does any one know how to get stuff stuck in their heads when revising?

Question

i have exams soon and i really need help with how to revise well enough to get my notes stuck in my head. Somebody help me please!!!!!!

Answer 1

Hi....check out the link below, it show an answer I gave to a very similar question.

It is suggested that if you just read through your books then put them down, you will only remember 20%........not very good is it!?!?!?!?!?

I bet you'd prefer to walk into an exam with about 60 or 80%, but even better would be 100% information lodge in your brain.
The bottom bit of my previous answer should help you develop the recollection of 100% of relevant information.

Good luck with the exams

Answer 2

Make a song of the things you have to revise, like if it's the reactivity table in science you can make up a poem to remember. How i remember it is,

Please Send Cheeky Monkey and Crazy Zebras In Tall Large High Cages Signed Georgey Porgey

Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium Carbon Zinc Iron Tin Lead Hydrogen Copper Silver Gold Platinum

Oh and also do brain mapping. where you put the topic in the middle of the page and then list all the key words and just make sure you know what the keywords mean.

If you have a text book with the information you have to learn put either a Green line on subjects that you definitely know and don't need to revise, Orange line on subjects which your okay at but need touching on and a Red line on subjects you haven't the faintest on and then revise the Red ones first so you get your priorities sorted

Answer 3

HI .. I got a first in my degree, and passed my exams by using cards. I put questions on one side of the card, answer on the other and 'tested' myself frequently. You can use different coloured cards for different topics, different coloured pens for questions and answers, use coloured symbols: the colour sticks in your head and helps you to visualise the answers. I also used word-play to help me remember tricky lists, such as rhyming etc.
You can also get other people to 'play' the cards with you to share the revision and make it more fun - part of the problem with revising is that it is so isolating, make it into a game that you can share and it's much more fun. It might take a while to produce all the cards, but the act of writing them out will consolidate the information in your mind too! You can keep them with you and play them any time you have a free moment, anywhere!
I don't know how old you are, but a last hint is that if you are still living at home, get your parents to help test you by playing the cards with you - it should earn you extra bonus points with them because they'll see the hard work you are putting in! Good luck!

Answer 4

When you revise a topic put a small picture or mark in coloured pen in the top corner of each page. ie; purple square, blue star, green heart, etc. When the topic comes up on the exam you will be able to see the picture that you relate to the topic, and then all your revision notes will come flooding back into your head. Worked for me! and I am ancient - but just sat post graduate exams a year ago, and passed. Tip given by course tutor. I thought it worth a go, and it really worked for me, give it a try.

Good Luck

Answer 5

When I did my exams I would study for no longer than an hour at a time before having a break....which had to something totally different to school work such as listening to music etc. I would read my notes in my head and out loud, makes notes of the key points, draw pictures, retell what I could remember. I would also create questions for me to answer. Use as many of your senses as you can....this helps to remember the facts. ie say it out loud as you write etc. Keep going over it until you know it. Create a simple revision timetable which is realistic and gives you time off. I used to prefer to do a few hours over a f ew sessions in the morning, have a break in the afternoon and then do a few more later.

Answer 6

For my GCSE's and recent class tests ive revised best by reading over my notes and just re-writing them and then consolodate them into breif points and sections and i didnt do too badly either.
Having said that with much more stuff to learn at A Level ive started drawing diagrams, using colours to help identify different sections, spider diagrams, pictures + notes.

Some people find that doing practicle things helps best when trying to consolodate learning.

Revision technique is made a lot easier when you no what type of learner you are. Your school ar college should be able to help you identify this.

Good luck

Answer 7

When i sat my GCSE's last year i had same problem. I didn't learn nothing and revising was a waste of time for me but i done alright :) just read through the stuff over and over again but some of the stuff you revise probably isn't in the exam. Good luck

Answer 8

Once you've revised a section get someone to ask you questions - that really helps and you know you have it remembered.

Also list, mnemonics + rhymes work well for me - but that doesn't work for everything and everyone.

Answer 9

This is meant to work. It called the Chinese way - I don't know if the Chinese do this or not!

But you should study for 20 minutes and rest for 40 mins..
This is meant to allow you to absorb information without cramming it all in at once.

I hope it helps

Answer 10

Some really good ideas here. You could also try reading things to yourself, apparently when you read and dont speak it is stored in one area of your brain, when you say it out loud it goes in another and when it goes in you ear again its in another, which all helps for recall, You could record yourself and then say it along with yourself. Good luck!