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by maneve

Thank you so much for responding back to me. You are doing so much. Well done you. Are you getting good marks for any tests that you have had so far? Do you use Anki flashcards at all? If so do you think that they are any good as I'm considering moving from my manual cards to them.

honestly, i'm struggling a bit in maths, only because we have 16 lessons per fortnight, and i need time adjusting to the speed of content we're going through. so i've been doing a lot of practice over half-term. history is a lot better, my essays have been average to good, especially because they're my first ones. physics has been okay, i do OCR A, so my module 2 [foundations of physics] test went better than my module 4.1 [charge + current]. thanks for asking!
also i think anki or any digital flashcards are better because you don't stain/lose/rip any of them, and you can keep them more organised. and i use them everyday, for all of my subjects [a lot less in maths though] you can also cover up parts of an image, cover up specific words, it doesn't have to be Q&A - some content is better in different forms than other pieces of content. for example, when i do the causes and consequences of an event in history, i like to cover up specific words to test my knowledge, just because that format is better than Q&A, in my opinion

Reply 21

Maria.01

I am in yr 11 and I wanted to ask what do I need to revise on for my geography test and did u do higher/foundation maths ?what did u revise on?

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bhs009

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by Maria.01

I am in yr 11 and I wanted to ask what do I need to revise on for my geography test and did u do higher/foundation maths ?what did u revise on?

Unfortunately, I didn't do geography gcse, but here's some tips i heard my friends ,who did geography, say: remember case studies well, practice longer-answer exam questions [i think like 9 and 6 markers], sorry I can't help much! I did higher maths, and i used mathsgenie, corbettmaths [especially their 5-a-days] and questions from my textbook. Closer to exams, I did lots and lots of timed past papers.

Reply 23

eclipwze

Do you have any recommendations for revising history and remembering the dates especially?

Reply 24

bhs009

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by eclipwze

Do you have any recommendations for revising history and remembering the dates especially?

making some sort of flashcards or active recall. i personally used gizmo.ai to make them, and covered up the full date or the event, so i would guess one of them. doing them everyday or every other day makes them stick too. some people put them on post it notes and stick those on their walls too. i think timing is important in history [for eduqas anyway - of if it's about 1 mark for 1 minute] and understanding the key factors causing and event and the key consequences is really important because thats what they ask for on longer-anser qs. also my school gave us a 'how to' guide which stucture for each question + paper, you could make that yourself if you don't get it from school, or like make it with your friends to lessen your workload. hope this helps!