Revision

[Shar]

How long do you spend studying and what are your revision methods?

[matt$]

Going into school every now and then and revise, otherwise i'll tell myself i'm going to do some but i never will.

Anyway i'm off i've got to go do extra media lessons to catch up because apparently its some weird btec where you have to hand stuff in on a certain time and you can't re-enter work unless you pay extra... :L

Have a nice day while i get violated by our strange looking teacher.

[AgnesIO]

4 hours a day over Easter. 2 hours per day weekends.

'Dumping' - picking a certain topic then write everything you know about it in one colour. Then get a book out and write everything else that you didn't know.
Practice papers - really useful, no need to explain.
Flash cards
Bitesize + other revision websites (eg. 'mymaths')
Revision Guides - use these to make mindmaps etc.
Revision Triangles/polygons - these are brilliant. They have an answer/question on each side, then you need to connect each side up to create the triangle/polygon

[luce]

I basically do as much as i can and i read my notes make note and do practice papers. In an ideal world i'd just watch videos and make notes from them on youtube but there are rarely any good ones. all i can say is AS philosophy there are some and that's it.

[Rozi]

'Dumping' - picking a certain topic then write everything you know about it in one colour. Then get a book out and write everything else that you didn't know.


This actually sounds brilliant, never thought of it. Thanks :D +rep


and well I'm going to follow my school time table, so 2 hours of each subject I have on that day. Today I'm doing my English history and English :)

[Hecktix]

I've found it useful to re-write my lecture notes on my laptop to make them more legible and easier to navigate through (it takes a lot of time though and mainly it's copying but it triggers memories, yesterday I literally copied my notes from 3 2 hour lectures and now I can remember it all, before that I couldn't even remember the lecture topics...). I make sure I have at least 1 week before each exam to go over notes, make revision posters etc, past exams etc - productive kinda things.

[cocaine]

first off i get up before 10am so it doesn't feel like im wasting a day. i listen to music through my AKGs which are excellent for noise cancellation, i'll listen to music that doesn't have lyrics because I find them distracting, such as pendulum or drum and bass. i then use the specification for the subject which i would have printed off prior to starting revision and just go through and make notes on everything. normally i work from 11 to around 1.30-2ish where i have lunch, then 3pm-5pm and i'm done for the day usually.

[luce]

you all sound so organized i find normally that everything clicks about a week before the exam and at the point i just keep reading through my notes and doing practice papers because it's about getting used to the style of the exam as much as anything. It's so hard not to get horrendously bored or distracted though!

[AgnesIO]

This actually sounds brilliant, never thought of it. Thanks :D +rep


and well I'm going to follow my school time table, so 2 hours of each subject I have on that day. Today I'm doing my English history and English :)

WHERES MY REP >:{ Joking.

But anyway, yeah I find it a really useful technique. Probably the best one I know of - since you can then use what you have wrote to show you what you are not so strong on.

[Chippiewill]

1) Stick to a schedule, don't make exceptions (I find it useful to stick to my school schedule, wake up time, working time, eating time etc.). It gets your body used to when you're trying to think hard and when you're trying to relax.
2) Revise from at least a month before.
3) Regular breaks, every thirty minutes for five minutes (The brains ability to think deteriorates after 30 minutes, taking a break allows you to think more)
4) Drink water, it's really easy to get dehydrated which will decrease your performance
5) Revise multiple subjects in one day (If applicable), the change in topic keeps your mind interested
6) Listen to music you're used to so it doesn't distract you as much (That crap about classical music that's been publicised is wrong, too people who don't like classical music it's a distraction)
7) Mini revision sessions, whenever you have a couple of minutes spare just get some flash cards or something out and test yourself

[Shar]

'Dumping' - picking a certain topic then write everything you know about it in one colour. Then get a book out and write everything else that you didn't know.
That sounds really useful, I think I'm going to try it :D

I have a revision timetable and a routine. I try and get up around 9 and get ready to revise by 10. I usually spend around 8 hours a day revising, have a break for 15 minutes every 2 hours. I focus on one subject and go through all the topics.
Flash Cards
Mind maps
Exam questions
Philip Allan Updates revision books - these are really helpful if you're doing A levels
I've already re-written all the notes I've made in class so I also go through them and highlight them.

