How do I revise?

@learner38 I use flashcards and depending on the subject you can find tutors online or websites that help you revise. For example, for geography I use snaprevise - it has videos on there which you can take notes from. It has loads of subjects on there. YouTube videos are also really useful.

Thank you do you do past papers

Moved to A-levels.

What subjects are you actually doing, for a start?

Psychology,history,sociology and philosophy

If you're struggling with application rather than pure learning then I think past papers are the way to go. Look at exemplar answers and try some yourself. In an ideal situation you'd get them marked by your teacher.

I do sociology and I do a lot of flashcards about theorists. I also make mindmaps of a summary of all sociologists and their theories relating to a topic

My class hasn’t even gone onto that the teachers aren’t really good but I’ll revise theorists thank you!

Thank you!!!!

Not a problem! Best of luck, and you can DM me if you need.

I do AQA psychology and RS which may relate to your subjects

if you feel behind maybe start pre-reading

Ok thank you I do aqa psychology!

Psychology,history,sociology and philosophy

@learner38

One thing that will help you a lot if you progress onto university is to working out how best you learn and revise. Here are some useful tips -

1) some learners are more auditory based - you could record some audio notes on your phone and play them over and over again
2) some people are social learners - you could revise with friends and try and have a laugh about a subject and you will remember it better
3) some people are very visual learners - you could design a spider diagram or a mind map

Marc
Arden University Student Ambassador

With your mocks, I would advise you to treat them like your real exams and put in a lot of effort. This will stand you in great stead for next year as you’ll have a much better understanding of the course. It will also help to build up your self-discipline and work ethic.

I would make yourself a plan each week with exactly whet you’re going to revise and for how long. Not just ‘biology’ but ‘biology unit 1 cells from 5.30-6.30’. It’s up to you how long you revise for but you should try to push yourself outside your comfort zone and build up disciplined habits. I’d do at least 3 hours on a school night and then 6 hours on Saturday and Sunday in the month before mocks.

I also think it’s important to hold yourself accountable or get someone to do this for you. Review honestly at the end of each week whether or not you have followed your plan and reward or punish yourself accordingly. Rewards could be things like watching a movie on Netflix. Punishments could be thins like making up double the time you’ve missed the following week or no phone for a day.