How to revise

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How to revise!

Different strategies work for different people

You need to use a range of strategies!

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What strategies can you use?

• Flash cards• Practice questions• Internet• Revising with friends• Labelled diagrams

• Writing notes• Writing lists• Underlining in notes• Star diagrams• Mind maps

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Writing notes

• It is better to rewrite notes than to simply read through work

• Don’t rewrite everything, you need to cut down on the amount of information

• Do make sure you have enough detail!

Summarise!

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Writing lists

• Lists are a good way of remembering information or advantages / disadvantages for a topic

• Write lists as bullet points

• Use small pictures to help you e.g. SCHOOL UNIFORMS

Advantages Disadvantages

No pressure to wear the latest fashions

Lack of individuality

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When writing lists…….

• If you use a colour (e.g. green for good and red for bad) use the same colours every time

• 5 points is a good number to remember

• Little drawings are a good way of helping you remember points, even a silly drawing will help!

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Using labelled diagrams

• An excellent way to learn especially for visual learners!

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Underlining in notes

• Its difficult to remember a page of notes if they are all the same font and colour

• Use colour / different sizes for heading / key points

• Underline key points or draw borders round them

like this!

• Use diagrams, lists and pictures to break up pages of notes

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Mind maps

• Like a star / spider diagram but contains much more detail and demonstrates links between material more clearly

• Can have whole topic on A3 page

• World cup example

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Revising with friends

ADVANTAGES:

can talk about the work

can test each other

easier to remember facts if spoken out loud

DISADVANTAGES

Too easy to talk about something more interesting instead!

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Exam questions

1. Use past questions as you revise to make sure you have the notes / case studies necessary to get full marks

2. Test yourself under exam conditions

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Revision cards

• Put separate topic / case study on each card

• Keep topics together

• Don’t try to put too much information on each card

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Revision card example

Population pyramids

Transitional stage:

•Decreasing death rate

•Gradually decreasing birth rate

•Longer life expectancy

•E.g. Brazil

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Other points!

• DON’T leave it all until the last minute

• Organise yourself

• Plan a revision timetable

• Take breaks when revision e.g. 5-10 minutes every hour

• If you are worried speak to someone!