Effective revision methods?

Question

i have GCSE modules thuis week and i've spent a lot of time revising, writing it out etc but it doesn't seem to go in... any tips?

i dont't want to have to spend hours on smething only to forget it straight awaqy... ?

Answer 1

do half an hour then go cinemas or watch bit of tv n then do it again...u need 2 enjoy it n make it kinda fun...dnt put pressure on 2 learn loads...just go ova the stuff u feel pretty confident bot...dnt stress 2much ova the stuff u dnt know....get help wiv m8s revise 2gether

Answer 2

Well...maybe you could try doing some Mindmaps or something. Make up some cool rhymes or songs. I also stick notes up around my bedroom if I am revising...but if you use this idea...make sure you stick them in the places where you are most likely to see them.Hope that helped!!x

Answer 3

- Draw mindmaps (either by seeing your notes, or from memory after immediately reading)

- Use doodled cartoons to represent words and ideas (pictures can be easier to remember)

- Use colour

- Say things out loud

- Learn things to a song

- Use mnemonics (such as My Very Early Morning Jam Sandwich Usually Nauseates equates to Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune for the planets)

- Get someone to test you

- Rewrite your notes

- Condense your notes onto index cards

- Place very important definitions etc on bright card and place them in strategic positions around the house (such as bathroom when you wash your hands)

- Record yourself reading your notes, and play it back while you travel

- Do something active as you learn something (mime it out, do a sort of dance to it)

The more ways you revise, and link it to movements, sounds, pictures, the easier your brain finds it to link up. Straight text is hard for your mind to remember. I heard a story of a guy who revised while doing press-ups, and in the exam he dropped and did 20 to remember something, as his mind linked it to the action of press-ups.

Keep recapping the material, condensing it down into the most major points that will get you the marks. The more you try different techniques, the more you'll work out which ones work best for you.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Sit somewhere really quiet with no distractions for a start; it's a fact that our brains can only properly focus on a single for 20 minutes at a time, so try reading a fact, covering it up, saying it aloud and then writing it out. Take a break, walk around every half hour or so, too.

In Psychology we learn how saying things aloud and writing it out helps you to remember something effectively, so it's worth trying. It's also proven that if you learn something right before you sleep (as long as you're not too tired) it helps, too.

Good luck :)