1. Revision Techniques that work
Tried and tested tips to make learning easier and more fun.

2. Basic principles Revise regularly throughout your course.
Revise the important points only
Don’t just learn, aim to understand your work.
Remember your teacher is there to help and support you.

3. Past papers
Look at past papers to get a clue as to what is asked and what you need to do.
Often, there is a limited number of questions which can be asked on a topic.
Some topics are so important that they keep being repeated.

4. Recognise your revision style
Which of these revision styles describes your pattern?

5. Bit-here-and-there style
Tends to sit down with a book and do ten minutes or so before getting bored.
Problem: Fooling yourself into thinking you’ve done more than you have.

6. Over-the-top
Tends to read everything for hours and hours at a time without really taking it in.
Problem: Doesn’t really understand and then is upset when the marks don’t seem very high.

7. Just-do-the-interesting bits
Tends to study the interesting bits and ignores the rest.
Problem: Never does the hard work and knowledge is patchy and shallow.

8. I’m not going to pass
Tends to have no self confidence and no self belief, doesn’t really revise
Problem: There really is not any point because with such low self-belief, success can’t happen.

9. I’ll do it later
There is always something more important now which must be done.
Problem: tomorrow never comes! You can’t put off things that must be done.

10. I deserve some time off
Does loads of revision one night in a mad flash of enthusiasm.
Problem: Gets too tired to keep up the effort and gives up after the first night.

11. I’ll do it the night before
Puts it off till the day before the examination.
Problem: There is not enough time to do a thorough job. You might get lucky, you probably won’t.

12. Wonderful memory
I can remember really easily so I don’t need to worry.
Problem: This may work for some topics, but memory is patchy and the details often go quickly.

13. Plan your time Use different tricks Don’t put off revision!
What to do that works
Plan your time
Use different tricks
Don’t put off revision!

14. Visual learners

15. Visual learners Design bright posters
Create mind maps and spider diagrams
Colour code your notes
Draw cartoons and pictures on work

16. Auditory learners

17. Auditory learners Make tapes of you reading work Repeat facts
Create rhymes and poems
Talk about your work to others

18. Kinaesthetic learners

19. Kinaesthetic learners
Walk around the room as you learn
Move your arms as you say things aloud
Write out learning in big letters in the air
Play music as you learn (no words)

20. In addition … Make revision cards
Work with a friend (one who doesn’t distract)
Test yourself and make quizzes

21. Don’t put learning off till there’s too much to manage. Mrs Griffiths
Good luck
Don’t put learning off till there’s too much to manage.
Mrs Griffiths