How do you revise for maths?

You still have plenty of time! Let's start with a few questions :

Foundation
Level 2 (For new exams)
Edexcel

Right, so I have disability called dyscalculia which means I struggle processing things, especially with maths.

We've tried everything, but as my GCSEs draw near I feel that I am completely stuffed.

Please give advice!

Well let me start by saying I have 3 types of Dyslexia from struggling to work with mathematics to English. I am 20 years old. I passed my Maths last year... It took me around 6 years to pass my maths from leaving school. With the correct revision I went from an F grade to a grade C at GCSE. I am now currently at University.

The reason why I passed last year was because I did lots and lots of revision. Plus I had a very good maths teacher. I am unsure if you have seen it but I would defiantly recommend 'https://www.mathswatchvle.com/' without this website I would of FAILED again.

I had access to this site because the college had bought all the users a login from the site. This site offers visual help as well as audio help towards maths revision.

I started of by making myself a planner and ticked off what I revised that night. I went down every video that the site offers.

I would fully recommend even buying yourself a login and password for this site. Click on the site and you can see example videos if you are doing foundation or higher. Anymore questions feel free to ask me.

Thank you, It sounds awesome!

Foundation
Level 2 (For new exams)
Edexcel

You welcome. If you're smart too. You might find the videos on youtube or something free mathswatch


Another hint. Add structure to your revision don't just start any old revision random days.... set a long list... and a tick box at the end.


for example Algebra................................. (TICK) Done.
KOJDSFIOSD.......................(TICK) Done.

Have you done any past papers recently? If so, you should start by identifying where you slipped up. Is it a problem with basic calculations, or more complex multi-stage procedures? If you've done calculator exams, have you remembered to use a calclulator? (now there's 2 calculator exams, so they could help you bump your grade up if your general arithmatic is limited) As we're the first year to do the 9-1 exams, there's not much practice material out there. I would, however, definitely recommend looking at the sample assessment material that is available. In terms of practice, my favourite site is OnMaths. There's quizzes for individual topics that you can try out, as well as full mock exams. There are also accompanying YouTube videos for some of the material on there. It is for the old A*-U spec, but a lot of it is still relevant. However, I have to say, the exam will be unfortunately harder, and Foundation will suffer the most. In, what I assume to be, an effort to make the exams harder, several topics previously exclusive to Higher, have now crept their way onto Foundation. Although this may cause the grade boundaries to slip down, it will undoubtedly result in the exams being harder. Here's a summary of what's new.

It might also be worth looking into a tutor, if that is a possibility. It might help you to have 1-on-1 help.

Do past papers x10000000000000000000000000000

if there is a particular topic you keep on struggling with (the topics where you really don't have a clue) when you're doing a past paper revise that so that when it comes up in the actual test you can at least grab some marks, even if you don't get the correct final answer.

Right, so I have disability called dyscalculia which means I struggle processing things, especially with maths.

We've tried everything, but as my GCSEs draw near I feel that I am completely stuffed.

Please give advice!