DOING YOUR REVISION Active or passive revision? Active revision means involving your eyes, ears and hands in variety of ways. Revising actively is the best way to make sense of the material you are revising and also helps you to remember it. Active methods of revision include: writing revision notes using mind maps with key words for topics using small record cards to reduce topics to keywords/phrases reading notes aloud recording key points onto an iPad, MP3 or phone discussing topics with a friend testing yourself getting others to test you rewriting notes doing examples trying past papers using revision websites attending support clubs offered by your teachers Use as many of these methods as you find useful. Passively reading through your and books is a very poor method of revision. It doesn’t help you to understand or remember what you are revising. Don’t just sit there reading page after page until you get bored. TOP TEN REVISION TIPS
DOING YOUR REVISION Active or passive revision? Active revision means involving your eyes, ears and hands in variety of ways. Revising actively is the best way to make sense of the material you are revising and also helps you to remember it. Active methods of revision include: writing revision notes using mind maps with key words for topics using small record cards to reduce topics to keywords/phrases reading notes aloud recording key points onto an iPad, MP3 or phone discussing topics with a friend testing yourself getting others to test you rewriting notes doing examples trying past papers using revision websites attending support clubs offered by your teachers Use as many of these methods as you find useful. Passively reading through your and books is a very poor method of revision. It doesn’t help you to understand or remember what you are revising. Don’t just sit there reading page after page until you get bored. TOP TEN REVISION TIPS
Year%2011%20Examination%20Revision%20Programme%202017(1).docx