Revision Guidance - Part 2
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How to Revise
Everybody learns and revises differently and therefore there is no magical way that can ensure that you will remember information. You will have to find the way that suits you as an individual. This may involve you using one method of revising although other people may need to use two ways and others a variety of ways.
PICTURES/DIAGRAMS - Use picture or diagrams for a subject to try and remember a certain subject (something you can thing up that remind you of that particular term or subject contents)
BREAK DOWN - Break down the information you have (page of work - two paragraphs - one paragraph - few sentences - key words). You may want to use Mnemonics at the end of this stage?
MNEMONICS - Is when you have word (doesn’t have to be a real one) that can make you remember key points that may then help you remember about the order of a particular thing or may make you remember more in depth information from those key words. E.g. on I use to remember what to look for when analysing swim technique is BLABT (body, legs, arms, breathing and timing).
LISTEN - Read out information you need to revise and/or tape the information and then listen to it.
MULTI-SENSORY - Look, say, write, cover, re-write and check information you need to revise. So you could for example have key point of information on a card and then look at it, read it out, write it, then cover or turn card over, try to re-write that information and then finally check to see if it is right.
SPIDERS - The main heading is in the middle with a circle around it. Then lines come out from the main circle with sub heading on them or at the end of them (relating to main heading) with little bits of information by them. You can sometime have mini subheading coming from a line from sub headings.
FLOW CHARTS - Key words or key points or paragraph of information that link together with an arrow.
AOH - All over the house. Put information (presenting in a way you will remember it e.g. diagram, key points) up in places where you may sit/lie and stare e.g. on the television, on the wall by your bed, on the toilet door. N.B. Don’t write information in little writing, it must be big enough to see it clearly from where your sitting/lying!
