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This document provides guidance on effective revision, study, and exam techniques for students. It recommends having a revision plan that identifies strengths and weaknesses, and utilizes available resources like course materials, other students, and lecturers. Specific revision techniques are outlined, such as brainstorming, active recall, mind-mapping, flashcards, and study groups. Common pitfalls like procrastination and panic are addressed. The document also provides exam day tips, such as reading instructions carefully and using relaxation strategies before and after exams.

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Presentation From Revision Skills Workshop

This document provides guidance on effective revision, study, and exam techniques for students. It recommends having a revision plan that identifies strengths and weaknesses, and utilizes available resources like course materials, other students, and lecturers. Specific revision techniques are outlined, such as brainstorming, active recall, mind-mapping, flashcards, and study groups. Common pitfalls like procrastination and panic are addressed. The document also provides exam day tips, such as reading instructions carefully and using relaxation strategies before and after exams.

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Revision, Study, and Exam

Skills

Jennie Blake
jennifer.blake@manchester.ac.uk

Revision-1.A second look


2.Not a time to
(purposefully) learn something new
3. Have a plan
4. Gather your resources

Resources--What do you have?


1. Subject resources:
a) coursework
b) syllabus
c) past papers
d) what else?
2. Personal resources
a) other students in the course
b) lecturers/academic advisors
c) family and friends
d) who else?

Where to begin?
Brainstorm: Where do you feel most confident?
Where do you feel most nervous?
What did you leave out?
Active Revision:
Without active, planned, revision, we tend to forget
over 80% of what we have learned within three weeks.
Timetable:
Make sure you have figured out when your best times to
study are. (Are you a morning person? Do you study better
after a meal? Do you need to exercise first?)

KWL
What do we know?
What do we want to know?
What have we learned?
K
W

Some tips and tricks


SQP4
Survey--Gather together your notes and do a general review
Question--How do things connect? Reflective Learning
Predict--What do you think will be on the exam? What format will
the questions take?
Plan--What do you need to do to get ready?
Prepare--Gather everything you need in one place. Make an anxiety
plan for the exam itself.
Practice--Revise, revise, revise

Study Help
Mind-webs (freemind)
Index Cards
Cornell Notes (see example)
Study groups/ Revision syndicates
Study partnerships
Simultaneous revision
Active recall
Timed writing

How do you learn?


Visual
Auditory (aural)
Kinesthetic
Which are you?
Visual--note-taking, summaries, Cornell Notes, mindmaps
Auditory--flashcards (repeating the questions and
answers outloud), study groups
Kinesthetic--mind-maps, Cornell Notes, puzzles

Common pitfalls
Leaving it until the last minute
Reading through the same notes over and over again
Writing out notes over and over again
Writing out essays and learning them by heart
Procrastinating
Cant force yourself to study
Panic
Boredom
Too many other priorities
Stopping too soon

Exam techniques (that you can use to


revise)--RUNLAW

Rread
Uunderline
N---number
Llist
A--add details
W--write

Samples
Explain why it is not possible, using a single
telescope, to directly detect an extra-solar planet
by the visible light reflected from its star
Draw a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, clearly
labelling the axes. Show the main sequence and
regions on the diagram where red giants, blue
super-giants, and white dwarfs are located.

Further Techniques
Answer the easiest questions first
Attempt every question
Leave ten minutes (or more) at the end to check
your work
If you get stuck, move on, often the answer will
seem more obvious later (and sometimes is found
later in the exam!)

Key Points
Build relaxation time into your revision schedule
Fear is normal adrenalin can be useful
Get an early night
Make sure you have breakfast
Be on time (or early if possible)
Make sure your exam kit is complete
Read the paper carefully!

Key Points
First 10 minutes
Check instructions
Put your name/student number on the paper
Read the questions
Work out your panic strategies
After the exam
Avoid the post-mortem, especially if you still have more exams
Make a note of anything you might need to look up before other
exams
Celebrate
Relax, sleep well, eat well, and exercise!

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