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PAST AND PRESENT HIST REVS STUDENTS!
Phresh:
Hey all
Just wondering how you study history? Is the best way to take notes? Go through checkpoints? or just wide reading?
At the moment i'm afraid of not doing enough for history.. i'm aiming for 40+ study score.
Any hints and tips are welcome!
Thank you
kendraaaaa:
Read. Then read some more, and when you're done reading go and read.
Which revolutions are you studying?
Phresh:
The Russian and Chinese revolutions.
Do you recommend going through past exams as i finish each AOS ? and whereabouts can i get history exams :S the resources for history seems to be lacking
Thanks!
kendraaaaa:
I think the most important thing in this subject is constant revision. I'll try and explain kind of elaborately but this is important.
Week 1 - A
Week 2 - B
Week 3 - C
Week 4 - D
Imagine each letter is a seperate section of the AOS, for instance A is Bloody Sunday and B is Witte's reforms and so on. In school, you will be taught these things sequentially, and at the end of the AOS you will be marked upon it by a SAC. Now, the most dangerous thing (which was my downfall, I speak from experience) is simply moving on and letting go of what you have learnt. You need to read back over old notes every week. From that, you will absorb all that knowledge into your long-term memory. Come exam revision time, you will not be learning the course all over again but you will be doing checkpoints and past exams - which is the only, ONLY, way to do well in the Revs exam.
Pardon the long winded post, but I believe it's really important in life to learn from other's mistakes. Yes, History resources are scarce. The only (easy) way to get exams would be from your Revs teacher, if you go to a better off school this will be easy. If you went to a shit school like me you'll be given 1 trial exam and told good luck.
Phresh:
--- Quote from: kendraaaaa on February 25, 2010, 11:13:57 pm ---I think the most important thing in this subject is constant revision. I'll try and explain kind of elaborately but this is important.
Week 1 - A
Week 2 - B
Week 3 - C
Week 4 - D
Imagine each letter is a seperate section of the AOS, for instance A is Bloody Sunday and B is Witte's reforms and so on. In school, you will be taught these things sequentially, and at the end of the AOS you will be marked upon it by a SAC. Now, the most dangerous thing (which was my downfall, I speak from experience) is simply moving on and letting go of what you have learnt. You need to read back over old notes every week. From that, you will absorb all that knowledge into your long-term memory. Come exam revision time, you will not be learning the course all over again but you will be doing checkpoints and past exams - which is the only, ONLY, way to do well in the Revs exam.
Pardon the long winded post, but I believe it's really important in life to learn from other's mistakes. Yes, History resources are scarce. The only (easy) way to get exams would be from your Revs teacher, if you go to a better off school this will be easy. If you went to a shit school like me you'll be given 1 trial exam and told good luck.
--- End quote ---
Thanks alot kendra! that is very very very helpful!
I'm a bit concerned about the structure of my responses when answering exam type questions. I'm not sure how the marks are allocated.
I've done an exam question recently, and handed in to my teacher. He didn't give me any feedback, but just a comment; 'excellent'. But i don't want to take any chances thinking my response was 'excellent', i'm sure there has to be flaws. For the history exams does the marking scheme vary from examiner to examiner?
TY
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