Do you have any tips to make revision easier and more interesting?

Question: Do you have any tips to make revision easier and more interesting?
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Asked by Dr Sibley to John, Laura, Luke, Rob, Ruth on 15 Jun 2016.
- Ruth Patchett answered on 15 Jun 2016:
  
  I would say vary it as much as possible/ I like to make flash cards with questions on one side and answers on the back, that way you can test yourself or do quizzes with your friends. But there are loads of different things you can do, make yourself a fun powerpoint presentation (with OTT sound effects) or record yourself (voice or video) and play it back to yourself, or even put it on youtube.
  What is really useful is trying to comit things to memory as you go. So although it may sound silly try to explain the most interesting thing you learnt that day to someone, your parents, a sibling your pet. Einstein has a famous quote that “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.” so try doing that.
  Regular breaks help too. Try to have a schedule and do something fun in your break to reward yourself. I hope this isn’t a too long response. Good luck!
- John Fossey answered on 15 Jun 2016:
  
  Change location a few times a day
  Record your own voice reading something and listen to it while taking a walk
  turn off email and messaging
  
  Think about practicing your writing – train your writing muscles
  Its important to remember in the exam writing is the only way you can communicate your skill and knowledge. So write stuff out again and again
  If you can’t right solid for two hours – you are not exam ready
- Robert Williams answered on 15 Jun 2016:
  
  Try to vary your routine. Study for a while – do something else for a while and the study will sink in better.
  If you want to remember a physics problem go ice-skating.
  If you want to remember a chemistry problem bake a cake etc.
- Laura Finney answered on 15 Jun 2016:
  
  My tip and something I like to do it stick posters up all around my room and on the back of the toilet door etc that you will see all the time. You will take in more information seeing them every day than you realise.
  
  I also like to write things over and over and then cover them, write them again and check how much you got right.
  Make cards and then make them smaller, deleting the information you know each time until you get down to the little details left that you don’t know in a topic.
  
  I learn very well with pictures so I also like to make huge spider diagrams, especially if topics link like in chemistry and put them up then try and reproduce them from memory.
  
  most importantly DO LOTS OF PAST PAPER QUESTIONS! DO AS MANY AS YOU CAN GET HOLD OF! I tutor A level chemistry and this is my NUMBER ONE TIP!
  You need to learn how they ask questions and read the mark schemes. You can spot patterns and learn the kind of detail they are expecting.
- Luke Williams answered on 16 Jun 2016:
  
  I can’t better any of the previous suggestions, both because they are great ones, and because I was always lousy at revising.
  
  Hang in there, hope your exams go well!

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