Revising

[Aiden]

I was reading a BBC article about revising and it said that 8/10 of the most popular ways don't work. The only one I can remember which was highly working was flash cards.

Which ways do you revise?

[Kardan]

Flash cards, but really it is more like flash A4 pieces of paper because there's so much to learn. Constantly reading out and writing down proofs helps me memorise them (I need to memorise 15 proofs for my exam today, which I would say is about 8 pages of A4 long) and doing multiple examples of math questions so I rememver the method and recognise any problems that may occur.

[Charz777]

I used to write all of my notes; important methods, proofs etc. on A3 paper, sort of like posters, and wallpaper my bedroom with them That only worked in GCSE/A-Level though, now I have far too much so I make smaller, A4, posters and make a folder of them.

If I have to memorise a formula or a set of axioms or something I will literally rewrite them over and over again until they are burned into my mind!! I used up I whole notepad with my rewriting last semester

[karter]

writing mostly and self evaluating tests and reading them later to know the common mistakes which i make

[Red]

I can easily learn multiple essays and repeat them word for word in exams. For Uni, I would study the exam q pattern, write answers to questions and learn them off. I used to just sit and read it while scribbling roughly the words onto some paper. Sometimes I recorded myself saying it. Creating neat concise notes never worked for me.

[buttons]

giving yourself questions likely to come up and try to write an essay for it but don't try remember the essay because possibility u will have to change the structure on main exam. write up your notes on a4 under headings then do it again but write even less words, using only key words that will let you recall a whole heading.

[Zak]

I write the core concepts down on a piece of paper and then memorise them. I could never revise at home - too many distractions.

[Yawn]

concise notes and bullets points. i guess kind of like flash cards
just take a piece of paper and put down everything under the topic - defintions, concepts, case studies, examples

[Shar]

Flash cards and practice essays

[Eric]

i use small papers and write down important notes cause they look cute and nice so i won't be too stressed when i read them, then i think of questions they might ask when i'm reading especially essay questions

for maths, i do a lot of past years and lots of maths exercises until i'm good at it, as the formulas are in your brain once you've done a lot of exercises but i still look at them sometimes to make sure i don't make silly mistakes