1 / 16

KEY SKILLS Revision Techniques

KEY SKILLS Revision Techniques. Whatever you’re revising. there are techniques that help. Carrying a ton of notes?. Put key points on cards every day and revise from these. No time to revise?. With index cards you can revise anytime, anywhere!. Wherever you are.

dot
Télécharger la présentation

KEY SKILLS Revision Techniques

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. KEY SKILLS Revision Techniques

  2. Whatever you’re revising.. there are techniques that help

  3. Carrying a ton of notes? • Put key points on cards every day and revise from these

  4. No time to revise? • With index cards you can revise anytime, anywhere!

  5. Wherever you are • Five minutes after every lecture can transform a pile of notes into key point cards you can revise from

  6. Make points memorable by.. • Memorable or unusual associations • Structured maps or links • Explaining to others • Reviewing and reorganising them

  7. Collating, Comparing, Constructing • Comparing.contrasting & communicating ideas visually to help make sense of them • SCRAN albums are designed to help you research/restructure information this way

  8. Putting off the Evil Moment??

  9. Allergic to revision? • Reduce your notes to a manageable pile of index cards • Use old exam papers in exam conditions

  10. Study in a group • Take a topic each to revise • Can get you into a study routine if you find it hard to start!

  11. Nowhere to study? • Too many people in the library? • Too many distractions on campus?

  12. You could try… • Public Bar – works for some • Public Library Reference sections -quiet corners no-one ever uses

  13. Time running out? • Revise with old exam papers and target key topics • Libraries usually have copies of these

  14. Know what markers look for Answering the question. Read it very carefully to see what the answer must include. (e.g. ‘Compare’ requires 2 points of view) Providing evidence Give evidence for statements, and try to use course reading references

  15. Academic Essay Format e.g. key points made and developed with examples in separate paragraphs e.g. logical links as ‘signposts’ between these

  16. Give Us a Shout jennyu@scran.ac.uk sandrao@scran.ac.uk

More Related