6 hours of revision daily

Original post by weirdnessandcoffee

It's for A-levels, just for the Easter holidays. Sometimes I stretch it to 8, is it too much? Too little?

6 exams, all in May

I have 8 and I am doing 4 hours a day max...

I did more for my January exams and can honestly say it's a waste of time.

Think of it like this- Your brain is like an empty class. You can only fit so much stuff(information) in that class. It will fill up within a few hours worth of work (about 3 for me) and then you struggle to remember things effectively.
Your brain needs a night of sleep to process all that information. Then the next day recap it all briefly!

Also: Remembering one word is a lot easier than remember 10 words. So the less you do the more likely you are to remember it. I did about 45minutes worth of biology yesterday and can honestly say I remember about 85-90% of it.

30 minutes on.15 minutes off...30 minutes on...15 minutes off. Repeat 4/5 times a day and you'll be sorted come may time.

Reply 43

Original post by KD35

Do you guys do 6 hours of SOLID work a day? As in, no distractions in between?

I sit down for around 6 hours but only get about 3 hours worth of work done..too many distractions.

that's like me too

Reply 44

Original post by andy511

I feel bad now, I'm only doing 3 hours a day. Is this too little? I have 5 exams

I do that and I have 8 exams.

3 Maths

2 Biology

2 Chemistry

1 Physics

Reply 45

Solid 6 hours= Pointless.

30minutes on and 15 minutes break. Reapeat 12 times with a 2 hour break after 3 hours= very worthwhile.

Reply 46

Deyesy

20

Normally I do an 45-50 minutes and have a 10 minute break - I have to make more tea since it's my revision fuel and I generally just stretch and walk about so my brain gets a distraction from the work.

I have four exams so I'm really going to have to do more than the 2/3 hours a day I do atm :getmecoat:

Reply 47

vanessadixit

8

I have 9 exams and I try not to revise for hours on end, but something like 20 mins, have a coffee, another 20 mins, have a break etc. throughout the day. So, little but often. :smile:

Reply 48

Harri2648

11

omg you lot have barely any exams! Im in year 11 and i have 13 to do!

Reply 49

Craming Revision

Original post by Harri2648

omg you lot have barely any exams! Im in year 11 and i have 13 to do!

theres a ****in difference between a levels and gcses kid
gcses are **** all compared to a levels i can piss on the paper and still get an A*

Reply 50

Harri2648

11

Original post by Craming Revision

theres a ****in difference between a levels and gcses kid
gcses are **** all compared to a levels i can piss on the paper and still get an A*

Lmfao funny guuuuyyyyyy i dont care i was just saying mateee! chill your beans.

Reply 51

Alex-Torres

Original post by clareramos

you shouldn't do long revision sessions, you should do 15 minutes, then do something else, then another 15 minutes. It can add up to 6 hours, but don't do it in large chunks, won't go in.

You might be getting negged, but this is very good advice. Today, I did 30 minute revision chunks and got quite far - the day before I just sat at a table all day and gradually became more and more less productive.

Reply 52

clareramos

17

Original post by Alex-Torres

You might be getting negged, but this is very good advice. Today, I did 30 minute revision chunks and got quite far - the day before I just sat at a table all day and gradually became more and more less productive.

a lot of students don't like advice from someone who they see as a teacher. I used to teach, but now lecture, but still do a lot of work with JCQ, and have picked up good techniques.

Reply 53

OP

Original post by Anythingoo1

Which exams, out of curiosity?

personally, I'd be doing about 4-5 hours a day if I had 6 exams (because I'm lazier than you and have a worser work ethic :colondollar:

) but hey more is better :smile:

Philosophy & Ethics, History, English Literature & Sociology. :smile:

But I'm worried about the exam technique mainly!

Reply 54

OP

Original post by upthegunners

I have 8 and I am doing 4 hours a day max...

I did more for my January exams and can honestly say it's a waste of time.

Think of it like this- Your brain is like an empty class. You can only fit so much stuff(information) in that class. It will fill up within a few hours worth of work (about 3 for me) and then you struggle to remember things effectively.
Your brain needs a night of sleep to process all that information. Then the next day recap it all briefly!

Also: Remembering one word is a lot easier than remember 10 words. So the less you do the more likely you are to remember it. I did about 45minutes worth of biology yesterday and can honestly say I remember about 85-90% of it.

30 minutes on.15 minutes off...30 minutes on...15 minutes off. Repeat 4/5 times a day and you'll be sorted come may time.

But, surely it depends on what works best for you? And, also what type of subjects your doing? I'm doing Philosophy, English, History and Sociology therefore there's a lot of content to remember. What I do is copy out each subtopic from gathered materials, (writing is quite messey) then condense that into two sides worth of notes for that sub topic. Say it out loud, record myself even if it's quite hard and end up remembering most of it. However, in order to do this it takes me around two hours for each subject.

Reply 55

OP

Original post by erp

What subjects are you taking?!

Philosophy & Ethics (2 exams), History (Two topics, 2 exams), English Literatue & Sociology

Reply 56

Tweek

Original post by clareramos

you shouldn't do long revision sessions, you should do 15 minutes, then do something else, then another 15 minutes. It can add up to 6 hours, but don't do it in large chunks, won't go in.

I think that varies from person to person. If I revised for 15 mins then left for 15. I can guarantee I won't be returning for about 2 hours.

I can revise for a solid 4 hours or so and remember pretty much everything I've gone through. But that's just me. Perhaps others need a break from time to time. But I've got used to doing everything last minute, and yes sometimes with revision too, so I'm almost conditioned to having to remember everything in 6 hours or so because I've left it.

Maybe others need the break but I'm sure there are those that can just revise solidly too.

Reply 57

OP