What's your favourite revision method?

We just finished the festive break, but if you're in Year 11 or 13, you're probably thinking about your exams coming in a few months.

Revision is such a personal thing, and everyone has their own style that suits them. When I was at school I was legit convinced sleeping with my textbooks under my pillow would help me remember style (spoiler: it doesn't). But turned out note-taking was my vibe.

What's your revision method of choice?

Do you find something works better than other tools, or do you like a combo? Do you find you change how you revise as you get closer to exams?

Is there a revision tool you wish existed but you haven't found anywhere yet?

I like using flashcards and also mind maps. But I really should use practise papers as I heard they help so much.

favourite? reading through notes/watching videos
most effective methods definitely aren't my favourite as they require effort!

I would usually write the key components off a lecture for example formulas, definitions and then read it out loud like 10-20 times until the information is processed into my head I would then revise other content and go back to that specific formula or definition testing myself to see if I remember and if I don’t I would go over it, over and over again until I can recall and know that it is perfect or close to remembering as much of it as possible.

I like flashcards too - I love making them look pretty Yeah practice papers aren't the most fun in the world but are really helpful to get an idea of how to respond to exam questions Give them a go!


I know what you mean! Do you have a favourite revision website or tool that you use?


Speaking aloud to yourself is definitely underrated - I find it so useful to help remember bits of information that just won't go in otherwise! Glad you've found a method that works for you

I like using flashcards and also mind maps. But I really should use practise papers as I heard they help so much.

Don't practice papers take so much time to do?

The printing, doing it under x hours and the self-marking....

Thankfully, I don't need to revise these days, and I hope I never will have to again.

Thankfully, I don't need to revise these days, and I hope I never will have to again. That being said, I used mindmaps and would repeat them with less and less detail each time, so that by the end I would just use one word for each point (or a name, for Sociology). Sometimes I'd turn them into flashcards but it was the act of writing them which helped me learn, not flipping them. They were only used RIGHT before the exam.

So you have finished your study and start into job life? good luck then!

Mindmaps are useful to show and see connections, good for lessons with complex details.

Handwritten notes for me. For some reason, flashcards don't really work on me I first take notes really fast because teachers rush, later I'll neaten them, add colors and diagrams, and I'll learn what I've written then.

I would usually write the key components off a lecture for example formulas, definitions and then read it out loud like 10-20 times until the information is processed into my head I would then revise other content and go back to that specific formula or definition testing myself to see if I remember and if I don’t I would go over it, over and over again until I can recall and know that it is perfect or close to remembering as much of it as possible.