exam revision help

Hi - im sitting my exams in about 5 ish weeks and struggling with alevel chemistry in particular to retain and learn information - I know some things but when asked in an exam question completely go mind blank and can not break down a question

just wanting some advice on how best I can solve this

thanks

Reply 1

Kallisto

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by liyana mahmoud

I try to tag @TypicalNerd for you first before I give you an advice. This member is a genius at chemistry.

Reply 2

Songbird19

I don’t know if this will help at all but my daughter finds chemistry her toughest a level and she has learned that for her, revising by blurting works well. She picks a topic and then writes and draws everything she can remember on a giant whiteboard (though paper would work just as well I imagine!). Then she checks what she’s done and corrects anything that wasn’t quite right. It’s strengthening her recall and she’s practicing both the drawing and written knowledge.

Past papers are also worth their weight in gold. Do one, mark it, learn from the mark scheme. And repeat.

Hope typical nerd also replies as I may pass on some of their advice to my daughter too!

Best of luck 🤞

Reply 3

TypicalNerd

Original post

by liyana mahmoud

Hi - im sitting my exams in about 5 ish weeks and struggling with alevel chemistry in particular to retain and learn information - I know some things but when asked in an exam question completely go mind blank and can not break down a question
just wanting some advice on how best I can solve this
thanks

For starters, which exam board are you with? I might be able to direct you to some past paper walkthroughs. Additionally, I may be able to find an index of command words used in the exams in order to help you better understand what they mean and so deduce what is appropriate to write.

I would suggest bringing a highlighter into the exam or simply highlighting key numbers or words in the question. That way it’s easier to keep track of information you need to answer the question and not to lose sight of exactly what the question is asking.

As above, you really do need to attempt past papers routinely and mark them - better yet, annotate your answers with corrections as per the mark scheme and examiner’s report and revisit the questions you lost marks on as examiners often recycle questions and hence you can score these marks more easily.

I would recommend you use your TSR account to the fullest and ask any questions here if the mark scheme and examiners reports are useless. I’ll see what help I can offer.

Reply 4

TypicalNerd

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by TypicalNerd

For starters, which exam board are you with? I might be able to direct you to some past paper walkthroughs. Additionally, I may be able to find an index of command words used in the exams in order to help you better understand what they mean and so deduce what is appropriate to write.
I would suggest bringing a highlighter into the exam or simply highlighting key numbers or words in the question. That way it’s easier to keep track of information you need to answer the question and not to lose sight of exactly what the question is asking.
As above, you really do need to attempt past papers routinely and mark them - better yet, annotate your answers with corrections as per the mark scheme and examiner’s report and revisit the questions you lost marks on as examiners often recycle questions and hence you can score these marks more easily.
I would recommend you use your TSR account to the fullest and ask any questions here if the mark scheme and examiners reports are useless. I’ll see what help I can offer.