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nine steps to revision success Follow our nine steps to revision success

Don’t put it off until tomorrow 1 Don’t put it off until tomorrow START NOW

Pin it up on the door or other obvious place 2 Write a Revision Plan Pin it up on the door or other obvious place

To maximise your chances of success You may need to make some lifestyle changes

Make sure you eat healthily 3

4 Sleep well!

Have plenty of exercise 5 Have plenty of exercise

Begin with the subject you least enjoy 6 Start early Begin with the subject you least enjoy

7 From time to time take a ……. break

8 Build a story based on a familiar process or a walk… with stops to visualise points along the way

The sillier the story and the wilder the images the more likely you will be to remember!

Find out the exam format 9 Find out the exam format Look at past papers…if possible with marking schemes and model answers

Test your exam technique using these questions

To revise the following A level topics Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Maths, Sociology, Psychology Use the Online Revision Resource Examstutor

You can access Examstutor through ChiOnline either in College or at home

Click here to enrol on the library course

Click on Online Resources and then choose Examstutor from the alphabetical list

Ask a member of library staff for revision books in your subject area

A selection of the books in the library

Some revision techniques to try…..

Create a mindmap or spider diagram

See the following rhyming list…… Mnemonics Want to remember numbers? See the following rhyming list……

Sun One Shoe Two Tree Three Door Four Dive Five Bricks Six Seven Heaven Eight Gate Nine Line Ten Hen

Or perhaps these shapes would help

For complex information… Break down into bitesize pieces Revise a small section Test your knowledge and understanding

Test your knowledge and understanding of this section The next day… Test your knowledge and understanding of this section

Test yourself on this section again The next week…. Test yourself on this section again

Happy with your results?

Move on to the next chunk Testing and retesting as you go helps to reinforce your knowledge

Pick up some more revision tips from our study guides