Active Revision

It’s not enough just to re-read notes, make your revision active!

Here’s how:

• Paper: Have plenty of paper and a pen or sharp pencil handy.
• Memorise: Study a section of your notes, and memorise the essential points.
• Write: Put your notes out of sight, and write down from memory the essential things you learned.
• Check: Check with your notes.
• Learn: Note any points you omitted or got wrong, and learn them.
• Revision notes: Reduce notes to essential points, either by highlighting or underlining. Use these points to make memory aids on smaller pieces of paper.
• Use a separate paper for each topic: Write down important points to remember about each topic.
• Carry these notes with you wherever you go. Review them in your spare moments.

Old Exam Papers

Look through old exam papers and try the eLimu tests and practice exams

Make outline plans for the answers

Note carefully the slight differences in how questions are asked from year to year.

You’re not alone

Study with other people sometimes; if you don’t feel that you’ve entirely grasped a topic, or don’t have any ‘new’ ideas on it, discussing it with other students can be helpful.

This is specially useful for Auditory Learners.

Pace yourself

Use your time well. Don’t try to do too much at once. Take a break from time to time in each study period.

After every 30-45 minutes get up, walk around, clear your mind and stretch for at least 5 minutes. But get back to the grind soon after the break, remember your hard work will pay off.

Even if you put in only 2 good hours of works a day, that should be enough; don't try to work for longer than 4 hours in a day, you will tire and discourage yourself.

Reward yourself

Recognise the targets you have achieved.

Mark your progress on your revision plan so that you can see what you are achieving.

Trust

Trust your memory. Once you know a subject thoroughly, move on to the next.

Don’t keep checking your memory to see if it’s doing its job. It’s like a filing system, and it will produce what is required at the appropriate time.