Techniques for Active Study & Revision:

• Ensure you understand what you need to know and ask questions if you are not sure (attend Academic Coaching for help)
• Make good study notes or summaries
• Put information into your own words in dot point form
• Make and use flashcards of rules, definitions, formulas you need to learn with questions on the front and the answer on the back and test yourself on them
• Use memory tricks (mnemonics) – make up acronyms, rhymes, song lyrics, stories- to help you remember
• Make a mind map
• Break down information into smaller chunks
• Associate new information with things you already know
• Read your notes out aloud
• Record your notes in a voice memo and then listen back to it over and over (even while walking the dog or going for a jog!)
• Read your notes and write down what you remember without looking at your notes
• Use the 3R’s: Read, Recite, Recheck
• Test yourself to check if you remember what you need to know
• Explain what you have studied to someone with a study buddy; teach someone else
• Act out the information
• Frequent review and review new learning within 24 hours
• Practice lots of questions on the topic; use practice tests/ exams under the same time conditions

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