Writing for Revision
1. Take a break.
Take time to absorb your research, take a nap or give it a day. Personally I like to get really comfortable while reading my notes then drift off at certain points and wake up and continue, this then gives your mind time to process the new information and come up with more original ideas and ofc stops you from getting too tired.
2. Set goals for yourself.
You know the time you have for your exams, so when doing test essays set yourself goals of completions that test you, for example, if you have an hour try and do it in 50 minutes so you have spare time to re read and add to and then you can pass this on into your real tests , try and give yourself around 2 minutes below the allowed time to re-read your essay (cannot stress the importance of this enough).
3. Write an outline for your paper (Revision Plan).
To get your mind focused, it’s always best to work from an outline (revision plan). Your revision plan is a starting point to help you think about how your paper will be constructed and how you will connect and expand on these areas. If you’re unsure of how to do this, try and find example answers and see the structure of how they formed their answers.
4. Don’t think too hard. Just write.
Use the information that’s already in your head on your first run through, this way you’ll be able to identify areas your lacking in your knowledge. After you write your first ‘off the top of my head’ essay then you can start revision the areas you’re weak on.
5. Write down every idea.
Don’t disregard your ideas use them all, even if they don’t fit well. Once you have all these ideas down you can then re-read your essay and then write out notes on these areas of how to include them (or if their well off topic) or disregard them, sometimes a remote idea can be original enough that you will pick up some marks for originality and analytical thinking.
6. Talk about it.
One of the best ways to get the information stuck in your head is talking about the subject with friends. The smart only stay smart because everyone’s always asking them questions . . . . well maybe not 100% talking but a good %20 of your revision should be based around talking, heck make a revision group.
7. If you get stuck.
If you get stuck while writing down your test essay don’t get mad, take a break and mull over the work you’ve done or switch to another subject and come back to it. Not all brilliant ideas will come at once and you’ll find new fresh ideas start to come back to you after a short break.
Don’t run on one revision technique, you’re brain is composed of many areas so use them all and see our other sections. Mix and match and find your ideal technique.
Another article for students from studentstyle.net
Redistribution, slicing, copying parts of this article and infact all articles displayed under the author Legend aka Tyrone Campbell the Admin of Studentstyle.net is fobidden without written concent and legal action will be taken, only MyArticleReview.com and studentstyle.net have the rights to display this and aprts of this article.
(1 votes, average: 9 out of 10)
Loading ...
Well-written article, and I must add, it was quite useful for me personally.
The whole article is coherent and easy to understand. There are clear headings of sections, which help clarifying the article. However, I must point out that you are using quite long sentences. Look at Paragraph #1, for example; there are only two sentences, but almost one. Divide your paragraphs; make your article even more easier to understand and coherent.