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Some revision strategies in the run up to your exams

Maximize your exam preparation with a range of effective revision strategies. This article presents highly useful techniques such as self-testing, practice papers, and distributed practice, as well as moderately useful strategies like elaborative interrogation and self-explanation. It also discusses low-use strategies including highlighting, keyword mnemonics, and re-reading.

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Some revision strategies in the run up to your exams

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  1. Some revision strategies in the run up to your exams Dr Paterson – Aldenham School, Elstree

  2. With a handful of days/weeks left until the exam period, ensure you are using effective revision strategies.Based on Dunlosky et al (2013) Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques, Psychol Sci Public Interesthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26173288

  3. Highly useful strategies • Self testing • Use your summarised notes / flash cards to quiz yourself • Practice papers / questions • Complete past papers – use those from other exam boards to add variety • Distributed practice • Revise each subject regularly over time – don’t just focus on the first exam

  4. Moderately useful strategies • Elaborative interrogation • Read a specification statement and write an explanation stating why it is true • Self explanation • After answering practice questions, write a summary of your thinking / problem solving techniques • Interleaved practice • Revise different areas of the specification within each study period. • Summarisation • If you haven’t summarised your notes – make short summarises now from memory then check against your notes

  5. Low use strategies • Highlighting • Marking important sections of your notes / texts • Keyword mnemonics / imagery • Developing a mental image linking objects to keywords • Re-reading • Re-reading large sections of the textbook

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