• Question: What are the best methods of revision for GCSE science? :)

    Asked by Gemma.G to Jamie, Kristen, Sheun, Simon, Will on 15 Jun 2015.
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      Jamie Johnston answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hmm, I don’t think there is one best method, as everyone learns differently.

      For me, the best way I found to revise for exams was to do lots of practice questions, to begin with I had to “cheat” and look at my textbook to help me do the questions, but the more questions I did, the less I needed the book, until I was able to do the questions on my own without help.

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      William Scott-Jackson answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      What worked for me was making my own booklet of knowledge in which I’d written up all my class/lecture notes. That way I reinforced what I’d learned by going through it again and writing it up so I could understand it.

      Then I had it as a reference to help me practice exam questions until I could answer the questions without a booklet.

      People have different methods of learning, you need to find what works for you; you may need to experiment.

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      Sheun Oshinbolu answered on 16 Jun 2015:

      Since everyone is different theres no “one -size fits all” when it comes to revision. When I was doing GCSE science, I wrote my own notes, did tonnes of practise exams papers and tried to answer lots of questions in class. The most important things for me was to do loads of exams questions to get the feel of how the questions will be asked and to be able to interpret what answers I need to give. Some people benefit from group studies sessions but I preferred to work by myself or have a one-on-one session with the teacher. Just try different methods till you find the one that suits you best.

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      Kristen Salzer-Frost answered on 16 Jun 2015:

      I liked to try and understand the why and how of what I was learning. I found that helped me remember things more easily. I also used to do old exams for practice, that really helped my find out what I still needed to work on.

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      Simon Marchant answered on 16 Jun 2015:

      It’s nice to see that everyone here used different ways of revising! I found the exam board syllabus for each subject on the internet, and used that to work out what to learn. It’s hard, I don’t envy you! But you can do it and it’s worth it when you do, because then you can choose what you want to do with your life! 🙂

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