Revising for exams is never easy and while the time spent with a private tutor in Wolverhampton can be invaluable in helping you boost your learning, it is by being able to study effectively in your own time that you can maximise the benefits of this extra learning.
It could be that traditional methods of revision, such as picking long periods of time to sit down and read through huge blocks of text, are hard to do. Motivation and concentration can be difficult to maintain and thus the value to be gained from such sessions may be limited.
That’s why it can help to try some unusual revision methods, which could help you in ways traditional methods don’t.
For example, Revising Rubies suggests you could try involving your parents by sitting them down and teaching them what you know. Let them sit there impressed (or bemused!) as you reel off the facts, dates and other information you know. Then let them ask you questions. Anything you don’t know will be an identified gap in your knowledge, so you can go back and address it.
Another trick is to write down questions with no answers as you go through, as when you come back to them it will force you to try to recall what you have learned. In effect this is practising the real scenario of an exam.
You could even make up and memorise nonsense rhymes or statements that help jog your memory.
Target Careers has some other funky suggestions. You could go mad with post-it notes, or use certain aromas as a tool (since smell can sometimes jog the memory). You might even record your own voice reading information you have revised out loud.
Your tutor may have other ideas to suggest. Which ones you use doesn’t really matter, as long as you find something that works for you. If an unusual revision technique can help you take more information in and remember it more effectively, it could make all the difference in achieving the results you want.