Revsion

2-3 hours is good, the increase the time 4-5 hours when the exam approaches.

Reply 5

kellywood_5

17

Vivianna

8 a day?!!!

I'm only doing 6 (when I can, ie weekends and holidays) for ASs! You definitely don't need to do 6 hours or more for GCSEs!

Reply 6

kellywood_5

I'm only doing 6 (when I can, ie weekends and holidays) for ASs! You definitely don't need to do 6 hours or more for GCSEs!

I'm not even doing 6 hours a day over easter, lol. :redface:

You're hard working!

Reply 7

IZZY!

perhaps he means during study leave. 2-3 hours a day is enough really. But it is better to revise with short bursts of 40 mins and 15 mins breaks. Thats how I revise. So in average I revise 2 subjects for 45 mins each a day, having 15 mins breaks between them. This is quite helpful for now. But then again, so much revision is not needed, since the school offers various revision classes, which are really helpful.

Reply 8

zhivago

2

Too be honest, I don't think you can work in 'hours per day'. Because, in all seriousness (this isn't something I'm proud of believe me!), it takes me about, literally, one hour to revise properly just one page of my revision guide. And lets say roughly there are 100 pages to a revision guide, and I have 10 subjects. That would mean 1,000 hours of revision would guarentee me exam success! I know that I work too slow, but I hate rushing revision because I only forget it the next day, and have to do it all over again.

Instead of thinking in terms of time, think in terms of topics. ie. don't say I'll do 3 hours of revision today, say: I'll try and cover homeostasis and hormones today. Works better in my opinion. But, good luck, whatever. The best thing is getting started - as long as you're started you'll probably be fine!

Reply 9

Yes, also, you could 2 hours of drawing 1 diagram (I know a slight exaggeration but you get my point), or you could spend it more constructively by doing maths exercises or practice tests or whatever.

I hope our school does revision classes, some subjects seem to have them, but nobody has mentioned them in my lessons!

Reply 10

NickiM

Yes, also, you could 2 hours of drawing 1 diagram (I know a slight exaggeration but you get my point), or you could spend it more constructively by doing maths exercises or practice tests or whatever.

I hope our school does revision classes, some subjects seem to have them, but nobody has mentioned them in my lessons!

If you need revision classes, you could mention them in class. It's quite different revising in class than at home though. In addition, I think revising at home is better, as the topics revised at school might be not your thing to study first or something like that. Furthermore, you might get distracted too.

Reply 11

I don't need them, but feel they would be beneficial, and a teacher would be there to answer my questions.

Reply 12

NickiM

I don't need them, but feel they would be beneficial, and a teacher would be there to answer my questions.

I agree with you. I remember in my revision class in AS, we just did spider diagrams of topics and past papers. :p:

Reply 13

Also, only some people are going to go to the revision classes so less likely of disruption. :smile:

Reply 14

NickiM

Also, only some people are going to go to the revision classes so less likely of disruption. :smile:

Ok then. Some teachers would like 2 types of revision: 1 for disruptive students and 1 for the whole class. Obviously, I/most people would go to the whole class revision. :p:

Reply 15

Well, if the classes are after school then only people who want to revise are likely to come.

Reply 16

Lottie

9

I think 2-3 hours a day is plenty. I find it very difficult to revise during the school week as often, by the time I've done my homework, I'm exhausted and don't want to do anything else! Of course, this then leads to me feeling guilty, thinking that I'm going to fail my exams and a whole manner of other things.

However, my German teacher has taken to calling homework "exam preparation" now and I'm hoping my others teachers will stop giving homework soon and start giving revision exercises or even just letting us have the time free to revise! Surely we must have covered the syllabus by now in a most subjects. Or almost be there.

I could be revising now but I feel so tired - and it's only my second day back after Easter - that I don't think I could concentrate much. Before my mocks I didn't have any homework so I was able to do about 1.5-2 hours a day in the school week and dedicate a lot of time to it on Sundays. I also had study leave in that period too, which also helped a lot as I could revise in the morning before an exam, etc. Thank God for study leave!

Anyway, clearly I've digressed to burden you with my worries and concerns! I think if you can manage 2-3 hours a day Mon-Fri, that's amazing. If you can do that much on the weekend, I'd still be impressed.

Reply 17

I usually do 1-3 hours of revision on weekdays, but often find I am tired after 6 hours of school, and do not concentrate as much. As for study leave, I get hardly any which is really annoying. I can't revise in class, I'd prefer to do it at home. I need to ask all my teachers whether we'll have revision classes.

Reply 18

Lottie

9

NickiM

I usually do 1-3 hours of revision on weekdays, but often find I am tired after 6 hours of school, and do not concentrate as much. As for study leave, I get hardly any which is really annoying. I can't revise in class, I'd prefer to do it at home. I need to ask all my teachers whether we'll have revision classes.

My history teacher puts on a revision lesson every Thursday lunchtime. It lasts about fourty minutes and, although I don't suppose I really need revision lessons, I'm under the impression the more advice I can get about how to tackle the paper, the better I'm likely to do. It's nice because there's only ever about fifteen people who turn up so it's a good opportunity to go over anything I'm unsure about. In any case, it makes me feel less guilty about not having started personal revision for history. (My excuse? History - at least one of the papers - is my Very Last Exam.)

I really admire your ability to do 1-3 hours of revision on weekdays! How much homework do you have on top of that? Are you condensing notes or something else? Anything you can tell me to get me over being exhausted at the end of the day and actually want to do some revision once my homework is out of the way would be great. Do you recommend lots of cups of coffee? :wink:

Reply 19