[Paul92]

Hi, thought it'd be good for everyone to post their techniques for revision here, unfortunately this is an are which I am lacking skills in! Its not that I'm lazy, I sit for ages reading over notes, but this just doesn't seem to work for me, although I do still do well, I suffer for not having a decent revision technique, and with summer exams coming up I need to sort it!
For my January modular in Modern History I literally sat down and took notes of two textbooks, although I just missed out on an A

[MrJohnDClare]

Try this page.

Memory is chiefly by association.

Keep your adrenaline high during and in the 3 hours after revision - e.g. by drinking lots of coffee (caffeine intake), doing something exciting, violent exercise etc.

The chief message is that revision is different to review. If all you do is red through your notes, you will forget them.
You have to DO something with your notes - transfer of form is the obvious thing.
Always revise with a pen in your hand and a task to do.

[Paul92]

Thanks alot the site really helped

Think they'll be especially helpful for my Ancient exam, doing Athenian democracy and theres basically 4 reforms to know inside out, so if I can compress them and know them inside out I should be fine!

Also get alot of printed notes so I'll start annotating them, should jam it all in aswell,

[Georgia <3]

Thanks for the advice. I've never really known what to do when I am told to 'revise' so I always end up doing nothing. Luckily my memory is usually better than I thought it would be.

[LTB101]

Paul92, on Mar 16 2009, 11:28 PM, said:

Hi, thought it'd be good for everyone to post their techniques for revision here, unfortunately this is an are which I am lacking skills in! Its not that I'm lazy, I sit for ages reading over notes, but this just doesn't seem to work for me, although I do still do well, I suffer for not having a decent revision technique, and with summer exams coming up I need to sort it!
For my January modular in Modern History I literally sat down and took notes of two textbooks, although I just missed out on an A

To revise, i tend to write myself a timetable,
it does work but i need to revise before the exam because it just goes in one ear and out the other. i am terrible at it.
i still do well though

[Cyfer]

Georgia <3, on Mar 31 2009, 04:43 PM, said:

Thanks for the advice. I've never really known what to do when I am told to 'revise' so I always end up doing nothing. Luckily my memory is usually better than I thought it would be.

Exactly the same here. I'll try the site, thank you for providing it (MrJohnDClare)