Bound reference advice and discussion

[captainbob]

Hey everyone,
I've been writing my few notes on loose leaf all year, and am about to start finish off writing notes to consolidate my knowledge for exam revision.
I have no idea whether i should:

-Transfer my notes into an exercise book, so that it is neater and i know the contents better (also i can bring it into sacs more easily) or
-Keep writing notes on loose leaf paper and get it bound at the end of the year at officeworks, (so i can add in other useful pages in at the end, before i get it bound)
Both have their upsides and downsides, although i'm leaning towards writing it up in a exercise book, as it would just be a lot more convenient.

Also, in terms of the layout of my bound references what has everyone one done? I've thinking of splitting my page in half, and writing theory on the left side, and worked examples on the right, with some spare pages left at the end of each topic for extra questions that come up at the end of the year.

Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated, thanks for reading and best of luck for the rest or the year  



 

[Mieow]

It's a good idea to leave space for any additional notes and examples that you find you'll need to include before the exam. And tbh you probably won't use your Bound Reference (if at all) during the exam. In the methods exam I remember using it exactly once, and it was just to clarify one small detail in a question.

After completing all my practice exams I would compile all the questions I did incorrectly, the correct working out + why I got them wrong and then put them into my reference so that I minimized the chances of me making the same mistakes during the real exam. Similarly my first page was sort of like a 'checklist' kind of thing where I went over small steps that I often forgot to do in questions that would cost me marks, just little reminders like "Did you answer the question? Is it to the correct unit/significant figure?" etc.

[strawberries]

I would probably maybe rewrite the notes again neater on loose leaf? But obviously not all, only your weaker areas.

And what I did was that my notes were tbh all over the place, I would draw different boxes/colours for different concepts etc

Probably go with loose leaf, cos then you can add extra stuff easier (e.g. sacs, random sheets of paper/handouts from your teacher etc)

But yeah that being said you probably won't even use your bound reference during your exam but the process of making it is a good revision tool!

Good luck

[odeaa]

Don't waste your time rewriting it, practise exams are a much better use of revision time