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How to revise for your exams!

Everyone struggles to study, well more realistically hate studying, and some study for hours but don’t achieve the grades they want. All students ask their teacher what they should do for revision and all the teachers say, “Do past papers!”. I do agree that past papers are a fantastic way of revision. However, that is after you have revised the content for your exams. Moreover, what if you are not in year 10,11,12, or 13 then you don’t even have the option of utilising past papers. In this article I will show you how to take your learning to the next level.

What if I told you 6 learning methods that I wish I knew sooner that you must use right NOW! This should not only be used for IGCSEs and A levels but also year 7 & 8. In this article I will be going through six methods and explaining how to actively include them in your study program. The six methods are called: Pomodoro technique, Blurting method, 5-minute rule, Freynman technique, Spaced repetition, and interleaving.

Pomodoro technique

Pomodoro technique is a method for staying focused and mentally fresh. Step one is to pick a task, subject, or topic. Now you should work on this task for 25 minutes and then take a 5-minute break. You can set a timer as a reminder. Repeat for 4 rounds aka 4 Pomodoro’s. After 4 pomodoro, take a longer 15–30-minute break and repeat.

Blurting method

Blurting method is best used for revision. In simple, it is reading a section of your notes or text, then closing them and writing down as much of the information as you can remember. Once you have done this re-open your notes and compare checking pieces of information you may have gotten wrong, or even information you didn’t remember. This makes your brain work harder to retain the information making it sick to your long-term memory.

5-Minute Rule

We have all felt lazy at some point in our lives and wanted to procrastinate the homework or revision. An easy solution to this would be the 5-minute rule, and no you don’t just study for five minutes, but you should commit on doing a task or activity for just five minutes, without the pressure of completing it entirely within that time frame. Once you get started it is easier to continue working on the task as most of the pressure and lazy has been dispelled.

Freynman technique

If you want to test yourself, you must try the Freynman technique. It might be embarrassing at first and people might think you’re mental. But first you need to choose a subject, the pretend to teach it to a child from your imaginations, and fill in gaps in your information, organise it and simplify. The reason this works is because talking to yourself increases yourself awareness of what information is in your brain.

Spaced repetition

All subjects require memorising some information, whether it is memorising key definitions or historical events, it can get boring very quickly & inefficient. This is why you should use “Spaced repetition”. After understanding the topic and memorising it on day one, the second revision session should be 3 days after if you still remember the material, the 3rd repetition should be 7 days after then 21-30-45-60. By the end you should find that you can recall almost 90% of the information, unlike the normal 20%.

Interleaving

Finally, interleaving this is especially important if you have several topics or subjects to revise. This technique allows your brain to make links between different topics, which gives you a better understanding overall and makes studying more fun than being stuck in one topic. However, you should not keep switching topics every 2 minutes or studying one topic for 1 hour, as that is against the point of interleaving subjects.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I hope these six methods have helped you improve and engage more with your learning to achieve the dream grades you want. The aim of these methods is not to reduce to study time, but it is to increase your learning efficiency.

By: Soul Writer

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