Best revision techniques

I’ve always struggled to find the best revision technique more for memorising I understand everyone has different ways of memorising but some suggestions would be nice, as reading my notes isn’t helping at all, I struggle to retain info. How do I handle this. It’s really bothering me.

Reply 1

FairyPeriapt

Original post by Moon12”

Hey, re-reading notes is most definitely not the best method unless you have a magical photographic memory so I'm gonna list some and just reply if there's any you don't understand:

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Pomodoro technique

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Spaced reptition

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Flash cards (dates, keywords, statistics etc.)

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Past papers/questions

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Mindmap

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Blurting

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Self Quiz

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Confer w/ friends

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Teach someone and give them simple questions

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Timelines (dates, key info)

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Notes rewriting (key info, check what you know, change format e.g. into Cornell Notes)

Hope this helps :smile:

Reply 2

Moon12”

Original post by FairyPeriapt

Hey, re-reading notes is most definitely not the best method unless you have a magical photographic memory so I'm gonna list some and just reply if there's any you don't understand:

•

Pomodoro technique

•

Spaced reptition

•

Flash cards (dates, keywords, statistics etc.)

•

Past papers/questions

•

Mindmap

•

Blurting

•

Self Quiz

•

Confer w/ friends

•

Teach someone and give them simple questions

•

Timelines (dates, key info)

•

Notes rewriting (key info, check what you know, change format e.g. into Cornell Notes)

Hope this helps :smile:

Hi thanks so much this is very helpful I have tried blurting and depending on the topic I do sometimes find it useful also past papers. I dont understand or ever heard of the pomodoro technique and spaced repetition and cornell notes. I will definitely try some more it’s jsut my poor memory😭

Reply 3

FairyPeriapt

Original post by Moon12”

Pomodoro Technique - Do 20/25 minutes of focused work, 5 minute break and repeat as necessary (some people even do different topics/ blend it with another technique called Interleaving)
Spaced Repetition - Do 1 topic then do it a week later to see what did and didn't stick

(apologies for late reply, A-Levels are killing me rn)