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r1ckworthy:
Hey! Glad you almost finished your biology depth study!
I think summary notes are not useful if you just straight up copy the information from the textbook word for word. This is what I did last year for biology, and I remembered nothing.
What I'm doing now is that I'm actively trying new ways to getting information to my head, just like Jamon said, in the form of summaries. So what I do is that I read a particular chapter or a particular section relating to a syllabus dotpoint, and then writing down everything I remember without looking. I look back to the textbook and then fill in any missing information in a different colour. However, this is only one part of my revision process. I make sure to always review it a couple of days after doing this process. In a session, I look at a syllabus dot-point and then answer it in my head, looking back to my summary just after. It is important you space out this review session as well. This is known as spaced repetition and it is an effective way to memorise something. For example, what I'm doing now is that I do the process, review the next day and then review it 2-3 days after. This means that I'm recall the information when I'm on the verge of forgetting it, thereby making the memorisation process much more effective.
However, you should also try to do as many questions as you can find, and understand how to answer a particular question as well. Only do the above process if you don't remember anything at all. Questions will help you immensely if you know the content!
Hopefully that was helpful, let us know how your trials go!
PeriPeri101:
--- Quote from: r1ckworthy on July 21, 2019, 10:00:36 am ---Hey! Glad you almost finished your biology depth study!
I think summary notes are not useful if you just straight up copy the information from the textbook word for word. This is what I did last year for biology, and I remembered nothing.
What I'm doing now is that I'm actively trying new ways to getting information to my head, just like Jamon said, in the form of summaries. So what I do is that I read a particular chapter or a particular section relating to a syllabus dotpoint, and then writing down everything I remember without looking. I look back to the textbook and then fill in any missing information in a different colour. However, this is only one part of my revision process. I make sure to always review it a couple of days after doing this process. In a session, I look at a syllabus dot-point and then answer it in my head, looking back to my summary just after. It is important you space out this review session as well. This is known as spaced repetition and it is an effective way to memorise something. For example, what I'm doing now is that I do the process, review the next day and then review it 2-3 days after. This means that I'm recall the information when I'm on the verge of forgetting it, thereby making the memorisation process much more effective.
However, you should also try to do as many questions as you can find, and understand how to answer a particular question as well. Only do the above process if you don't remember anything at all. Questions will help you immensely if you know the content!
Hopefully that was helpful, let us know how your trials go!
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so helpful thank you!! I really like the idea of actually recalling it in your mind first then actually seeing where the gaps in your knowledge are; then you know what to work on. I am in year 11 at the moment and I think I am in the same trap you were in last year, especially for biology, of just copyingdown information. I definitely want to get out of this habit early.
Best of luck to you for your trials :D :D
PeriPeri101:
hello everyone!
it is nearing the end of term 3 year 11 and it is a very scary thought that next term I am in year 12!! I will be finally getting my senior jacket which I am so excited for and the common room as well.
Though now I am getting all my notifications for exams and I did not realise how long they went for (everyone in year 12 probably thinking just you wait ;D ;D). But for me 2 hours on maths is a very scary thought.
Also I have been a bit sad because Year 11 means many lasts as we can't do things in Year 12 cause we are so busy. My last year of public speaking, my last year of the school theatre production :'( :'( I am a person that absolutely hates change and traditions coming to an end. So I have been feeling down about that lately.
Anways now to study for prelims!!! :-[ :-[
PeriPeri101:
one more week till prelims. Slightly freaking out because last month I was getting hardly any shifts at work last month and I asked for more. Well I may of stabbed myself in the back because now I have a shift, friday, saturday, sunday and monday. The weekend before prelims!! I am freaking out and I don't know whether to turn down these shifts or still go. Because I still very unprepared for my exams, especially maths!!
If anyone has any advice that would be so very appreciated
fantasticbeasts3:
--- Quote from: PeriPeri101 on September 01, 2019, 01:05:51 pm ---one more week till prelims. Slightly freaking out because last month I was getting hardly any shifts at work last month and I asked for more. Well I may of stabbed myself in the back because now I have a shift, friday, saturday, sunday and monday. The weekend before prelims!! I am freaking out and I don't know whether to turn down these shifts or still go. Because I still very unprepared for my exams, especially maths!!
If anyone has any advice that would be so very appreciated
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School should always come before work - I can't stress this enough because work will always find someone to cover your shift :-)
Best of luck for prelims!!
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