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What are the best ways to remember your revision?

The way I revise is just making notes on what I read but I can go over whole chapters in the textbook and when I look back over them I don't remember anything. I sometimes find that if I look at a piece of text and tell myself that I'm going to leave it out, I actually remember it most or if I make a mistake in questions I will remember that but I can't really force mistakes. How can I liven up my revision while also remembering everything??
Test yourself.
Once you've revised a topic, complete as many practise questions as you can and then move onto past papers.
I find for me this is the best way to gain a better overall understanding.
Quizlet!! Play the matching cards game :yep:
Testing yourself is key. Make a list of possible exam questions from the notes and try answer them without looking.


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Write your notes in different colours.
Create short audio clips on your phone and then listen to them on your way to school.

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Original post by Peneps
The way I revise is just making notes on what I read but I can go over whole chapters in the textbook and when I look back over them I don't remember anything.


Same thing with me. I find that making notes is pointless because it's just mechanical copying. I just read the book, and take a long time on each section to memorise it.

Some nifty tricks though. Try creating acronyms for the different sections. I find it's pretty helpful for me. I can remember the whole chapter of the Judiciary in Politics through just the acronyms:

SRJE
IHI
SAI
CC
SCAT
GOV
PUICOL
SDF

Try also linking ideas with random things in your head. For example, I always imagine the Russian Kornilov Affair of August 1917 as that Rainier Wolfcastle guy from The Simpsons running at me with a knife and a crazed expression, whilst shouting 'I'm going to protect you! I'm going to protect you!' in his heavy accent. Embarrassing and very odd, but it gets the job done. :tongue:

Also, try using physical prompts. For example, I can jog my memory by physically pointing in the air at different parts of an imaginary spider diagram to remember what the specific points were.
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Original post by harmony_x
Test yourself.
Once you've revised a topic, complete as many practise questions as you can and then move onto past papers.
I find for me this is the best way to gain a better overall understanding.


I definitely find it easier to recall the information in an exam if I actually understand it but it takes ageeees to get a good understanding

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