Summary
Building a revision sheet for an exam is ideal and one of the best ways to ace an exam. But it is a tedious task to create it. Why? Because to make a revision sheet, you must study the course materials for that exam and extract the essential part.
Once you establish an effective method for reviewing what you have summarized, you will be sure to excel in that exam. Here are tips that will help you do well with your revision sheets.
Remember only the essentials
The best revision technique to help you achieve top results is to remember only the fundamentals. For you to achieve that goal, you should set realistic targets for your revision.
You do not start reading for an exam a few days before you write it by cramming huge subjects. Instead, plan the revision and assimilate new knowledge about a subject in bits over a long time. Allocate 20 minutes daily through the year to create brief notes in your own words for review later.
Studying that way will keep you motivated and enable you to recall more of what you have written since you are not overburdening your mind.
If you continue daily to write the summary of any subject you are studying, you would have completed making the notes for review early before any exam.
Moreover, reading those short summaries of your notes daily, and practicing them to memorize the main points, won’t be difficult.
Build your revision sheet
Nothing beats preparation and practice before an exam. Use this plan to store more information on your brain with ease.
Know Your Learning Style
Because you are unique, find out the best way you can assimilate knowledge. Knowing how you learn will help you store and recall new information faster. Learning styles include kinesthetic, visual, and auditory.
Depending on your learning style, you can read and write, listen to audio recordings, make mind maps, do sketches, watch educational videos online, make post-it notes, and write on flashcards.
Write notes for review
After a lesson, write new notes in your own words on a flashcard. That will help you read and retain that knowledge faster. Later, combine all the flashcards to form your revision sheet. That will save you time and improve your memory.
Establish an effective method for reviewing
Get a quiet spot in your home with a comfortable chair and table with proper lights.
Test your knowledge
To recognize areas of strength and weakness, pick the past question papers on any subject to test your knowledge. You can also take online tests.
Discover Your Reading style
Experiment with different methods and select the right one that suits your learning style. The systems include writing notes from memory, revising past questions, and following revision manuals.
Write a summary
Write summaries at the base of your notes in your own words to memorize them. Next, confirm if you got all the main points down. Then, highlight any differences and focus on getting them right.
Teach what you have studied
Test the depth of your knowledge by teaching your friend or family. If you can teach it, you can recall it.
Work with a group
If you need help to tackle certain areas you are studying, you can gain insights from other students by teaming up with them or joining a group on the internet.
