| Have a focus |
- Give each revision session a focus
- Don’t just wait through notes again and again
- Think about what question you want to be able to answer by the end of the session
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| Read Carefully |
- Always use a pencil or highlighter – never just read
- Highlight key facts and key terms – not everything
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| Make Revision Cards |
- Make revision cards from highlighted parts
- They can contain information, essential points, key ideas, definitions, examples and diagrams
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| Use Revision Cards |
- Study using revision cards and learn them
- You can read revision cards and tape yourself
- Take them with you – very portable
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| Test Yourself |
- Use any way that works for you. You could:
• Try writing out study cards from memory
• Practise past papers
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| Check it |
- Getting a friend to test you
- Make sure you are revising the right things
- Check you have your facts right
- Make sure you have not left any important facts out
- Focus on things you don’t know
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