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Asked by anon-196435 to Sebastian, Paddy, Lee, Jennifer, Fiona, Eleanor on 4 Mar 2019.
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Sebastian Cosgrove answered on 4 Mar 2019:
Find something that works for you. Personally, I like to work by myself with no distractions, and especially not at home! But for others, they prefer group work as this can help them talk through ideas/problems. Whatever you do, make sure you take breaks. If you burn out then that won’t help whatever you are trying to do!
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Eleanor Senior answered on 4 Mar 2019:
I think depends on you as a person, some people find it good to draw mind maps whereas others prefer writing long essays or even talking it through will people. It may take a while to find what works for you but stick at it. I always found doing practise papers really helpful as it shows you what you don’t know.
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Lee Steinberg answered on 4 Mar 2019:
On top of what everyone has said regarding finding the technique that works for you, I have a specific piece of advice:
When doing practice papers, no matter how tempting, never look at a mark scheme unless 100% necessary. When we look at a mark scheme, if we get a question wrong, we tend to say ‘Oh yeah, I knew that, I’ll get that right next time’. We don’t learn from our mistakes, instead we kind of ignore them.
Rather than using a mark scheme, discuss answers with a friend/teacher. It will help you actually learn what you don’t know.
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Fiona Scott answered on 4 Mar 2019:
Break things down and summarise. I found it really useful trying to sum up each topic I had to revise during my exams on a single side of A4, keeping the absolute key information in my brain.
I enjoyed making flash cards on Quizlet.com for things you needed to remember and looked up learning outcome lists online to check I understood everything I was required to know for a particular exam.
Chemistry does involve learning a lot of chemical names but there are lots of patterns and if you can spot those and focus more on the problem solving side of things its an easier subject to digest.
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Jennifer Harris answered on 5 Mar 2019:
My revision tip would be to:
1) Ask questions in class when you don’t understand something
2) Read a bit more than your classroom teaches you if you think it will help you understand.
3) Try and explain what you have learnt to someone else
4) Use a number of different aids such as pictures, different coloured pens, videos etc
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