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How do YOU revise?

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How do YOU revise?

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me: read and re-read text books, taking NO notes :p: :wink:

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I make notes and summarise stuff. You can't really process what you've read unless you make notes. Re-reading does not work at all for me!
Reply 2
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I make notes and summarise stuff. You can't really process what you've read unless you make notes. Re-reading does not work at all for me!


i find that making notes is illogical (for me), since the stuff is already written down and the process of "writing" the notes does not help me to learn it... I could write a whole page of notes and not remember the subject that i'm writing on :redface: :frown:
Reply 3
I go with the second option, although I try to incoporate different methods of revision :redface: I find that just reading pages and pages of monotonous text does nothing for me at all. I usually take notes, then for Arts subjects find a practice essay title to practice on. For Sciences, I look for past questions. Sometimes I make spider diagrams but they don't help hugely. I think past papers are the best form of revision (although you have to revise the actual content beforehand).
Read textbook and make notes ........... :smile:
Reply 5
I read my books and take notes aswell as making diagrams
I read the textbook and make notes, then do past papers. I sometimes do spider diagrams and I do timelines for all the key dates in history.
Reply 7
I read my notes from lectures then read a few books, take notes. Then draw spider diagrams from these note and re-write them so I can reduce it to key sentences.
Finally I draw a spider diagram of about 12 - 14 key points on and memorise it for the exam, it has always provided me with a good start.
Reply 8
When I err, actually get around to revising, its generally a process of frantic copying down of notes from textbooks the night/morning before the exam. I try to look at my notes or previous essays too, if they can be found and are legible. Ooh and skimming over plot summaries from sparknotes.com for closed book English exams *shudder*
Reply 9
I read, take notes, and sometimes copy the page number down just in case I want to make a quick reference. Usually the professor gives away which topics he or she will focus on primarily, so I study those things several times.
Reply 10
a mixture between: "Read textbook and take notes repeatedly" & "Write your own revision book / essays". it really depends on the subject though, doesnt it.

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--marty
Plain A3 paper and marker pens then I draw huge spider diagrams. Also just write super large notes on A3 paper and stick them on the walls. All my revision revolved around A3 paper.
Reply 12
I just read my textbook and my own notes over and over (usually aloud), making no new notes. Making notes seems to be the method that works for most people, but it doesn't help me remember things at all - it just hurts my hand. :redface:

The other method I sometimes use is audio notes. I turn my tape recorder on whilst I'm reading all my notes aloud. Then, when I'm reading my notes again, I play the tape back as kind of 'narration' to the notes. Also, when I go to bed, I set the tape to play again, so as I'm sleeping I'm listening to the sweet sound of my Chemistry notes, or whatever I was revising earlier on that day. When I wake up in the morning I haven't forgotten what I was learning the day before, it's still fresh in my brain. Sounds crazy but it works for me. :biggrin:
Reply 13
I read and take notes, then cover and rewrite, and again and again until I know the stuff by heart. Then, at the end of that revision session, I give myself practice quizzes.
Fun!
Reply 14
I use a lot of methods, depending on the subject etc. Generally my favourite method is spider diagrams - I just like having everything on the same page/using pictures etc. they just seem to really work on me. :smile:

For stuff like french orals though and if I have a lot of specific stuff I need to memorise, I record myself speaking for audio notes. Physics formulas and specific smaller titbits of information I put up on post-it notes round my wardrobe. :P
Reply 15
I make notes, read them over until i think i've got it, then i cover them up and try and write everything until i get it perfect, do this until you get it perfect, then do it a few times more so that you don't forget it xP
Reply 16
Read textbook/class notes repeatedly, taking no notes.
i practically write out my whole book. it works for me anyway then i read it thoroughly
Emmaporter
I make notes, read them over until i think i've got it, then i cover them up and try and write everything until i get it perfect, do this until you get it perfect, then do it a few times more so that you don't forget it xP

that's almost exactly what i do!!:smile: :wink: :p:
Reply 19
Insofar as I revise at all, I do questions at random from textbooks or past papers.