revision guide vs class notes!

2

hi
As you can guess from my thread title, im confused on which i should choose as the bassis of my AS revision.
Ive got 5 modulars to take in January :eek:

consisitng of 2 physics, chemistry, biology and maths.

Im starting to worry because certain people in my class are very very good in each one of my subjects right now, and i cant figure how they not only understand extremely well what we are doing it great detail, and at the same time keep ahead of the whole class.
I use to love revising from revision guides, but apparently they arent in enough detail, but what i have begun to notice is that quite often the teacher goes on about irrelevant crap not need at all!

So what should i do, i've got 4 months left and not a chance of passing with what i want if i don't start doing something now. Has anyone else picked one over the other, or do other members of TSR just use both to their advantage??

Reply 1

SketchyCanvas~

10

hmm... i use my notes and my revision guilde :p:

mostly the guilde though because i find it explains it more clearly. But it depends on which one you feel more comfortable and feel you learnt what you needed to learn. Dont worry about the other people in your class just concentrate on how you can make the most out of revision :smile:

I dont see a reason why revision guildes might not include all the relevant details unless it isnt the same examboard, if you used and felt comfortable with revision guildes before then use them :smile:

Hope that helps,
SCx

Reply 2

~Bex~

14

I would say use both, that way you get everything you need

Reply 3

~Bex~

14

Oh, another point: if you decide to use revision guides make sure you look around and get the one which is most relevant to your syllabus.

Reply 4

amo17

OP

2

yeh thankyou for your advice, i think i will use both just revison guides willbe my main priority.

Reply 5

*River

15

The best thing is a combination of both. Get hold of a specification for the exams (I think you can print them off the exam board websites). Go through the statements one by one (they divide them by unit) and then use a combination of your notes and revision guides to make sure you understand each of them. Once you've done this, you should then have a go at a practice paper per module without using any books or notes and see what your score is. This is the way that I find works best for me because I can keep track of what I've learnt and then check to see if I really know it.

Good luck in January! :biggrin:

Reply 6

Saffie

11

list of priority:

-text books
-revision guides
-past papers
-internet
-
-
-class notes
:p:

well it depends on your subjects really, essay type exams require you to learn your class-work. Your subjects, on the other hand are revision guide stuffs, make notes from them and basically learn all the formulas!! And loadsa facts from your text book...

classwork is useless to revise from IME.

Reply 7

amo17

OP

2

Saffie

list of priority:

-text books
-revision guides
-past papers
-internet
-
-
-class notes
:p:

well it depends on your subjects really, essay type exams require you to learn your class-work. Your subjects, on the other hand are revision guide stuffs, make notes from them and basically learn all the formulas!! And loadsa facts from your text book...

classwork is useless to revise from IME.

LMAO u are so right. Some of my lessons i think that i will go over my class notes in alot of detail, but others i feel its just a waste of my time. Thanks for ur lil list tho lol, it shows im not the only one that feels they are often a load of CRAP! :smile:

:askpig:

Reply 8

andy5788

14

I make notes while in class to help recall, but VERY rarely do I use them for revision.

Reply 9

Convalescent

list of priority:

-text books
-revision guides
-past papers
-internet
-
-
-class notes

well it depends on your subjects really, essay type exams require you to learn your class-work. Your subjects, on the other hand are revision guide stuffs, make notes from them and basically learn all the formulas!! And loadsa facts from your text book...

classwork is useless to revise from IME.

This is definitely true. During exams, my exercise books and notes are hardly touched. Makes me wonder why I bother making them in the first place.

Reply 10

Saffie

11

Convalescent

This is definitely true. During exams, my exercise books and notes are hardly touched. Makes me wonder why I bother making them in the first place.

Ta. The classwork helps to learn the info as you're going through the course, but usually it's too wordy/messy/or plain wrong to revise from later :smile:

(psychology is an exception for me... it just requires rambling in the exam and revision guides don't provide such resources so they're bottom of that priority list :p:

)

Reply 11

stratomaster

To revise I generally use:

Syllabus specific revision guides and books
Revision notes made by teachers
Past papers and mark schemes (do them over and over again)
Some internet sites which are for my syllabuses... & the student room :p:

This is what I do for mainly for science subjects. I have class notes but it's too much to work with for revision... i just work with them as I work in class. But I use class notes for my humanities subject on th eother hand.

Reply 12

sokas

8

neither, use the text book! :smile:

Reply 13

Comp_Genius

4

My priority was:
1) Textbook for exam board
2) My notes
3) Past papers.

revision guide vs class notes!

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