Studying, Revising, Examinations

Easy exam revision - a summary of study and homework, revising for examinations

Studying, homework, tests -revise for exams; examination revision success techniques


All you need to know on homework, study revision, to revise for exams

-these are the gist of  what exam experts, expensive books on exams say


How to Study..   Revise..  Succeed in Examinations


Exam revision, revising for exams, school tests, studying, homework: learning. Learning is concentration, comprehension, memory -the mind is aided by the nervous system e.g. clip attached to thread held above a circle or cross drawn will swing in direction willed. Study techniques, revision and exam advice, preparing for examinations, are valuable examination help, enable easier homework and exam revision, enhance exam performance, get higher exam grades, better exam results.


Remember: perseverence pays; as the Cypriot 'Teacher of Teachers' the late Orhan Seyfi Ari, put it, just as a rope can eat into the stone of a water well, so can the student, the pupil, learn even the hardest of subjects, if he sets his mind to it.


Homework Help & Preparing for Exams


These get you in form for homework study and exam revision.

1. A few times daily stand on toes, clench fists, breath deeply.

2. Prefer mornings if late-sleeper, afternoons/evenings if not.

3. If after a meal, rest for 5-10 minutes -also before the meal.

4. Plan homework, complete revision few days before exam.

5. Study & revise, in approx. 40-minute periods, with breaks.

6. If many subjects, follow science with arts and vice-versa.

7. See, hear, in your mind, what you study ~role-play in it.

These enhance homework and revising for examination.


How to Study for an Exam �Examination Revision


In a quiet place.. first read summary of previous exam topic.

1. Read the current topic, mark/jot down important points.

2. Check those points & any formulae, understand them.

3. Those you must memorise as are, do jot down & repeat.

4. Do homework exercises, tests on the topic -check answers.

5. When you fully understand the topic, write a summary of it.

6. (After a 5 minute break) Read your summary of exam topic.

If you dislike the exam subject, it is often because you haven't fully understood it. Before another exam topic rest 15 minutes.


How to Revise for Examinations


Don't fall behind in studying for exams, exam revision, but...

1. If behind, do exercises/tests covering whole of the subject.

2. Study summaries, check, understand, summarise those too.

3. Do past papers as if in exam. -it'll rid you of 'exam.-nerves'.

Past exam papers are very useful in revising for examinations.


Examination Help & Advice


Sleep on the eve of the exam, be there -15 minutes before the examination, early ~take to exams 2 black or blue pens, pencil, sharpener, eraser, ruler, watch -synchronise with exam clock.

1. Read instructions carefully, mark the compulsory questions.

2. Divide time between questions -allow 10 minutes at the end.

3. Do each on separate paper ~don't copy question -number it.

4. Start with easiest to you -state principle, apply it to question.

5. Write legibly, relevantly -don't padd/criticise ~nor abbreviate.

6. If points about other questions occur, do jot them down.

7. If you finish early, don't hand it in yet -review your answers.

Important examination advice: in examinations use pencil for subtotals, sketches, maps -keeps exam papers tidy ~ink all in on the examination paper later. If behind with answers in examinations & there is another exam question, a short sentence can get  marks. If you don't understand something in an examination do ask invigilator.


Caution about Tests, Exam Revision, Examinations


UK's 2000-2002 exams had impossible questions ~ if so, later consult teacher/tutor.


On exam revision, how to study & revise, chapters are devoted to memory systems based on association -also using numbers (e.g 1789, Antoinette  cutting cake with 1 candle on it for 7 guests too into 8 pieces listening to 9th symphony ~or in imaginary town placing cake on shelf 9 in room 8 on storey/floor 7 in house 1 -Graeco-Roman library indexing). They involve reverse association, are questioned, disfavoured -revise as above for exams.


Techniques of studying and revising for examinations, whether studying and revising for academic examinations or professional examinations -or any other kind of examinations, are similar ~much have been written on studying and revising for school-classroom tests, on studying and revising for internal examinations and external examinations -be it studying and revising for formal or informal examinations, be it studying or revising in full time study or part time study or distance education and learning, the above are useful in studying and revising for examinations; trying these study & examination revision techniques should help to  better revise for examination & easier exam revision.


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