GCSE/A Level (Or Equivalent) Help Offered

[Demi]

When's a good time to start revising for A/S and how many hours should I be putting in daily?

Spend 30 minutes revising, 5 minutes break or 1 hour revising and 10 minutes break. Do this max for 2-3 hous a day MAXIMUM and then continue.

[Ardemax]

Spend 30 minutes revising, 5 minutes break or 1 hour revising and 10 minutes break. Do this max for 2-3 hous a day MAXIMUM and then continue.

So revise for a total of 3 hours a day and then stop? Doesn't sound too bad to me Maybe aswell +rep for that haha

[Zelda]

I'm assuming considering 3 of my 4 subjects for AS are ones i'd just be doing past papers for, would it make sense just to do like a few past papers a day with them lot? Maths ones don't normally take me long anyway, other then d1.

[Demi]

So revise for a total of 3 hours a day and then stop? Doesn't sound too bad to me Maybe aswell +rep for that haha

Yeah max it out to 2/3 hours a day. Rest and then do again the next day !

I'm assuming considering 3 of my 4 subjects for AS are ones i'd just be doing past papers for, would it make sense just to do like a few past papers a day with them lot? Maths ones don't normally take me long anyway, other then d1.

Yeah past papers would be the best.

[GommeInc]

omg ok

how to remember like, 50 cases (case names and dates and details) for my law gcse in 5weeks. (its silly ok ;; )

Do you have to do that? Quite often you may find that you just need to use the nickname of the case or go by when the basic details of the case or the details therein happened. Has your GCSE teacher said you must remember the exact details?

e.g. The case of Donoghue v Stevenson is referred to as the foundational case of tort and is given the fitting name of the "snail in the bottle" case (due to the details of the case being that Ms. Donoghue consumed a bottle of ginger beer which, on closer inspection, contained the remnants of a decomposing snail which made her ill) or "Paisley case" (because it took place in Paisley). Depending on the type of question (essay or problem solving), the details such as name and date become just a burden on thought processing and word limits, when examiners are more interested in your analytical skills of taking the core details e.g. the ratio decidendi or obiter dictum of the case and applying them to a problem or dissecting that particular case within an essay structure.

It's best to ask your tutor if it is required to list full-names as they may prefer you do that, but it's best to find out if it is strictly necessary as you may find you are wasting your time trying to remember names and forgetting the content of the cases and laws which you may be called upon to refer to. Date is not usually necessary unless you're doing a sequence of events showing an evolution of precedence on a particular topic e.g. negligence and tort as seen above. Even so, date is not strictly necessary as you could say "the foundational case of y was supported by the case of x which reaffirmed the Courts decision that the details of x will apply to any future cases such as y and z because..."

@Kyle offered quite good advice on using drawings to remember cases, too. Just in case you were wondering if that's a good idea, but whatever works for you

[Matthew]

Also I'm not sure how well known the site is (everyone might have heard of it idk) but for A level maths, go to www.examsolutions.net (and click on your exam board at the top).

It got me through my mechanics exam (I really didn't get mechanics at all, but after watching the videos on M1 I managed to get a mid A which I was not expecting at all a few weeks before the exam). I'll be watching all of the C3/C4 videos for my exams coming up, too .


EDIT: just realised there's GCSE videos on there too!

[Ardemax]

Also I'm not sure how well known the site is (everyone might have heard of it idk) but for A level maths, go to www.examsolutions.net (and click on your exam board at the top).

It got me through my mechanics exam (I really didn't get mechanics at all, but after watching the videos on M1 I managed to get a mid A which I was not expecting at all a few weeks before the exam). I'll be watching all of the C3/C4 videos for my exams coming up, too .


EDIT: just realised there's GCSE videos on there too!

That seems quite helpful, thanks +rep

[Matthew]

That seems quite helpful, thanks +rep

It is

Its like being taught everything again, which I find great as I tend to remember things better when they're said to me rather than when I read/write them.

[Ardemax]

It is

Its like being taught everything again, which I find great as I tend to remember things better when they're said to me rather than when I read/write them.

Yeah and luckily the bits I'm struggling on for physics are all under mechanics

[Froggydoo]

I've gotta learn 15 poems and compare them in my English Exam help please.