Is there any information you need, that is missing?
There is no right or wrong way to revise, it is an individual choice. Some of these ideas you might think are completely loopy! Others might just work for you.
Many students have told me that just writing notes and highlighting words is not enough anymore to stimulate their brain and working memory. So they have suggested there was nothing to lose in trying other ways too.
It is completely up to you, how you use these tools.
How to use it?
Draw on a sheet of paper, A3 might be best, a tree and write down everything you know about a topic on it.
The roots - What is the underlying business problem this area of the syllabus is trying to solve
The trunk - What are the key principles, that are the core to learning this subject area
The branches - Add key words to the branches that are connected to the key principles
The Twigs/Leaves - Add any other nice to haves, need to remember elements ie academic models, business examples, cross curriculum elements.
Plot the areas of the syllabus you are revising into one of these quadrants
Make sure you are fairly allocating your time to the left hand side, particularly the bottom left.
Your energy and focus will peak and trough through the day, also impacted by consuming sugar(!) so be sensible
Create your own podcast, there are free resources inc you tube.
Revise with friends and conduct them as an interviewer/ee. Explaining concepts to other people can be very impactful
Share them with your class or more widely, I'll pop them on my insta!
You can even find podcasts on certain topics
Take a piece of A4 paper and fold it into thirds - portrait
Fold it into thirds again - landscape
You now have 9 boxes
Summarise the topic area you are revising into 9 boxes
Add on to the reverse anything else you would like to add - look into
Source: The student mindset by Steve Oakes & Martin Griffin
