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Arjue

hhow to revise for a lelvels

Reply 1

EssexOfficialRep

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by Arjue

hhow to revise for a lelvels

Hi @Arjue 👋
It is great to see you thinking about revising for your A Levels!

How to revise for A Levels

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Start with the specification for each subject and use it as a checklist. This can stop students from wasting their time on things that aren’t examined.📚️

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Make active notes: Flashcards, academic quizzes, mind maps, or bullet-point summaries after each topic can work better than rewriting the textbook. ⭐️

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Practice papers: Past papers and mark schemes can really help revision. Students can do the whole paper timed once they are confident and use the mark scheme to see exactly what examiners want. 📚️

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Space out your revision. Don’t cram. Do short, regular sessions. Use spaced repetition for content-heavy subjects. ⭐️

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Teach the content to someone else, even if it is just explaining it to your wall. If you can teach it, you can understand it. 📚️

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Make a flexible timetable. Plan your week. ⭐️

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Look after yourself. Sleep, hydrate, take breaks and ask for extra support from peers, guardians or teachers. 📚️

Our University has tips on revision for University students but it can also be useful for A Level and GCSE students: https://www.essex.ac.uk/undergraduate/revision

Remember everyone revises in different ways so make sure you find what works best for you 🙂
Good luck with your A Levels!

From EssexOfficialRep - Lois 💛

(edited 1 month ago)

Reply 2

Kingston Vee

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by Arjue

hhow to revise for a lelvels

Hi Arjue, my advice is to focus on the subjects you have that day in your revision, stay after or before in the library making notes / flashcards, then closer to the exams swap this out for memorising the flashcards, doing past papers and getting friends to hold the flashcards and quiz you.

Try sticking to just the work hours of the day e.g. 9-6 and always have a rest day once a week where you do no studying or work at all. It's important to rest your brain and prevent burnout otherwise the studying can become useless.

If you commute, use this time to catch up on homework or revising as this will make the most out of your day and should stick to the only studying 9-5 or whichever times you set.

Podcasts are also a great passive way of learning especially for language. Watching movies and tv shows are a good way to relax but still be taking in the language and improving your listening skills. Music would be a good idea too.

For improving memorisation, try out the pomodoro technique as this allows you to use your brain better and maximise memorisation. Also, it may sound silly but visual mind maps also really help as it makes you use the right hand side of your brain not just your left, and visual information is much easier to memorise than long textbooks.

Hope this helps!

Vee (kingston rep)