To celebrate the first birthday of PsYonline, the team ran two online competitions for students to take part in, through the message forums.
From Monday 5th May – Thursday 12th May 2005, AS students from the PsYonline Partner Schools posted their answers to the question “What is your top revision tip for revising for psychology exams?”
The answers were judged by the PsYonline team, and the best 5 are given below.
Well done to everyone who took part and a special well done to the winners – who each receive a £10 CD voucher.
I find the best way to revise is to read through a particular section of my notes and then type it up in your own words. This way you have re-learned the topic and also condensed your notes into a form you understand. Also make your notes colourful and add pictures that represent what is being said and these acts as a memory aid! Good Luck!!
Submitted by James Haigh from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
After you've been reading notes for ages, make bullet points of key areas in each topic, and then try to remember all the main things you need. So for causes of stress, you have individual differences, sources of stress, studies etc. It's pretty useful for helping you to remember the key details and it gets everything organised in your head.
Submitted by Benjamin Fisher from Kirkham Grammar School
Get a whiteboard marker and write up key parts of studies you don't know on your windows in your bedroom so each time you open and close your curtains you see them. (Make sure the pen is suitable for windows!!) This is a little strange and you'd have to make sure you had permission from your mum or dad to potentially ruin the windows... but the concept is a good one!
(Plus has the added bonus of family members actively seeing you revise so they won't accuse you of doing nothing!)
Submitted by Zara King from Arnold School
Write revision summaries on post-it-notes and stick them everywhere.
Stick them on the fridge, on your stereo, on your TV, in the bathroom, on the sides of mirrors, and even on the back of your toilet door! That way you'll read the notes and know them all easily.
Also, the night before your exam, put a little note next to your bed so when your lying down, you can see it. Write that you’re going to be fine, that you’re going to do brilliantly and your confident and ready for the exam. You’ll go into the exam feeling like you can do your best!
Submitted by Zohra Shah from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Leave some space between revision and going to sleep. Do something completely different, so that thoughts about work do not spin around in your head preventing you from relaxing into sleep. Sometimes sleeping in a different place or position helps. This helps you wake up and feel more relaxed so revision is more effective!!
Submitted by Zulekha Desai from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
