How you revise is as important as what you revise Revision Tips How you revise is as important as what you revise

What is it? Revision means going over work in order to: Check your understanding. Make links between different topics to see how the whole subject fits together. Remind yourself of material you have forgotten. Reinforce your learning. Identify and fill gaps in your knowledge.

Avoid!!!!!!!!!!! The least effective way is just reading through notes over and over. The most effective ways are those where you interact with the material, making it meaningful to you

Effective Revision Techniques Using your material to answer a question or address a problem you have not done before Reworking the material into a chart or diagram. Summarising material under headings onto index cards. Placing them in interesting places.

Effective Revision Techniques Discussing the material with other people. Make links, comparisons and contrasts between different areas.

Seven tips for Revision Start early. Make a revision timetable. To avoid wasting time.  Answer questions from past papers.  Identify the key points, examples and evidence for each topic  Prepare for questions that combine two different topics.  Prepare for unusual questions or angles for your ‘best’ topics.  Go over the same material quite quickly several times rather than spending a long time on one occasion.

Some more tips that can help to keep revision productive Reduce your lecture and reading notes to brief notes and key words on index cards. Vary the material that you revise: from the difficult to the more familiar. Re-read work you have completed to help you get into the right frame of mind to piece together the information.

Some more tips that can help to keep revision productive Mark off your achievements on your revision timetable as you progress. Plan answers from past exam papers to assess how well you are doing. Vary your style of revising as you go along to keep yourself motivated. Ask for help if a concept confuses you, teachers are here to help and want you to succeed!

Most importantly, DON’T just study definitions Most importantly, DON’T just study definitions. Make sure you understand how concepts fit together, and apply them to real situations. Exam questions often test your knowledge (definitions) AND understanding (how it occurs in the real world).

In the Exam... If you have prepared well, the hard work as been done. Read the questions closely first, and identify what topics it relates to (can be more than one) Look at how many marks it is worth, this indicates how long your response should be (1 mark = 1 sentence). Read the entire exam first so you know where the long questions are, and have time to complete them.