Common Revision Mistakes

As we all know, exams are a massively important part of the life of a young adult wishing to better themselves and get educated. The results of these exams could have serious influence on not just the employment and further education prospects of students, but also on their confidence and general belief in themselves.

Most people know that gut-wrenching, sinking feeling when receiving exam results: the shaking fingers as you open the envelope or the search for them online.

Make sure you get the right results by not committing any of these revision sins:

• Wikipedia. That’s probably all that needs to be said on that front.

• Mistaking quantity for quality: so many students think that putting in the hours is enough, even if they are not really taking in what they are reading. It’s easy to think “Well I’ve put in five hours today so I’ll be fine”, but it’s about what you learn, not how long you spend learning it. Some people find it worthwhile to do their revision in short sharp bursts, testing themselves on what they’ve learnt at the end.

• Not listening: You wouldn’t believe the amount of people that write down the wrong revision questions before going off to do their Easter revision. If in doubt, be brave and ask. Ask your lecturer, ask your classmates, ask the cat. Just ask. Make sure that your hard slog is worthwhile.

• Low self confidence: going into something believing you’ll never be able to learn it sabotages your efforts big style. Have faith in yourself, you got onto the course, you’ve survived this long, you can do it. So do it.

• Distractions: Deactivate your Facebook and Twitter accounts and get someone you trust (ONLY someone you REALLY trust) to change the passwords and given them back to you after the exam(s). However tempting that night out is, how many amazing things are happening (which always seem to be happening when you least want them to!) just think of how you’ll feel after results day knowing you could have done better.

• Overwork: Okay we might have told you to pull back on Facebook and nights out, but we don’t want you to be all no work and no play. Slaving away at the expense of sleep, food and leisure time will only harm you in the exam, especially if you’re putting in revision for A Level. Put in a set amount of hours, making sure you’ve achieved quality not just quantity and then reward yourself with an episode of Eastenders or an hour on the PS3. You’re only human at all.

If you would like more information on how to get onto a revision course or how best to optimise your easter revision, search for “revision course”.

By: Becki Woods Adido Solutions

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About Durham Revision School: Our aim is to motivate students to strive for the highest grades at A level and GCSE, and to develop independence with self-reliance. Rather than working passively and unsupervised at home, students who enrol on the A level or GCSE courses are directed in their revision in small groups. Contact Durham Revision School today for more information on Easter revision, which revision course, is right for how, or how to get the most out of your revision for A Level.