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 +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 +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