[kuzkasate]

My English teacher gave me this tip and he said it helped him get through his GCSE's, A-levels & university. Basically, make yourself a timetable. Divide them into 20 minute blocks and make them suite around you, dont go changing your ways for it, so for example if you know your gonna sit down to watch a bit of Eastenders at 8pm on Monday, do not revise then. You should divide each block into 20 minutes and in that 20 minutes, you study a certain thing, so you cant just say 'well im gonna study Maths at 7.20pm-7.40pm' you have to be more specific, like what exactly in Maths? Equations? Cumulative Frequency? Trigonometry?

At the end of each 20 minutes block, take 5-10 minutes rest. If you know you'll go on facebook or habboxforum, write a little note saying 'check facebook + hxf.' Great thing about this is you know when exactly you will be revising, what exactly you will be revising, how long for etc. It really does help and you actually go away remembering things instead of coming back and being like, oh what did I do before?

[,elaboratedolls]

I don't revise at all. I believe that it's what you have actually learnt not copied out of a book the night before.
I suck at Maths though, does anyone have tips for revising for Maths?

[Chippiewill]

I suck at Maths though, does anyone have tips for revising for Maths?

There's only one way (That helps) to revise maths:
Practise

[Shar]

There's only one way (That helps) to revise maths:
Practise

This ^^
Go through as many practice papers as you can and when you come across something you can't do look in your text book.

[AgnesIO]

There's only one way (That helps) to revise maths:
Practise

Or: Practice :P

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I don't revise at all. I believe that it's what you have actually learnt not copied out of a book the night before.
I suck at Maths though, does anyone have tips for revising for Maths?

You clearly don't understand the idea of revision if you think it involves simply copying things out of a book.

[,elaboratedolls]

Or: Practice :P

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You clearly don't understand the idea of revision if you think it involves simply copying things out of a book.

All the revising we do at school is copying out of a textbook :P

[luce]

today is really not going to well, same as the last few days either. Exams aren't close enough for me to be motivated but they're not far away enough for it not to matter so annoying.

[myke]

I use a lot of mind mapping techniques, it's fun to do and easier to remember for me.: ) I find it difficult to concentrate when I'm revising though

[luce]

mind maps are ok i've used them a bit but this holiday i've taken to typing out my notes it make them easier to go back over and adjust :)

[myke]

mind maps are ok i've used them a bit but this holiday i've taken to typing out my notes it make them easier to go back over and adjust :)

I type my notes in class and then when it comes to revision days I just turn those notes into mindmaps :]

[luce]

I type my notes in class and then when it comes to revision days I just turn those notes into mindmaps :]

we dont get laptops in class unless we have special needs (before you make a comment i don't ;)) I mind map answers to essay questions sometimes if i cant be bother to write them but want to know i know enough points

[Andy-]

I percrustinate (spelling) but I normally do Revision Papers and notes.

[Aidenn]

I normally use sticky notes for revision, also for reminders aswell

[luce]

I am meant to be doing it now but posting seems more fun, when it's not! haha but i am about to do a psychology practice paper :)

[orientalframe?]

2-4 Hours a day, just write in bright colours, take breaks and be confident really.

[Cheryl]

I type my notes in class and then when it comes to revision days I just turn those notes into mindmaps :]

I wish we had laptops in class I can type a hell of a lot quicker than I can write, they would be so useful.

[Alexx..]

When I was in school I used to spend like half an hour revising (well when I could be bothered) but don't try and cram everything in, that doesn't work.

[GirlNextDoor15]

I have a lot of revision methods. If you want to know, you can google it. I took mostly of the revision methods/tips from Google :D

[Eric]

1 hour ? take notes.

[Charlottay!]

i normally condense all my lectures into smaller notes and then condense again till i understand it

[GirlNextDoor15]

i normally condense all my lectures into smaller notes and then condense again till i understand it

Me too. I use mind maps all the time till I remember everything and understand it.

[Samantha]

I don't revise much, if I do I go over notes that I have made in class.

[GirlNextDoor15]

I don't revise much, if I do I go over notes that I have made in class.

Good good good. Cuz i dun even have time to make notes. :'(