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Revising for Exams – Studying & Examination Revision

HOW TO STUDY AND REVISE FOR EXAMINATIONS – EXAM REVISION AND STUDY TECHNIQUES
(Based on author’s site www.geocities.com/stdyhw)

Exam revision, revising for exams, school tests, studying, homework, are all learning. Learning is concentration, comprehension, memory -the mind is aided by the nervous system (e.g. clip attached to thread held above a circle or cross drawn will swing in direction willed. Study techniques, revision and exam advice, preparing for examinations, are valuable examination help, enable easier homework and exam revision, enhance exam performance, get higher exam grades, better exam results.

Remember: perseverence pays; as the Cypriot 'Teacher of Teachers', the late Orhan Seyfi Ari, put it, just as a rope can eat into the stone of a water well, so can the student, the pupil, learn even the hardest of subjects, if he sets his mind to it. Experts’ advice is as follows.

Homework Help & Preparing for Exams

These get you in form for homework study and exam revision.

1. A few times daily stand on toes, clench fists, breath deeply.
2. Prefer mornings if late-sleeper, afternoons/evenings if not.
3. If after a meal, rest for 5-10 minutes -also before the meal.
4. Plan time to also complete revision few days before exam.
5. Study & revise, in approx. 40-minute periods, with breaks.
6. If many subjects, follow science with arts and vice-versa.
7. See, hear, in your mind, what you study ~role-play in it.

These enhance homework and revising for examination.

How to Study for an Exam

In a quiet place.. first read summary of previous exam topic.

1. Read the current topic, mark/jot down important points.
2. Check those points & any formulae, understand them.
3. Those you must memorise as are, do jot down & repeat.
4. Do homework exercises, tests on the topic -check answers.
5. When you fully understand the topic, write a summary of it.
6. (After a 5 minute break) Read your summary of exam topic.

If you dislike the exam subject, it is often because you haven't fully understood it. Before another exam topic rest 15 minutes.

How to Revise for Examinations

Don't fall behind in studying for exams, exam revision, but...

1. If behind, do exercises/tests covering whole of the subject.
2. Study summaries, check, understand, summarise those too.
3. Do past papers as if in exam. -it'll rid you of 'exam.-nerves'.

Past exam papers are very useful in revising for examinations.

Examination Help & Advice

Sleep on the eve of the exam, be there -15 minutes before the examination, early ~take to exams 2 black or blue pens, pencil, sharpener, eraser, ruler, watch -synchronise with exam clock.

1. Read instructions carefully, mark the compulsory questions.
2. Divide time between questions -allow 10 minutes at the end.
3. Do each on separate paper ~don't copy question -number it.
4. Start with easiest to you -state principle, apply it to question.
5. Write legibly, relevantly -don't padd/criticise ~nor abbreviate.
6. If points about other questions occur, do jot them down.
7. If you finish early, don't hand it in yet -review your answers.

In examinations use pencil for subtotals, sketches, maps -keeps exam papers tidy ~ink all in on the examination paper later. If behind with answers in examinations & there is another exam question, a short sentence can get marks. If you don't understand something in an examination do ask invigilator.

Caution: UK's 2000-2002 exams had impossible questions ~ if so, later consult teacher/tutor.

(On exam revision, how to study & revise, chapters are devoted to memory systems based on association -also using numbers [e.g 1789, Antoinette cutting cake with 1 candle on it for 7 guests too into 8 pieces listening to 9th symphony ~or in imaginary town placing cake on shelf 9 in room 8 on storey/floor 7 in house 1 -Graeco-Roman library indexing]. They involve reverse association, are questioned, disfavoured -revise as above for exams.)

The author has a website at: http://www.geocities.com/eoa_uk

Eren

The author's favourite site is: Teacher of Teachers

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