© Copyright Beth Kemp 2004-2010.
Information may be used for personal study/revision purposes only.
Reading through notes
This is NOT a revision technique. It just makes you sleepy, and panic since you aren’t learning anything. If you want to learn from your notes, DO something with them!
Organising notes
This is the place to start. See where any gaps are in plenty of time. Then follow with some or all of the suggestions below:
This is NOT a revision technique. It just makes you sleepy, and panic since you aren’t learning anything. If you want to learn from your notes, DO something with them!
Organising notes
This is the place to start. See where any gaps are in plenty of time. Then follow with some or all of the suggestions below:
Condensing notes into topic summaries
Creating mind maps
Guessing exam questions and planning answers
Looking at past papers/questions
Planning/writing answers to past papers/questions
Filling in gaps in knowledge
Planning short, intense revision sessions
Varying subjects/topics revised in each session
Coming up with mnemonics for factual information
Coming up with mnemonics for exam techniques/approaches
Including ongoing homework in time plan
Practice handwriting answers
Physical revision activities, e.g. large-scale mind maps