Revision in Biology

[captainamy]

Hi!
There is clearly a lot of content involved with this subject and I'm not sure whether to hand-write my revision notes or type them. Would it be a waste of time to write them? What are you guys doing? Any help, suggestions appreciated, thanks! 

[Stick]

I'm handwriting mine because sometimes diagrams can be finicky to construct on the computer (and I don't just want to cut and paste the diagrams they provide in the textbook). I don't think there's any right or wrong way for doing this - just remember that you will be filling your exam out by hand at the end of the year, so the extra writing might be beneficial. Otherwise, personal preference will be fine.

[alondouek]

I am a strong advocate of handwriting everything. For me, at least, it was a sturdy means of active revision of content.

[Yacoubb]

I love the saying studying smart, not study hard. I think that what you should do is hand-write your revision notes because as Stick was mentioning, you cannot draw a mitochondrion on the computer and make annotations of the cristae/matrix and make quick references to them regarding aerobic respiration, for instance. Also, I suggest that in addition to compiling notes, complete practice questions. The skill you need to acquire before that November exam is writing out those answers, ensuring you have accurate content + most importantly, answering the question.

[ealam2]

I love the saying studying smart, not study hard. I think that what you should do is hand-write your revision notes because as Stick was mentioning, you cannot draw a mitochondrion on the computer and make annotations of the cristae/matrix and make quick references to them regarding aerobic respiration, for instance. Also, I suggest that in addition to compiling notes, complete practice questions. The skill you need to acquire before that November exam is writing out those answers, ensuring you have accurate content + most importantly, answering the question.

That last part is so true and very important. Sometimes I write too much for a question and end up not actually answering what was being asked. So skills relating to answering questions are very handy.

[AbominableMowman]

I would also rather physically write it down, because I believe that writing it down will be more active and you'll learn more..  I also tend to get distracted when I type notes LOL.
But also try to do heaps of questions, cause in the end its basically just answering questions..

[Yacoubb]

I would also rather physically write it down, because I believe that writing it down will be more active and you'll learn more..  I also tend to get distracted when I type notes LOL.
But also try to do heaps of questions, cause in the end its basically just answering questions..

I like to basically answer the same question in about 3 or 4 different ways. 2 ways may be really short, while I practice 2 other ways in a more detailed, complex way. This allows you to actually practice different depths of answers when you are given varied no. of lines relative to mark allocations.

[captainamy]

Thank you for your input guys, I'm without a doubt convinced to write my notes 
I appreciate your time and help.

Happy studying, and have a great holiday!