Before you start, rank the topics you need to cover from most to least confidence. Start your revision with your least confident topic. Gather Filter Learn Test 10% of study time 30% of study time 40% of study time 20% of study time You will need: Reduce the amount of Use the following Low Stakes Class notes info you have down to strategies to learn Quizzing: easy, Revision the absolute information which you quick quizzes which Guides essentials. Think can recall in the exam test small areas of Revision about what will pick easily: knowledge. Good Websites up marks. for key facts, Class Blog Look/Cover/Write/Check figures Past Papers You could do this by: etc. Model Creating Read and repeat specific Answers or info for 2-3 minutes. High Stakes flashcards Then do something else Testing: Longer, Read through and Writing for 10 minutes. Try to exam style familiarise yourself “perfect” exam recreate the info from questions under with the info you answers based memory. timed conditions. need to be on your notes Complete within successful. Creating a Complete exam style 48-72 hours of summary sheet questions then go back revision and then Identify any info and “self-mark”. Fill in repeated to keep which is missing and any missing parts in a info “fresh”. ask for help to fill in different coloured pen. this missing knowledge from your peers or teacher. Gathering is NOT Copying out information word for word is not Silent. No Notes. true revision – don’t filtering or learning. Ensure you use your own Timed Conditions. spend ages on this. words as often as possible. After the first time After the 2nd or 3rd Give yourself a variety of As the exam you have revised a time revising a topic activities and remember approaches you topic you should not you should not need to take breaks from should spend more need to do any to do anymore studying. time on testing. further “gathering” filtering. Remember to make – be thorough the tests more first time round. challenging as you go.
Before you start, rank the topics you need to cover from most to least confidence. Start your revision with your least confident topic. Gather Filter Learn Test 10% of study time 30% of study time 40% of study time 20% of study time You will need: Class notes Revision Guides Revision Websites Class Blog Past Papers Model Answers Read through and familiarise yourself with the info you need to be successful. Identify any info which is missing and ask for help to fill in this missing knowledge from your peers or teacher. Reduce the amount of info you have down to the absolute essentials. Think about what will pick up marks. You could do this by: Creating or flashcards Writing “perfect” exam answers based on your notes Creating a summary sheet Use the following strategies to learn information which you can recall in the exam easily: Look/Cover/Write/Check Read and repeat specific info for 2-3 minutes. Then do something else for 10 minutes. Try to recreate the info from memory. Complete exam style questions then go back and “self-mark”. Fill in any missing parts in a different coloured pen. Low Stakes Quizzing: easy, quick quizzes which test small areas of knowledge. Good for key facts, figures etc. High Stakes Testing: Longer, exam style questions under timed conditions. Complete within 48-72 hours of revision and then repeated to keep info “fresh”. Gathering is NOT true revision – don’t spend ages on this. Copying out information word for word is not filtering or learning. Ensure you use your own words as often as possible. Silent. No Notes. Timed Conditions. After the first time you have revised a topic you should not need to do any further “gathering” – be thorough the first time round. After the 2nd or 3rd time revising a topic you should not need to do anymore filtering. Give yourself a variety of activities and remember to take breaks from studying. As the exam approaches you should spend more time on testing. Remember to make tests more challenging as you go.
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