was study skills expert Dr Kathleen McMillan,co-author of 11 titles in Pearson’s best selling ‘Smarter Student’ series and formerly Academic Skills Advisor and Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee. The mindfulness content was written by Pearson’s in-house mindfulness teacher.

Revision is more than just this Study Skills Guide!

Make sure that you have prepared for your GCSEs with subject-specific Revision Guides, Revision Workbooks, Revision Cards, Practice Papers Plus and more. Also available is a GCSE Revision Planner that helps you plan and organise your time, step-by-step, throughout your revision.