Revision Techniques Technegau Adolygu Variety is the Spice

Revision Techniques Technegau Adolygu

Variety is the Spice of Life! Mix up your study habits and methods by listening to podcasts, watching videos or documentaries, moving to a new study area or even something as simple as using different colours for your study notes.

Collaborate with Classmates You can revise/test each other with a friend/group of friends, but you must stay focussed and avoid the temptation of making it a social event.

Two evidence based techniques that are the most effective Testing yourself - Trying to remember something has been shown to have almost no effect on whether you do remember it. The implication for revision is clear: just looking at your notes won't help you learn them. Spread out your revision over time – cramming in isolation will not work.

Past papers A very simple but effective method of revising. Remember, when marked, the focus needs to be on the questions you have got incorrect rather than the ones you have had correct.

Mind maps A mind map is a visual representation of hierarchical information that includes a central idea surrounded by connected branches of associated topics

Use interpretive dance Channel your revision with some interpretive dance, give it a try with the Quadratic formula or your favourite trigonometry function.

Mnemonics can be a helpful way to memorise facts. The first letter is used to create a phrase or word that you can more easily remember. A Big Secret Concealing Her Past = Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard and Parr, which is the order of Henry viii’s wives

Acronyms Making a word that’s made up of the initial letters of other words SPECIFICITY PROGRESSION OVERLOAD REVERSIBILITY TEDIUM Which are the principles of training in PE

Flash Cards Flashcards remain one of the best tools for memorizing information. The most common way to create flashcards is to use index cards.

questions on one side and answers on the other a name on one side - what they said on the other a word on one side - definition on the other a date on one side - what happened then on the other the name of a theory on one side explanation of theory on the other

Explain what you understand by the term VO 2 max Mediterranean Climate Characteristics ? Define 1. Fetch 2. Swash The maximum amount of oxygen used by our bodies to produce ATP maritime climate (warm summers, mild winters) but most of the rainfall occurs in winter 1. The distance over which wind has blown to form a wave. 2. The movement of water up a beach

Become Derren Brown- The Link system! telephone sausage monkey button book cabbage glass mouse stomach Cardboard Ferry Christmas Key

How many words can you remember?

Telephone/Sausage: Imagine trying to dial of one those old fashioned phones using a flaccid, uncooked sausage. Visualize how it feels in your mind. > Sausage/Monkey: There is a monkey in the jungle, stood over a barbeque cooking delicious sausages. He's wearing an apron and chef's hat. > Monkey/Button: You are standing in your bedroom getting ready for work while having a highly trained monkey button up your shirt. > Button/Book: Imagine a book entirely about buttons, and in order to open it you have to open a line of large colorful buttons down the side. > Book/Cabbage: You open up a different book to find the pages are covered in sweaty, stinky old cabbage leaves. How disgusting for you. > Cabbage/Glass: A street artist has sculpted an amazing giant cabbage out of glass. It sparkles and makes a lovely 'ting' sound when he flicks it. > Glass/Mouse: You are drinking a glass of red wine, but when you go to take a sip there is a naughty mouse sitting in your drink! He burps loudly. > Mouse/Stomach: Oh no! You drank the mouse anyway to teach him a lesson and now he's scurrying around in your stomach. > Stomach/Cardboard: A heavily pregnant woman tapes a large cardboard box around her belly to protect the baby from being bumped. > Cardboard/Ferry: A cruise ship is sinking in the ocean because, in an attempt to save money, it was made from cardboard and is now all soggy. > Ferry/Christmas: This year you have replaced your Christmas tree angel with a tiny model ferry. Perhaps this is how sailors celebrate Christmas. > Christmas/Athlete: You and your family are running through the snow on Christmas Day, trying to beat Kelly Holmes to the finish line. > Athlete/Key: Kelly Holmes wins the race and is awarded with a giant golden key. She struggles to hold it up above her head as it's so heavy.

Quick Tips Stick post it notes around the house Switch the internet off and hand your phone in! Chant or make up a rap Voice record/take a photo of your flash cards with your phone, questions first, then play them back/look at them then answer the questions

Remember to get rid of all of your gadgets to ensure there is nothing to distract you when you are revising, and yes, that means no phone!!

Useful websites www. examtime. com www. s-cool. co. uk www. bbc. co. uk/schools/gcsebitesize http: //www. wjec. co. uk/students/pas t-papers/