i have my first GCSE test in a week any tips to help me learn better???

Answer 1

i would strongly suggest you to try past papers...
taht way you will know what type of question there will be in your exams...
Best of Lucks!

Answer 2

Things you could do to help with exams:

1) Don't leave it til the last minute. Your brain can't handle all that information in one go! Believe me.

2) Cue cards are great if you remember facts and short, snappy facts. I couldn't learn from them very well but experiment and see if it suits you.

3) BIG spider diagrams/mind maps. I found these really helpful for my AS ICT exam. They were brilliant. You split your subject into relevant topics and note down the key points.

4) Revise with a friend. Just ask each other questions about a certain topic or subject and you learn so much that way!

5) Practise exams and test papers. These are my favourite to do because you get a feel of what type of questions are going to be asked and what kind of answer they want from you. You never know, one of those questions that you do from a past paper may well come up int he real thing!

6) Don't panic in the exam room. I take a bottle of water as being dehydrated will reduce your concentration levels. Plus it gives you a couple of 10 second breaks during the exam to just stop, drink and get back to work again. After all, those exams are pretty long!

7) While revising, if you find a topic difficult, don't hesitate to go up to a teacher NOW and ask them to explain it. It's best you know it now and understand than leaving it til the last minute and thinking- oh no! I don't know how to answer this question!

8) Eat well and sleep well. (obvious!)

9) When revising make sure you take breaks and remember to have fun. Working all the time is no good for the brain either. You'll become stressed and tired and you won't take anything in.

10) On the exam day- think positive. Think- I can do this. I've done everything I can, I'm going to do my best in exam and that's all you can give.


Good luck for your exams though and I hope my lil tips will help you.

Answer 3

To help you learn better? Well, it largely depends on the subject. Generally speaking there are three types of learners: visual, audio and kinesthetic. So you either learn best by pictures, by listening, or by practically taking part in whatever you need to know.
I did my GCSEs in June of this year and I found that the best way was to constantly test myself. It's a harsh way to do it - self testing, but it really works because it puts you on the spot in a personal environment and it helps you identify what you know and don't know. Practice papers are also great and available from most board websites - google the exam boards for the websites.
The main point I would emphasise is - don't stress about it! Especially if you're going to do further exams, GCSEs are not the end of the world by any means. My friends and I stressed a whole lot over the exams, but didn't even think about them when we came back to school for sixth form. Eat well, get lots of sleep and stay happy. Good luck!

Answer 4

Always have a revision schedule to work to so you get plenty of breaks as the stuff wont sink in if you dont have a break. After each break re-cap what you revised before the interval.

Use revision cards, just a pack of contact cards from WHsmiths would do it...They are about £2 and whilst filling them in you are revising plus you can use them anywhere and people can use them to test you.

Have relaxing baths....whilst bathing listen to your favourite music and the things your struggling to remember try to make new lyrics to the songs with the answers so its easier to remember them.....just dont sing out loud in your exam (LOl)

Test yourself.....every 2 hours or so worth of revision. Pull a new text doc up onto P.C. and try and type as many points of the revision as you can in say...10 minutes, as you revise more, you will remember more in these 10 minutes tests plus its alot of fun.

Give yourself set treats so when youve finished revising a section, have a Chocolate biscuit or a Manicure etc.

SLEEP! Staying up late at night revising wont make any difference as when your tired nothing sinks in your brain. Set a cut off time every night to switch off, chill and watch tv and then plenty of sleep.

Good Luck, dont worry and panicking wont help so stay calm, relaxed and focus. Yhe first exam is always the most nerve wracking....Sending you lots of luck xxx

Answer 5

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Answer 6

read the book or whatever it is your revising from, bit by bit if it's a big book, then, write on a piece of paper or pad everything you have just learnt, that is, without going back to the information, and then when you,ve done that, check to see if you were right.if you were, carry on, if not read through it againand write it down again. trust me, it may be long winded, but it really works!

Answer 7

cue cards.

you write a question on one side and the answer on the back and you play a game with them.

also you could put them on the walls of your room.

try bbc bitesize website that helped me.

also really dont worry, the main ones are maths and english amd if you dont get them you can try again at college or do an adult education course.

good luck.

Answer 8

Learn yourself it always helps if you are just calm and only revise a little a day else you will get overloaded and forget it all!!

Answer 9

get some of them coloured cards and then write key facts on them
they only cost something like 80p or a little bit more. they reali helped me alot in exams
hope i helped.
u can get them in any stationery store

Answer 10

take a break every 30 minuites when revising. It improves youre concentration.