Ten common pitfalls in revision and how to avoid them
1. Leaving revision until the last minute.
Revision is a way of pulling your understanding together in preparation for the exam. You can include and plan for revision from the beginning of the course. Here are some examples:
- Make your notes readable attractive and visually compelling
- If possible, start to over learn names, dates, and key details. Even if you forget them, they will be easier to learn a second time round.
- Being intense revision about four weeks before the exam.
- Read the sections on "exams" well before the exam.
2. Reading through notes over and over again
- Use creative and interactive strategies. This keeps your mind alert and helps integrate information
- Instead of just reading, read in order to find out. The best way to do this it to look for material related to possible exam answers.
- Discussing past exam questions with a friend makes this process more interesting.
- Time yourself writing some essays without looking at your notes. This not only shows you which areas need more work but helps to increase your handwriting speed and your ability to think and write under pressure.
3. Writing notes out over and over again
- Reduce information to a series of memory triggers. Reduce a set of triggers to one key word or image.
4. Writing out essays and learning them off by heart
- This is time-consuming and counter-productive. It is unlikely that the identical question will come up in the exam. It is better to spend time reflecting on, and practicing, a range of answers, so you over-learn the material.
5. Finding ways of putting off revision (such as urgent things that need to be done, watching TV, or chatting with friends or family
- Make a revision ********* which leaves empty spaces to cater for real emergencies.
- Use watching television or other distractions as a reward – put them in your *********.
- Try revising with other students or involve others in your revision.
6. I can't force myself back to study
- Check your motivation
- Rather than forcing yourself, encourage and entice yourself to study through shot-term goals, challenges, creativity and company
- Check that your ********* has sufficient breaks for rest.
7. I start to panic. I feel I'm never going to get through it all or remember it
- Work with positive-minded people
- Work steadily to small goals.
- Speak to professional counselor or advisor
8. I can't cope with the boredom of it. I start to daydream or wonder why I am bothering
- Work in a lot of shorter spells
- Boredom suggests that your are not using a variety of interactive learning techniques, nor your creativity.
- Look for ways of introducing variety into your studying sessions
- Invent an essay or a test for yourself
9. I have too many responsibilities to make my revision practicable
- Make use of short spells of time, on bus , between classes etc
- Break the work into small pieces. Always carry some work with you
- Carry an exam question in your head and scribble down ideas in odd moments.
10. stopping revision before the process of over-learning is complete
- it is important to keep checking back what you have learnt, and to reduce your material to shorter, key memory triggers
- keep asking yourself " how can I use what I have learnt to answer other questions that might come up?
- Over-learning takes time, use spare moments well .
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