2. Revise Actively

3.  Is amazing  Is like a muscle – it can be made to work more efficiently! http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/m emory/how_to_learn.shtml

4. Revision techniques will vary depending on what you want to be able to do  Recall information/ key facts statistics - KU  Follow particular procedures for applying your knowledge - Skills

5.  Sort our your notes  Organise them in sections  Use colour  Use folders and dividers  Try to use logic, themes or topics to organise your notes  Check for gaps at this stage  Follow advice  Ask your teacher

10. It is not an active revision strategy

11. Good for condensing a large amount of information into smaller more memorable “chunks”  Start with an A4 page of notes and condense into 4 post it notes  Then condense these into 2 post in notes  Then condense these into 1post it note  Use different colours for different topics By processing the information in this way you will be helping it to stay in your long term memory.

12.  These can be displayed in your room on a door or wall space.

13. Works in a similar way to using post – it notes. You are processing information which helps recall. Several useful websites: https://www.examtime.com

15. Very helpful when you have to remember lists of things or processes. For example: The Planets (without poor Pluto) are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.  My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles.

16.  Get together with a small group of people who are keen to do well in a subject  Each choose a topic or part of a topic you are least confident in  Teach that topic to the rest of the group  Get feedback on how you did and what you could do to improve This will not work if you end up socialising!

17.  Tape your notes and play them back to your self  Randomly stop the tape and see if you can remember what comes next  Tape a series of questions with space for answers and test your ability to recall the key facts

18.  No use revising if you don’t stop to check what you know  You must also be able to show your understanding of the topic  BBC Bitesize – has revision notes and exercises to complete  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/

19. 1. You need to be sure your notes are organised 2. Revise a topic or sub topic 3. Get a friend or family member to ask you questions – give them a list to choose from 4. If you can explain something to them in a way they can understand then you will understand it yourself 5. Don’t be too impatient with them

20.  Some people find if the walk about as they are trying to recall information it helps the process  Visualising is a good way to recall information

21.  There is no substitute for practice  Most subjects have a process you can follow  For example in Modern Studies and History – read the sources, check what the question is asking you to do – THEN DO IT!  Use the number of marks as a guide on how much to write. The following link can be used to access past papers: http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpa per.htm http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpa per.htm

22.  BODMAS  Use the school’s Edublog  http://bodmaths.edublogs.org/ http://bodmaths.edublogs.org/

23.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/b rain/#bb-emp http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/b rain/#bb-emp