Past Paper VS Notetaking & Questions/Examples

Hi

As it is the easter holidays (study holiday) what people think is more effective? hammering past papers or read, note taking and a few examples. Or both even, like the latter first then past papers.

For me , in maths , i dont know why , i prefer doing the notetaking and examples and not past papers

Both. Past papers are extremely useful to familiarise yourself with the types of questions that will come up, because in most subjects the same questions will come up again and again. However, it is pointless doing the past papers if you don't actually have the knowledge. What I tend to do is revise individual units at a time by looking at revision guides, making notes etc. and then once I have finished a unit I will try some past paper questions for that particular unit only. You can decide whether you want to do this under exam conditions or use notes to help you. Then once I have revised all of the units I will try whole past papers under exam conditions. I find this the best way to revise.

thank you , at least someone is answering the post.

Yes, i kind of agree, but that my only work for some subjects( subjects with units). French and English don't apply. I like doing both aswell. The down side of doing past papers are- once you are finished, you can't do them again.

For subjects like French and English you could either try whole past papers or you could practice questions that you are having particular difficulty with for example sentence structure. You can do them again, the more you do them the better! You won't remember every answer and by doing this you can make sure that you are improving.

Hi

As it is the easter holidays (study holiday) what people think is more effective? hammering past papers or read, note taking and a few examples. Or both even, like the latter first then past papers.

For me , in maths , i dont know why , i prefer doing the notetaking and examples and not past papers