Revision techniques for exams..

Just practice as much as you can, the more familiar you get with writing it out the easier it'll stick. Works for me anyway as long as you do it consistently.

I always find writing notes out multiple times is far better than just reading over them, doesn't normally go in for me but I've always had trouble concentrating!

Edit: But then again, what do I know, had my final uni exam yesterday and I mucked it up big time. Somewhere I made a mistake on one question but couldn't work out where, even know I can still remember what I did and looking back over every practice version I did fine I'm convinced I carried out the same procedure :(. Oh well, win some you lose some, Stoke drew any motivation I had left out of me.
 
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Sefirosu said:
I'll never understand students - it's only the rest of your life at stake, ain't that motivation enough?

This is why it's important to take good notes throughout the entire course.
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I only take notes to remember, I never refer back to them. It would be important if my teachers didn't put all the notes on the website, but they are much better presented on powerpoints than what I could ever do.
 
You would have thought near exam time they would adjust the servers so they could take more traffic.

Took 15 minutes to load the markscheme and just finished marking, 64/70 :cool:
 
flibbage0 said:
I can't get onto the A level Chemistry AQA section for the last 3 days, it's extremely slow no matter what time of day I use it. :(

Can anyone else get to this and open any documents?
http://www.aqa.org.uk/qualifications/a-level/science/chemistry/chemistry-key-materials#
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What markschemes do you want (unit and series)? With a bit of coaxing it sometimes works for me, albeit as a speed that makes treacle running look fast.

//edit nevermind then if you've managed to get it working. I'd love to claim surprise that it's not working well but it seems to be a fairly standard thing over the past few years to have some sort of exam fiasco so no reason the website of the qualifications authority should be an exception.
 
Sefirosu said:
I'll never understand students - it's only the rest of your life at stake, ain't that motivation enough?

This is why it's important to take good notes throughout the entire course.
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Partially, but while you're doing it it's still your life. It may seem, in your mind, to be something very easy, but it still takes up time you're living for anyway.
 
If your me, Leave it until the night before. Panic like hell sit and revise all night and it hasnt failed for me yet :) I feel like death for it though
 
Set a revision timetable and stick to it. Bang one up in Excel or any other similar program.

Take bullet-point notes - quick and informative. Dont write reams. Get a small pad.

Use memonics for the difficult concepts, these work brilliantly. The filthier & funnier the memonic - the higher the chance you'll remember it. Saved my butt many times in exams.

Draw cartoons - this may sound strange but it works for me. A smiley face pointing at a tough physics formula along with the rude memonic underneath. I guarantee you will not forget it.

As others have said - what works for one will not work for another. These are what helped me and are ideas for you to try. In the end you will find out whats best for ya - stick to that!

Good luck :)
 
I used to isolate myself almost completely. Work as many hours of the day, have an afternoon nap about 20 mins long, wake up and power through to bedtime...wake up early, then do it al over again. Thank God its worked for me all these years! Mind you, I lose about 5-10Kg in weight in the month or so leading up to exams.

Yes. I take it that seriously!
 
Chives said:
Well it is exam season for all GCSE,AS and A2 level students out there and I am in the midst of revision for 6 AS Level exams :(
Was just wondering what techniques people find effective as if I'm honest I'm finding it difficult. Cheers :)
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Paha, I had 12 last year for AS :D
Only have 2 this summer :D

You need to find out how you learn best. Very few people can just read the text book and learn. Notes, diagrams, using different colours etc will all help you learn and remember. Also revising with friends can help too, as long as you don't get distracted.
 
ThestigGT999 said:
EDIT: whoops
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Why did you type a post with that in it? You didn't even edit it to say that?! :confused:

If it's an information/knowledge subject I find re writing all my noted several times really helps it stick in the brain, that and anagrams/phrases to help it.

Whatever the subject, it's all about the past papers and going over the format of the questions and seeing if you can answer them all from the last 3 papers. As a rule of thumb though a paper will never be like the one before or after it. Questions tend to repeat themselves every 2/3 years.
 
for most of my exams I:

1. Read through in depth my whole notes/handouts to get an idea of what I already knew and what I didnt.

2. Completed the past 3 years exams, making notes of what I was unsure on.

3. Then I went through all the material again making very condensed notes - about 3 sides of A4 bullet points with very short descriptions if neccessary.

4. Then just spent all my time reading those 3 sides of A4. I found this the best way for me.

oh, for the stupidly long pure memory test questions were you have to memorise 15 items/points/advantages/disadvantages etc I made sure I re-read those for the full 5 minutes before the exam doors open. I then wrote those all down physically on the exam desk as soon as I sat down, whilst everyone is still walking in the room. Nothing says you cant write on the desk before the exam starts, you just cant write on the exam paper:) 1 examiner queried it but she agreed that technically I was allowed.

Its not true when everyone says if you dont know it by now theres no point, last few minutes cramming worked rather well for me for the memory questions.
 
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