Revision Tactics

Many of you are aware that if the exam boards didn't cancel the January exams they would be coming around quite soon. So if you are anything like me you are going to want to start revising now to be prepared for June 2014! So I decided to give you some great ideas on how to revise for your up and coming exams. 

Make a timetable and include breaks!!

TYPES OF REVISION

1. Mind Maps

2. Key Word Placemats

3. Past Exam Papers

4. Notes Cards

WHAT TO DO!

1. Plan to work in small ‘chunks’ of time (15 min, 5 min, 20 min, 5 min, 15 min)

2. Plan which subjects and which topics you will study on which days

3. Build in definite breaks – and when they finish

4. Don’t try to cover too much, too fast – be realistic, small chunks are best

5. Keep half and whole days when you don’t revise 

6. Make a revision timetable and dont forget to stick to it

7. Don’t forget to include the dates of exams on your plan

8. Remember revisit the stuff you revised after about a week - rehearsal is key!

9. Lastly, do past exam papers! That's how you'll get the most practice and you'll be more prepared for the exam this way.

HOW MUCH REVISION SHOULD YOU BE DOING?

The amount of time you should be revising is about 20% of the time covering a topic in the lesson. For example if you spend and hour covering one topic you should revise the topic for about 12 minutes.

DID YOU KNOW...

We learn 10% of what we read

We learn 20% of what we hear

We learn 30% of what we see

We learn 50% of what we see and hear

We learn 70% of what we discuss

We learn 80% of what we experience

We learn 95% of what we teach others

DO YOU PREFER REVISING IN YOUR ROOM?

This little bit will help if you do!

1. Break up the information - skim the information and highlight the heading and sub-headings, under one heading skim read the passage and highlight the key terms, once you've done this read the whole passage.

2. Make a summary of the material on note cards/index cards/revision cards (whatever you want to call them)

3. Make triggers for the material needed to learn and memorise these - try and do this at least 3 times per revision session 

4. Test yourself with questions that you've never answered before

YOUR PARENTS CAN HELP AS WELL

1. Encourage your child to keep to the revision plan but be flexible to a degree

2. Provide a quiet uncluttered area for study away from distractions

3. Make sure they take their allotted break and don’t over do it

4.Probably don’t keep asking “How’s it going?” “What have you learnt today?”

5. Ensure that they have everything they need – equipment, revision cards, revision guides etc (remove any excuses) 

6. Make sure they take their breaks and don't over do it! 

Happy revising

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