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MOST OF THESE ARE COMMON SENSE BUT ARE RARELY PUT INTO PRACTICE

Write good notes

- Good notes are not necessarilly long notes with every possible piece of information

-Try to keep your notes clear concise and as short !!! as possible so as to avoid overwhelming yourself during revision, without compromising the quality of the notes

-Notes should have the important points, the big ideas put into words as simply as possible 

-It is generally a good idea to index your notes and include page references to the parts of your textbooks that include the hard solid facts that you have chosen to omit in your notes

-You can include hand-drawn diagrams or printed ones in your notes as an alternative to purely word-based revision (this is especially usefull in the sciences, namely chemisty and physics where diagrams play an important part in graded pieces of work)

-The use of tables and flowcharts should also be considered when writing notes as for some they are an effective way of organising and remembering information

You can colour code your notes using differnet colored pens according to subject, topic, or other classifications such as big ideas, real-life applications and examples 

Many also choose to highlight the more essentail parts of their notes, additionally highlighting also gives the option of further colour coding 

-Update your notes immediatedly or as soon as possible once a new piece of information has been learnt so as to avoid forgetting sometimes critical pieces of information 


-This might be difficult for some but when writing notes write NEATLY. Sloppy notes can be a huge hinderence during revision when one cannot understand or even misunderstand his or her notes




Don't I repeat DON'T attempt to cram the whole term/semester/year into the one night before your test/examination. 

- Firstly chances are that you won't be able to cover everything in one night

-Even if you do manage to do so you have probably compromised on your sleep, which brings us to our next point.

-ALWAYS GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST BEFORE THE EXAMINATION
A lack of sleep can lead to a lack of focus, heacahes, poor recollection, and even worse- falling asleep during the exam

- There are'nt many people who can actually do this(last-minute cramming). Even if you believe that you can or actually one of the few that can, my personal recommendation is to not risk it and start studying weeks or even months before. Better safe than sorry and all.

- And how to study in those weeks or even months? Well we have already covered notes so on to our next point.





Ok so we all know this but who honestly actually does this. I am talking about POWERZONES 

-We all know how powerzones work. Study for 45 mins. Take a 15 min break. Repeat. Simple enough, you would think. But perhaps the reason why despite powerzones being introduced and reintroduced to us so many times without us actually applying it is because of the lack of understanding that some of us might have. The average person can only study for 52 miutes before getting distracted and requiring a short respite before continuing. So for convenience's sake we have the 45 15 rule.

-Basically this system promotes maximum studying efficiency. Generally of course. Not everyone can study or can only study for 45 mins staight without getting distracted. But 45 15 is a pretty safe bet. Of course if you feel that 45 15 is not right for you, feel free to follow your own system and timing. The basic concept is still the same.


TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS 

-Don't procrastinate. Really don't. This has been drilled into us since who knows how long ago. If you leave anthing and everything to the vey last minute you are going to find youself GREATLY inconvenienced, be it homework or revission.This is'nt only applicable to your academics. This is a useful trait/skill to have throughout your entire life. 

-In other words, once you get an assignment, start on it. You don't need to complete it immediatedly, but not making any progress at all is, well, no progress in more ways than one.

-Well-writen notes(refer to section 1) can help make revision far more efficient. It can help eliminate or at least reduce the need to trawl through thick voluminous nextbooks looking for that one fact or example.


-Writing notes can be a pain but in the long run it will almost definately be worth it (with any luck, it'll even possibly save you more time later on than the time that you took to write them)


-Lastly, ah well refer to section 2 on powerzones


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