Good Luck! (Revision Tips...)

Member Name: stacie17

Product:	Revision Tips...
Date:	08/11/09 (53 review reads)
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Advantages: Passing the exams!

Disadvantages: Failing

Revision. Revision. Revision. It comes to that time in the Summer that is filled with exams and you have so much to remember. I have made it through, school, college and university so I have a fair bit of experience with exams, and I must say that I am more of a person who prefers to write an ongoing essay or study than to sit an exam! But some things just have to be done, so the more prepared you are the less you are going to stress about it.

One of the most important things I think to revising, is to know your learning style. People learn in different ways, you may be more of a visual learner, an active learner, a audio learner, preferring to either see things, do things or listen to things, and each way will benefit people in different ways. It is important to know this because then you can revise in the way that best fits your style.
For example, for me, I prefer to write everything down on paper and then go over it time and time again, this way suits me because it is more of using my memory to remember what was written on each part of the page, I would also use colours and pictures as symbols for things. Then when I go into the exam I would think back and visualise the peice of paper to remember whats on them.

Also, at the moment in my course at university I have 39 statements to learn, so what I have done is got 39 large post it notes, written the statements on each peice of paper, in different colours for the different sections, and put them up on my bedroom wall, this way if I am drying my hair in my room I can stand there and have a look and be constantly reminded of the standards. It doesnt take much to just read a standard as I am walking past.

This method can also be benefical when you are in the bath or shower, ok so now your thinking Ive lost the plot, but if you write some bullet points on a peice of paper, put it in a plasic wallet and then stick it on the wall by the bath or shower, when you have a shower or bath you can have a quick read. This way if you are really stressing out and think you havent got time to relax, take your notes in the bath with you, and you can revise and relax at the same time!

Its always best to be organised before you start revsing, if you have a set period of time to revise make sure youve got everything with you, drink, pens, paper, notes, food etc. so that you arent constantely up and down.

As I said before, people learn in different ways, some people might prefer to be locked away with no distractions, no TV, no Phone, no music etc. This way isnt for me, the silence is just too distracting in itself for me, so I do like ot have the Tv on in the background or some music. I think this way also suits me because sometimes you can link the work to different things. If you listen to a particular song or artist when you are revising it might help you link the song to what you have remembered which might be like a trigger in your brain. (Just dont get too carried away and start singing in the exam room!)

Anagrams are also very useful, try to think of funny ones or things that you will remember, dont make them too complicated just the basics will do that will hopefully again act as a trigger for you when you are taking your exam.

Another thing I was told at university that it supposed to help you revise is if you wear the same thing each time you revise, such as a particular necklace, watch or jumper etc, Im not sure how it is supposed to work, but I did try it out this year and wore a long silver necklace throughtout my revision and in the exam, and I passed! So it could have worked!

I have also heard that chewing chewing gum whilst revising is good a good revision tip, not really tried this one out, but Im sure its worth a try, every little helps!

Well, my main tips would be too:

- Know your learning style and revise around this

-Be organised

-Give yourself enough time!

-Dont stress!

Well, good luck!!

Summary: Be prepared and put the work in!