Highlighters are great right? They come in groovy colours, and they really make you feel like you’re working hard identifying and committing to memory all the key information that you need for your exams. Highlighting can get out of hand though – do you have a highlighting problem? How do you know when you have a highlighter problem? That’s pretty ... Read More »
Tag Archives: revision
Mock exams - revision and exam practice are important
The first week in December may mean that it is time to put up the Christmas decorations or crack on with buying gifts for loved-ones, but for students up and down the country it also means mock exams. Mock exams may seem like a distraction to many students but they play an important role in getting young people ready for ... Read More »
Get back-to-school ready
Summer has (briefly) been and gone and it is time to return to school for another year of learning. When you have been used to relaxing or working for a few months, it can be exceedingly difficult to get back into the mindset of getting up at a respectable time and spend hours exercising the brain in the classroom. If ... Read More »
How to revise
How to revise for A-levels and GCSEs Put down that highlighter pen and download a flash card app!!! Kate Newton tells you how to revise and how not to. Sorry to have to say this, but the latest in-depth research on how to revise says that the best revision technique is – wait for it – to plan and start ... Read More »
Stressed about exams
Dear Annie, I am so stressed about my AS-levels. I don’t know where to start with my revision and I’ve got to the point when all I do is read the same paragraph over and over again and it still doesn’t make any sense! What should I do? Cheers, Oscar Hello Oscar, Thanks for bringing up this issue and I ... Read More »