Revision Techniques that work

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Revision Techniques that work

• Tried and tested tips to make learning easier and
  more fun.

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Basic principles

• Revise regularly throughout your course.
• Revise the important points only
• Dont just learn, aim to understand your work.
• Remember your teacher is there to help and
  support you.

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Past papers

• Look at past papers to get a clue as to what is
  asked and what you need to do.
• Often, there is a limited number of questions
  which can be asked on a topic.
• Some topics are so important that they keep being
  repeated.

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Recognise your revision style

• Which of these revision styles describes your
  pattern?

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Bit-here-and-there style

• Tends to sit down with a book and do ten minutes
  or so before getting bored.
• Problem Fooling yourself into thinking youve
  done more than you have.

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Over-the-top

• Tends to read everything for hours and hours at a
  time without really taking it in.
• Problem Doesnt really understand and then is
  upset when the marks dont seem very high.

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Just-do-the-interesting bits

• Tends to study the interesting bits and ignores
  the rest.
• Problem Never does the hard work and knowledge
  is patchy and shallow.

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Im not going to pass

• Tends to have no self confidence and no self
  belief, doesnt really revise
• Problem There really is not any point because
  with such low self-belief, success cant happen.

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Ill do it later

• There is always something more important now
  which must be done.
• Problem tomorrow never comes! You cant put off
  things that must be done.

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I deserve some time off

• Does loads of revision one night in a mad flash
  of enthusiasm.
• Problem Gets too tired to keep up the effort and
  gives up after the first night.

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Ill do it the night before

• Puts it off till the day before the examination.
• Problem There is not enough time to do a
  thorough job. You might get lucky, you probably
  wont.

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Wonderful memory

• I can remember really easily so I dont need to
  worry.
• Problem This may work for some topics, but
  memory is patchy and the details often go
  quickly.

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What to do that works

• Plan your time
• Use different tricks
• Dont put off revision!

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Visual learners
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Visual learners

• Design bright posters
• Create mind maps and spider diagrams
• Colour code your notes
• Draw cartoons and pictures on work

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Auditory learners
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Auditory learners

• Make tapes of you reading work
• Repeat facts
• Create rhymes and poems
• Talk about your work to others

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Kinaesthetic learners
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Kinaesthetic learners

• Walk around the room as you learn
• Move your arms as you say things aloud
• Write out learning in big letters in the air
• Play music as you learn (no words)

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In addition

• Make revision cards
• Work with a friend (one who doesnt distract)
• Test yourself and make quizzes

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Good luck

• Dont put learning off till theres too much to
  manage.
• Mrs Griffiths