[Jake.]

I've got two AS examinations in a couple of weeks, Gov+Pol and Sociology. Iv'e tried to revise, but I honestly think I am going to fail both, and it's stressing me out a bit. What do you all think is the best way to revise? thanks.

[InOne]

I thought I'd really like Sociology but it turned out to be depressingly boring. Found it hard to revise for that.

Try making little cards with all the bits of info you really need. And keep looking at them 0_0

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Scrooge

I thought I'd really like Sociology but it turned out to be depressingly boring. Found it hard to revise for that.

Try making little cards with all the bits of info you really need. And keep looking at them 0_0

It really is a pile of wa*k, cheers I will give it ago.

[Jake.]

I have read up online that making small cards with info on is good, and sticking them up around your house helps. ***** it, I shall give it a go

[InOne]

Yes, and getting your friends to test you with them always helps

I never really liked that bit, felt really corny, but probably did help.

[Jake.]

Well I live in greenhithe and my school is in gravesend, and pretty much all of my school friends live in gravesend xD but thanks for the advice. Im getting the mother to buy me post-it-notes from Asda on the way home from her work

[Jords]

I have Geography Stats, Applied Psychology and re-sitting Psychological Methods in Jan, not started revising yet and feel exact same way. Mind maps work for me its getting motivated to do it... imo they should be moved to Feb nobody is in the mood straight after festive spirit

[Z]

Writing out notes is pointless - flash cards and reading out loud, IMO, are the best ways to learn. Repetition.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Zee

Writing out notes is pointless - flash cards and reading out loud, IMO, are the best ways to learn. Repetition.

Thanks, thats what I plan on doing, familiarising myself with the notes. Ah well, will see if it has worked come march xD

[Z]

I apply the logic that listening to a song on repeat leads me to learning the lyrics off by heart - similarly, you read something aloud to yourself enough times, you remember it off by heart.

[MTVN]

I stick to the traditional way of reading and taking notes, none of this flash card or mind map rubbish

[Harry!]

I have been revising over the holidays and I have tend to have done mind maps (You can't call them Spider Diagrams because it "offends" epileptics). I HATE revision cards!!!

[Livia]

Everyone revises differently, and what works for one won't work for another. Do what you're comfortable with, set yourself a time,work as hard as you can in that time and then stop when the time is up. It's important once you've crammed your head full of the stuff you think they'll want you to know, to make some time for yourself and relax.

[Niall]

Mind maps/flash cards/post-its are what does the job for me.

[LemonJam]

I'm not going to suggest ways to revise because everyone has different revision strategies but I'd advise:

- Take regular breaks and don't cram if your brain can't take it
- Have a clear workspace for whatever you're doing with anything you need in front of you (textbook, pens, paper etc)
- Turn off your internet

[fruit_cake]

with Sociology, think about different ways the schools of thought would approach each topic, feminism and the family, christians and the family, new right and the family, marxists and the family etc that's what I did when I did it back in the days of cinefilm

[Saph]

I revised for my GCSE's at home for about 20 seconds and got bored.. so away the revision books went and on the TV went

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LemonJam

- Turn off your internet

This ^^^

Pull the modem out the wall and hide it away if you have to. The internet was the biggest source of distraction for me.

[LaLaLand]

Plaster your house in post-it notes with facts/figures on each one covering all modules, I MEAN EVERYWHERE! In the fridge, up the walls, doors etc.

I did A-Level Sociology and this method was what the teacher told us to do, it really worked!

Also - areas that you're not so good with, read up on at night especially right before you go to sleep. You'll be surprised what you can remember the next mornin'!

[Redway]

Stop posting on here and get a book.

Seriously, though, I always find that underlining and highlighting key phrases and then giving yourself a test on it always helps. It's about what works for you, so if that doesn't work find a method that does work and stick to that.

[Marc]

Reading out loud, reading it over and over. Making A4 cards with "brainstorms"