1. 1. Overview of revision: statistics and basic principles
2. Revision styles
3. Learning styles
4. Revision techniques
5. Planning

2. Revision Techniques that work
Tried and tested tips to make learning easier and more fun.

3. The Statistics 66% material is forgotten after 7 days
88% material is forgotten after 6 weeks
Reading notes and text books leads to a mere 10% retention 

4. Basic principles Revise regularly throughout your course.
Revise the important points only
Don’t just learn, aim to understand your work.
Remember your teacher is there to help and support you.

5. Past papers
Look at past papers to get a clue as to what is asked and what you need to do.
Often, there is a limited number of questions which can be asked on a topic.
Some topics are so important that they keep being repeated.

6. Recognise your revision style
Which of these revision styles describes your pattern?

7. Bit-here-and-there style
Tends to sit down with a book and do ten minutes or so before getting bored.
Problem: Fooling yourself into thinking you’ve done more than you have.

8. Over-the-top
Tends to read everything for hours and hours at a time without really taking it in.
Problem: Doesn’t really understand and then is upset when the marks don’t seem very high.

9. Just-do-the-interesting bits
Tends to study the interesting bits and ignores the rest.
Problem: Never does the hard work and knowledge is patchy and shallow.

10. I’m not going to pass
Tends to have no self confidence and no self belief, doesn’t really revise
Problem: There really is not any point because with such low self-belief, success can’t happen.

11. I’ll do it later
There is always something more important now which must be done.
Problem: tomorrow never comes! You can’t put off things that must be done.

12. I deserve some time off
Does loads of revision one night in a mad flash of enthusiasm.
Problem: Gets too tired to keep up the effort and gives up after the first night.

13. I’ll do it the night before
Puts it off till the day before the examination.
Problem: There is not enough time to do a thorough job. You might get lucky, you probably won’t.

14. Wonderful memory
I can remember really easily so I don’t need to worry.
Problem: This may work for some topics, but memory is patchy and the details often go quickly.

15. Plan your time Use different tricks Don’t put off revision!
What to do that works
Plan your time
Use different tricks
Don’t put off revision!

16. Visual learners

17. Visual learners Design bright posters
Create mind maps and spider diagrams
Colour code your notes
Draw cartoons and pictures on work

18. Auditory learners

19. Auditory learners Make tapes of you reading work Repeat facts
Create rhymes and poems
Talk about your work to others

20. Kinaesthetic learners

21. Kinaesthetic learners
Walk around the room as you learn
Move your arms as you say things aloud
Write out learning in big letters in the air
Play music as you learn (no words)

22. Know your Learner

23. If you know what type of learner you are, you can then tailor your revision to your needs...

24. Revision Activities Mind-maps Key words – post-its Flash Cards
Podcasts
Family and Friends Test
Highlight
Chant/Rap
Exam Questions and Mark Scheme
Write your own Q’s
Mnemonics

25. In addition … Make revision cards
Work with a friend (one who doesn’t distract)
Test yourself and make quizzes

26. So, how will you learn? What techniques will you use?
We all have different learning styles, but a mixture of all of them suits most of us best. Here are some you might like to try:
You will need to write things down. You may need to do this more than once to get it into your head.
Complete practice papers. Your teachers will be only too happy to mark them and give you advice.

27. Learn and use the key words for each of your subjects
Learn and use the key words for each of your subjects. It is important to spell these words correctly, so take time to learn them if you need to. Use the ‘look, say, cover, write , check’ method.
For really tricky words, write your own mnemonic to help you remember.
BECAUSE is easy to remember, because:

28. Big
Elephants
Can
Always
Understand
Small

29. Use post-it notes, strategically placed around your home, to remind you of tricky facts.
This is a good place…
You need to choose places you go to regularly.

30. Ask someone in your family to test you.
Be the teacher! Once you have revised a topic, try teaching it to someone else.
You might try recording your own notes and listening to them last thing at night.
Upload your recording to your MP3 or MP4 and listen to it on the way to and from school etc.
If you are musically inclined, set your notes to the tune of your favourite tune and sing them!

31. Make a timetable Know your topics and subtopics
Plan when you are going to study
Use short bursts
Timetable in exercise

35. You can do it!