Revision and exams - Ten top tips for students
- 1. Revision and exams Ten top tips for students Succeed in your studies www.le.ac.uk/succeedinyourstudies @uolstudy · /uolstudy · e: studyhelp@le.ac.uk • Look after yourself: eat well, exercise, get enough sleep and leave time for activities that help you relax. • Regularly review your revision progress, and be flexible about altering your plans as necessary. • Past papers are a valuable resource. Practise answering past questions by either timing yourself under mock exam conditions or planning out what you would write. • In the exam, read the questions slowly and carefully. This ensures that you see the question that is there, not one you might have been expecting to be on the paper. • Make a list of the relevant topics, sources of information and an estimate of how long each topic will take to revise. • Have a clear goal for each revision session to keep you focused. • Use diagrams, colour, bullet points, numbering and key words to make your notes clear, accessible and more motivating to revise from. • As you finish revising a topic, create a list of questions that you can come back to later. This will help you reinforce what you’ve learned and identify any gaps in your knowledge. • Short breaks improve the efficiency of your revision: try taking a 5 minute break every 20 minutes to maintain high levels of concentration and recall. • Don’t just focus on what information you can take in – test your ability to recall, select and organise material because this is what you will need to do in the exam. • Study skills consultations • Skills workshops • Study guides & online resources • Maths help