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Tips for sociology, Business, French, history and year 10 in general for the gcse c

Im going into year 10 in september and even though it is far away i want to do well. Any tips for my gcse subject and the beginning of term doing gcses.

Reply 1

MindMax2000

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Original post by bluelover333

Im going into year 10 in september and even though it is far away i want to do well. Any tips for my gcse subject and the beginning of term doing gcses.

I admire the dedication.

I don't have specific advice for the subjects that you have mentioned (I might be able to help with business and French if you have specific questions though), but the general tips for getting high marks at GCSE can be found on Google (I prefer YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUxv3nPsCxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHkA9PR-Bc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eQKxdMZbzk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P82piwfgqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVIjIOWYRqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjgd4aqQ-9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI9-S-38raQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGE-heDhIMw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLh4RNQT9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKC9pvrv_c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxLkSwGb-Gg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe03fitGgFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFnsNyC-G3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eFMvIk_mVM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX9pvlUaf-s

You will quickly find out that most of the advice is finish the material early and then work on practice questions under timed conditions, review mistakes, revise often/frequently, and repeat. If you are able to get model answers, analyse and compare the answers with a fine toothcomb to see how they got the higher marks (especially relevant for essay based questions). Getting feedback on specifics is great if you can get it.

What is important though is to find a method that's working for you, that's getting you results, and then stick with it for the long haul. Switching methods often isn't going to help a lot. If a method that you're using isn't working within say 2 months, realise it quickly and find something more effective.

Reply 2

glyoung

Hi!
My name is Georgia and I am studying history at Lancaster University and thought I might be able to help you with your history revision.

One thing that I found really useful when revising for history was using mind maps- you could do it on paper or there are computer apps that you can create mind maps on. I found this really useful because you can do one for each topic and can establish the links between people, places, events, dates. You can then break it down further and make a mind map for a specific event, and add to the mind map all the relevant details.

~ Georgia