Gcse's. motivate me to revise?

Question

what are good way to get yourself motivated for revision.
and how do you stay concentrated?
my attention alll ways slips!

Answer 1

It's a while ago that I did my GCSE's but I do understand how difficult it is to knuckle down... and it's worth it.

Your GCSE's will help you with whatever you want to do next, and it is much easier to do them now, than later on in life when you realise you need them.

I don't know what your plans are, but if you want to do A-Levels, and then a degree... then you really need to get them done and once you've passed them, no-one can ever take that away from you.

If you don't want to further your education after your GCSEs, then you will probably find that most jobs still require maths and English GCSE anyway.

I am probably not telling you anything you don't already know - or what you've already been told. I hope you find a good way to revise.... just focus on the job you ultimately want to do, and see these exams as the first stepping stone towards it.

...but treat yourself too.....(I always found chocolate a good reward to myself!!)

Good Luck - I hope you do really well

Answer 2

I'm worse than you so I doubt I can help. But If you're an expert at revising last minute, like me, the best thing to do it get a white board and revise on that so you don't have a pile of papers around the place...plus, writing on the whiteboards fun lol.

Another thing which is good to do is don't revise alone. Alone is boring. Revising with others not only makes you more bothered to revise BUT if you don't understand something, someone else probably would.

Motivation comes to me when I realise I have no time left, lol, that's the problem with me.

Answer 3

Try this method.....proven to work ,so you shouldn't get shouted at for not constantly revising.......your 3 minute recap could be done during adverts while watching tv!!!!!

At work the other week, I was in a fabulous session......REVISION for year 11.

Point 1 to note: - DON'T CALL IT REVISION, that word immediately makes them think boring, not fun, hard, why, books etc etc. call it review or recall sessions. when you say review they tend to think of film/book/music reviews!!!!

Try encouraging the use of LOCI - the use of location/items, to create a story. By telling and re-telling the story, this will reinforce the connection and assist in the memory of facts.

Use mind maps to take out the 20% of information you actually need - tony buzan explains it really well. use colours and remeber to write on the lines!!!!

now you have methods, lets think about times......children tend to switch off after 20 - 40 minutes, so have 4 x 30 minute sessions, broken up by a 5 minute break (drink, bite to eat, walk around) -
30 mins review, 5 mins break,
30 mins review, 5 mins break,
30 mins review, 5 mins break,
30 mins review, 5 mins break.

go back and recap on the mind map after 10 minutes to see what they can remember and refresh their memory on the facts they're not sure of. only spend about 5 minutes on this.
1 day later do this same recap for about 5 minutes.
Carry on with these short recaps after 1 week, 2 weeks and 1 month. this should maximise the ability to retain the necessary information.

The class of 30 year 11 pupils found it really helpful and enjoyed the session. It's well worth a try and I will certainly be showing my children these techniques.

Ask your school if you have access to the SAM learning websites, they have good review work. I think CGP have just started doing interactive work as well as the books.

Answer 4

Imagine yourself at your college interview, or job interview, and the person saying to you, "well I'm very sorry but your nowhere near qualified enough, you will have to go back to school to get into this, or go be a bin man."