Use of Past Exam Papers for Revision

Why use Past Exam Papers as basis for revision Reading through notes or revision guides is NOT effective revision. It is not until you try to DO the questions that you realise what you have and haven’t understood.

Value of using Past Exam Papers as basis for revision Practise Recognising the ‘topic’ being tested Looking at the number of marks allocated and using this to know what depth of answer is needed / how many steps in the calculation What sort of answer is expected Understanding KEY words e.g. discuss, compare and contrast, solve, simplify, evaluate, calculate, describe… Generating similar questions of your own

Use Past Exam Papers as basis for revision at home Do what you can with out looking things up Mark / hand in if appropriate Stick with the same paper and have a go at what you couldn’t do, or got wrong. Look things up using Exercise book Text book Internet Ask a friend Ask the teacher Mark it again Later come back to the same paper – can you now do those questions you had to get help with?

Starting point Past exam paper Mark it notes Revision guides Past exam paper internet Mymaths Mark it

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