This website outlines the key features of successful revision techniques. Go through the details shown below and access the pages to enable you to use your time effectively.

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How to revise hints and tips

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How to revise

Revision support

Watch this video before you start for some simple tips.

When to start revising?

It's best to start revising early, this way you have plenty of time to work through the material you need and ensure you have had plenty of practise time. This helps us to prevent the 'cramming' effect that lots of people tend to do.

Cramming is leaving things to the last minute and trying to go through our notes or produce coursework in a very short period of time. It often means that you end up 'pulling an all nighter' or numerous!! Lots of you will feel well what's the point in starting early, I don't feel like I need to start yet and so wait until they feel the PRESSURE build up. This often results in us not REMEMBERING things and forgetting things quickly, it's is also not good for our health.

Command Words

It is important to understand command words when answering exam questions. Command words help us to break down what the examiner wants you to do with the question. Having a good knowledge of these words means that you do not answer the question incorrectly by doing what is not needed.

There are many command words but the common ones are shown in the video below. Watch the video and look out for these command words when answering your questions.

Command Words and Meanings

Command Words

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Creating a Timetable

It is vital that you use your time effectively and the best way to do this is to plan it out using a timetable. This is very similiar to the one you use everyday for your lessons but instead of showing maths period 1, it shows you when you are going to revise a subject or even better an aspect of that subject. Check out this video from BBC bitesize BBC Bitesize .

You need to factor in everything you do when planning a timetable, its important to try and get a good balance, if you go to the gym for 1 hour then add that to the timetable.

Mixing up your revision is a good idea this is better known as Spacing and Interleaving.

Spacing means leaving gaps between study sessions, interleaving means inserting different topics into those gaps so that you don't spend too long revising one topic in isolation. This helps you to strengthen the links between ideas and adds to your long term memory. Check out this video to help-Spacing and Interleaving

Blank Timetable

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Blank Weekly Revision Planner

Weekly Revision Planner- Example

Example

How long should I revise for?

Its a good idea to make sure you have plenty of breaks when revising as this gives your brain a rest between sessions. Revising for 25 minutes and taking a 5 minutes break is a good way to balance your time over a period of 1-2 hours.

Checklist and Statements

It is a good idea to get a copy of the course content, specification or assessment statements. Having a copy of these will help you when revising to make sure that you cover all of the areas needed and don't miss an important section.

Revision Checklist

Example

Look at how the statements have been graded RED, AMBER and GREEN. To highlight the areas (RED) that need to be worked on (AMBER) the areas i'm getting comfortable with (GREEN) The areas I know well.

TOP TIP- it is a good idea to RAG rate your understanding as you work through the content this way you can identify the areas that you feel you are stronger on and the ones which you need to work more on to strengthen your memory.

Check out the revision techniques page for more details on how to revise effectively.

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