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How can I revise???
Your revision guides from PSE – USE THEM
Making it stickUsing mind mapsTen top tips
Start early– don’t leave it for a rainy day
Remove all distractions
Get someone to motivate you
Think of how satisfied you will feel in August
Start by doing a little – try revising in short chunks this weekend
Week beginning: Monday 24th October
Day Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4
Monday School Homework Homework Homework
Tuesday School Maths Maths Welsh/History/Geography/Music/Eng Lit (Organise!!!)
Wednesday School Top up Maths Sci/Tech/RS/PE/ (Organise!!!!)
Thursday School Top up Maths French/Business/ICT/Music/Art/
Friday School Top up Continue to organise work
Saturday Free Free
Sunday Review week Review week Planning Plannning
Revision tools - Tricks of the trade
A3 plain paperHighlighter pensPost-it notes or cardsMarker pens; glue sticks,
scissorsColoured pens and paperFiles and folders, filing
box for organisingTimer (egg timer, alarm
clock etc)Revision timetableA quiet work space
A Visual Learner? – using your eyesYou are good at
remembering things visually – you remember a picture of what you see when you read the page
Try notes or equations on bits of paper – colour them in – add curly bits, trees, animals, anything that makes it stick
Look over notes once a day – remember pictures. In the exam you will ‘see’ the paper and remember
Use mind maps or spider diagrams
Or an auditory learner? – using your earsYou are good at
remembering soundsMusic can help you Say things out loud to
help you rememberUse songs, rhyme to
help you rememberX = ??
Or a kinaesthetic learner? – doing this to learnYour mind works best
when your body is active – you are doing things
Do write things out as you revise – make notes, highlight, create jigsaws, cut and paste
Moving around and actively doing things as you work will help you remember
My advice
Do all three and see which works for you
Anything which makes it stick is worth doing
Get yourself motivated
Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
If you revise something tonight, by tomorrow you will have forgotten some of it
So take a quick look to ‘top up’ your memory
Do this again in a week’s time, and keep ‘topping up’ until the night before the exam
THIS IS NOT TIME CONSUMING
It is satisfying and comforting because you find stuff looks more familiar each time you look at it
Look, Cover, Write, Check
A familiar spelling technique
Read it – hide it away – write it out – check to see if you got it right
Useful for spellings, diagrams, equations, lists of facts, dates etc
Highlighting
Go through your books and files and notes highlighting key words and ideas
This makes revision easier because the act of ‘scanning’ aids revision.
Do this with all hand-outs you are allowed to keep!
Personalise your handouts using highlighters and simple drawings – that way it will be yours in your memory
Use flash cards
My favourite revision tool – helps to summarise
These can help you remember quotations, facts and equations
Put main ideas on one side and all the main details you need on the other
Look at them whenever you have a spare moment (lunchtimes, break times, registration, on the bus etc)
Question and Answer technique
Dull facts on one side:
1. Extracting metal from an oxide needs a reaction
2. Metals higher than carbon in the reactivity series need ‘electrolysis’
3. Metals lower than carbon can be extracted using carbon, because carbon can remove oxygen from metals which are less reactive
4. Order. K, Na, Ca, Mg, Al, C, Zn, Fe, Sn, Pb
Questions on the other side
1. What needs to happen to extract metals from oxides?
2. What is used to extract metals higher in the r-series than carbon
3. What is used to extract metals lower than carbon?
4. What is the order of the reactivity series?
Make jigsaws
List things on a sheet of paper, cut the paper out then sort it – e.g. plots in your English set texts; key quotations; processes in science and geography
Useful to put things in order
Use post-it notesMaking and using helps
you to remember
Identify your strong and weak areas
Go through your books. Put green blobs beside stuff you’re happy about.
Put red blobs besides bits you’re not sure of or find more difficult
Work on the red bits and ask your teacher about them.
You can also do this by highlighting parts
Work with someone else
Some say that two is better than one
‘The best way to learn is to teach’
If you can explain things to somebody else then you know you have got it straight yourself
Ten Top Tips
1. Start now – 3-6 weeks2. Use your revision plan3. Organise yourself, your
notes and your books4. Find the best place to revise
– comfy, well-lit, quiet. Keep all materials – pens, books, paper, guides within easy reach
5. Choose the revision methods that suit you – try things out
6. Take regular breaks7. Keep healthy – make sure
you eat well and get enough sleep. Exercise regularly; you’ll feel refreshed
8. Set yourself achievable targets and reward yourself when you reach them
9. Try past papers – questions; key words; layout of paper, timing etc
10. Ask for help if you need it