Revision techniques

THMRK · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:36

I condense the notes down into bullet points on two sides of A4 and use these as triggers to recall more information. Then the three Rs (Read, recite, repeat) and anything I can't remember, I just read over again and again. Oh, and saying it out loud helps an ton as well.

Apparently your brain learns better in 20 minute chunks cause after a while you just stop taking new stuff in. So I go for 20 minutes, break for a couple of minutes and go back to it.

Served me well during my exams before Xmas.

Chaos · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:55

You could try mind mapping -

and the Pomodoro Technique -

Somnambulist · 8 Mar 2011 at 00:06

In addition to the above, buy some legal nootropics such as piracetam.

Pav89 · 8 Mar 2011 at 01:53

WOW! Pomodoro, thanks Chaos...I'm hooked! Simple yet so effective! Bought the app off the app store and managed to get quite a bit of work done in the past hour that I wouldn't have done otherwise! :O

At first the ticking is distracting, but it serves a good purpose!