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SAM's Study Tips 2013

Back by popular demand – It's SAM's Study Tips! SAM's Study Tips No 1: It's better to understand that to remember.

Come back each day for a new study tip - you never know one of them might make the difference! And remember, I'm always here if yo have ANY problems you'd like to ask about with the exams or with MySQA - which I trust you've all signed up for to get your results by text or email...

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SAM's Study Tips No 2: Stop putting it off! Before you know it you’ll be in that exam hall. Start revising NOW!

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SAM's Study tips No 3: Don't compare your prelim performance with your friends. Set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

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SAM's Study tips No 4: Going over work as soon as you learn it will reinforce it better than leaving it to revise at the last minute.

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SAM's Study tips No 5: Which revision technique works for you? - memorise, summary notes, keywords, diagrams, find out early and use it!

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SAM's Study tips 6: If you don't understand something, don't get stressed. Take action - ask your teacher or your class mates to help.

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SAM's Study Tips No 7: Plan your work, but remember planning it doesn't mean you're doing it.

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SAM's Study tips 8: Make it personal. Find your own deep and compelling reason to learn your subject successfully and pass your exams.

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SAM's Study Tips No 9: You can never study too hard or too much - but you can study too long. Take a break.

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SAM's Study tips 10: Don't drink too much coffee, tea and fizzy drinks; the caffeine will put you on edge and make your thinking less clear.

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SAM's Study Tips No 11: Know how the exam works - review previous and sample papers. Previous tests prepare you for the next one.

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SAM's Study tips 12: Make sure you have one weekend day when you don't do revision or think about exams - you'll come back to it refreshed.

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SAM’S Study Tips No.13: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Plan your study and the lead up to each exam.

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SAM's Study tips No 14: If you like to study to music, listen to something familiar - it'll put you in a more positive frame of mind.

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Study Tips 15: The marks are in the detail - you may know the broad idea, but do you know the quote or date or formula that supports it?

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Study Tips 16: The one fact you learn when you've got 10 mins to spare could be the 1% difference in your final grade.

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SAM's Study tips 17: Eat sensibly – healthy eating can improve your performance. Eating little and often keeps your energy levels up.

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SAM's Study tips 18: Work in bursts, have a 10 min break, start again. Build to 20 or 40 min bursts, keeping breaks to 10 min. Try it!

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SAM's Study tips 19: Be realistic - if you think "anything less than A+ is a fail" then you are creating unnecessary stress for yourself.

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SAM's Study tips 20: Only revise 2 subjects a day - more can confuse. Mix them up so you revise one favourite and one you're less keen on.

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