What are some good revision tips??

When studying for my law degree I developed the following strategy: Initially I took all my notes on a module from throughout the year and copied them up into coherent notes (my lecture notes were more often than not scribbles - maybe due to the level of alcohol consumption the night before I'm ashamed to say!) After becoming familiar with the notes by reading them and re-reading them I'd make a reduced version of the notes, with the in-depth details left out, but with the key facts, laws, cases etc highlighted. I would then try to become familiar with these notes (the archaic way of reading the notes over and over and writing things out over and over again seems to work best!) Finally I would then make spider diagrams of the most critical points, and yes you guessed it, read and re-read these diagrams! It may seem boring but I honestly have found this is the only way I could learn the mammoth amount of information. You should then find (fingers crossed) come the exam time, that you can picture the spider diagrams in your mind, which will then jog your memory towards to reduced notes, and then to the in-depth notes. Good luck with the revision, I hope this has been of help to you.

Good question......i'm revising at the moment, because we've got mocks in a week....:s People are telling me to record the stuff onto a tape and listen to it when I'm asleep...but i haven't tried it so i don't know if it works. I find that writing everything out several times after i've learnt it helps....good luck! :D

I always found revising easiest when I had made sure there was nothing else on my mind to preoccupy me, like in a tidy room once I'd had a good meal. Make sure you break regularly (for a coffee usually helps) I also found writing pointer notes useful and looking over them carefully right before bed, its amazing how much you remember the next morning and you feel confident to start revising a new topic... good luck!

Make short notes of the key facts as you revise. E.g. Dates, names etc. Then read these back the following morning or get someone to test you on them. Concentrate on your weak areas. For maths do some test papers in exam conditions. The most important thing to remember in an exam is to allocate your time properly. Spending too long on a question won't get you many additional points, but missing a question completely because you run out of time could cost you a lot of points. Before you start. Take total number of minutes, and divide by total number of points. Then multiply that figure by the number of points allocated to each question to find how much time you can spend on it. e.g.in a 3 hour (180 mins) exam, with a paper with 100 points. 180/100 = 1.8 If a question is worth 10 points spend (10 x 1.8) = 18 mins on it If a question is worth 20 points spend (20 x 1.8) = 36 mins on it If a question is worth 50 points spend (50 x 1.8) = 90 mins on it Good luck!

DON'T DO THE EXAM THEN YOU'LL NOT HAVE TO STUDY

Some very good tips from everyone. The key thing here is time management. DONT leave it till the last minute. Cramming will get you no-where. Don't over revise it has the same effect and you will remember nothing. Ask your tutor for the subject areas that will be included in the exam. They will be allowed to do this. Find out how many questions and sections are in the exam and how many you have to answer. If you have had course work, find out what the weighting is for the overall pass mark. i.e coursework is worth 25% of the final mark and the exam is 75 % of the final mark. If you know what you recieved for the course work you can work out what mark you have already achieved and you can plan your exam around that. Most of all, DONT PANIC everything will be fine. Very best of luck with your exams.

I have always find it useful to revise wen the music is on and while eating chocolates. but it depends on the person, really, how they learn best. you could try do an exam past paper in an exam condition and this help help you to think what you could do to improve your time keeping in an exam, cos in an exam it can be very panicky.

Mnemonics. INTRODUCTION Mnemonics (pronounced "ne-mon'-ics") is the art of assisting the memory by using a system of artificial aids - rhymes, rules, phrases, diagrams, acronyms and other devices - all to help in the recall of names, dates, facts and figures. http://www.eudesign.com/mnems/_mnframe.htm http://www.fun-with-words.com/mnemonics.html Basic mnemonics These mnemonics can be applied immediately, although it certainly pays off to practice them first. All of these mnemonics are based on elaboration and association, which why we start out with these. Elaboration adds more meaning to a word, while association makes sure that two words are thoroughly linked together in memory. http://memory.uva.nl/memimprovement/eng/ Medical Mnemonics. http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/ Amanda's Mnemonics Page. http://www.netnaut.com/mnemonics.html All the very best of luck to you. Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Choose a quiet place away from familiar surroundings (library, etc, for the reference books), take your notes & study what you have to for ONE exam only (don't try to study for all of them & clutter your mind with too much info). Re-write your notes, if you need to. Study for 2 hours max. then give yourself a break, then if you feel you need to go back & refresh your memory, do so. Try to study as near to the exam date as pos., so the info stays fresh in your mind. Good luck!!!