AS Economics and Business Studies advice

1.

Learning definitions is really useful. As you're going through the course, I'd create a word document and list the definitions for every key term in your textbook. Then use whatever other sources you can (internet, revision guide, A/Z definitions book for the course) to flesh out these definitions and give you different perspectives. You'll get at least 1 mark in all the questions in the exams if you define a key term, so it's basically marks in the bag if you can memorise the definitions.

2.

Read the case studies in the textbook and do the questions. Half of the exam questions are based on evidence which you use to apply theoretical stuff. The more practice you get at applying what you've learned to questions about a real business, the better.

3.

Evaluation marks are really important in section B of the exams. This basically means that in the longer questions you need to write a mini-essay, giving both sides of the argument, always weighing up the relative merits of each point. Then you need to give a conclusion. A great way to practise this is to really participate if you do debates in class. Being able to argue your case is such a great life-skill, and it'll be useful for your exams too.

4.

I know this is really difficult to stick to (well, it was for me anyway) but it's a good idea to be constantly going over what you've learned. Perhaps, every Sunday night, scan back through the notes you made the previous week. If there's anything you're not sure about, make a note to ask your teacher in your next lesson. If you can keep on top of it throughout the year, it'll mean you'll save on some stress near exams and you'll end up with th grades you want