How do we revise?
Everything you need to know about how to effectively revise.
Navigate through the following resources to help understand how best to revise.
Metacognition Skills
Specific Revision Strategies - The St Michael's Toolkit
Top Tips from St Michael's Students
Revision Tips By Sixth Form Students.movWatch this useful video full of tips from St Michael's Students.
What do they cover?
Methods that they find effective.
How to motivate yourself to revise.
What to do if you don't have a quiet space to revise.
How to manage pre-exam nerves.
How to deal with distractions.
Top Tips:
Create a revision timetable.
Your initial revision sessions should involve you taking notes on and summarising what you need to learn then condensing this and testing yourself.
Regular testing and repetition are the key components to long term understanding and memorisation for exam day.
Measure progress based on topic coverage rather than time studied for.
Revise away from distractions such as the TV, Phones, Video games etc.
Pomodoro rule - revise for 25 minutes, then do something practical/active for 5 minutes eg. tidy your room, bounce a ball. Try to stay away from phones/tv during this time.
Examples of excellent revision work
Why is it good?
Mind map with key ideas
Information is reduced and summarised
Key facts and figures are highlighted
Why is it good?
Mind map with key ideas
Information is reduced and summarised
Key facts and figures are highlighted
Why is it good?
Flashcard
Information is reduced and summarised
Key terms are defined
Why is it good?
Flashcard
Brief summary of key ideas for case studies
Information is reduced and summarised
Useful links
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Revision timetable template: https://www.eparenting.co.uk/printables/revision_timetable_template_free_printable.php
How to mind map: https://www.mindmaps.com/how-to-make-a-mind-map/
Managing stress: https://www.eparenting.co.uk/education/top_tips_for_avoiding_exam_stress.shtml
BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/learn
S-Cool: https://s-cool.co.uk/gcse
Seneca Learning: https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/
Revision World: https://revisionworld.com/
Physics and Maths Tutor (not just physics and maths!): https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/
GetRevising: https://getrevising.co.uk/
Pre made flashcards at Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/en-gb