Summary of revision techniques Revision techniques

Here's a summary list to print out and hang on your wall near your study area.

Index cards, mind maps and notes

• use to record key points
• incorporate pictures, colour, highlighting.

Learning posters and visual material

• use pattern, colour, symbols and drawings
• cover key points and topics
• develop diagrams for your course if relevant
• pin them up where you’ll see them often.

Key words, phrases, themes or concepts

• use the course introductions, summaries, key questions to discover what’s key in each block
• use two or three sentences to define, add course example and diagram if relevant.

Summary tables or grids

• compare or evaluate competing theories or key people.

Teach someone

• teach a topic to a fellow student or a friend
• thinking it through is effective revision
• fill in the gaps in your knowledge as you identify them.

Reinforce your memory

• as you end a revision session, review key points
• review again regularly.