Revision techniques

• Make your mind map eye catching, big bright and colourful.

• Hang them on your wall and look at them regularly.

• Use different colours for each 'branch'.

• Use your notes, textbooks and revision guides to add to your mind map

• To help your memory, keep your writing and branches horizontal.

• Flashcards are a valuable revision tool for any  student. They allow you to test your knowledge of definitions and key ideas – an essential part of successful exam preparation. 

• Flashcards are sets of small, double-sided cards used to learn and revise details, keywords and vocabulary. They are useful for learning the relationship between two pieces of information You write a question or key term on the front and then the answer or definition on the back. 

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To help practice exam questions you should be using past papers for each of your subjects. 

This link will take you to the SQA past paper web site where you can search for a subject at National, Higher and Advanced Higher level. You will also be able to access the mark schemes to check your answers. 

 www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm