Motivation For Revision.

[StrOwez]

Well Exams are coming up soon, and I have so much revision to do :)

 

 

 

But sometimes I, like many others I know find it hard to revise due to lack of motivation. So boys and girls share your tips with us exam seeking folks, about the good old methods to get yourself to do some work.

[Somnambulism]

Get together with someone else to do it. I find that always helps me, not just with revision but going to the gym too - if you don't turn up then you're letting them down and vice versa.

[Gin_and_Tonic]

Turn off the internet/un-plug the cable. \

[StrOwez]

Turn off the internet/un-plug the cable. \

 

 

 

I'm thinking about that, but but but...arh

[Trade_With]

I always say to myself "Oh yeah, ill definitely revise tonight"

 

 

 

I go home.

 

I go on the Internet.

 

I don't revise.

 

 

 

But i'm one of those people who revise and leave things to the last minute - I have a 1000 word essay for tomorrow, I haven't started it yet. But I like this style of revising - working under pressure and a strict time limit pushes me to work well.

 

 

 

I'd say just find a style that suits you, maybe try to mix up your revision with other activities.

 

 

 

I have my exams soon as well - first one on the 11th May. I'll revise on the 8th and 9th :P

 

 

 

Good luck!

[topman]

you and your mate can revise the same topic for one night, meet each other in the library or something and test each other. if he/she answers more questions correct than you, buy them a drink or something. you'll feel more motivated to beat your friend and show how smart you are and vice versa

 

 

 

usually works for me :P

[1_man_army]

Lmao I'm the worst in the world for putting things off. Right now I've got a 3000 word uni report to finish (1000 words in so for) & a 2500 word essay to start. Both have to be in for Friday morning but yet I put it off by posting this...

[Somnambulism]

On the subject of unfinished work:

 

 

 

15,000-20,000 word report on a program I haven't yet finished, in for next friday... Though I have done 8,000 so far.

[anonimu]

This is coming from someone who has never "revised"/studied.

 

 

 

First of all, stop posting on forums. Unplug your T.V. (and your computer if you don't need Wikipedia), and give the cable(s) to a friend. Tell him to not give them back until after the test. Then (block all pages not related to what you're studying) study.

[Ozzy_Patrick]

I agree with the idea of isolating yourself from all entertainment that will distract you. I am supposed to be doing some work right now but I've got the TV on and I'm posting on Tip.it :wall:

[Bubsa]

Get together with someone else to do it. I find that always helps me, not just with revision but going to the gym too - if you don't turn up then you're letting them down and vice versa.

 

That is a really good one, good sense of responsibility for yourself and someone else, as well.

 

 

 

But don't worry too much. I though if I didn't revise well enough last year, things would go bits up by not getting into uni etc. Well, I got in, but nothing could have prepared me for this year (in a non-academical sense) and I'm at another crossroads.

 

 

 

What I'm trying to say is, it's not the be all and end all. Relax a bit, don't take it so serious all the time, but when you do, go at it 100%.

[menot]

generally get rid of distractions if you can...

 

other than that, organising revising/working with someone is great.

 

 

 

i've got far too much revision i should be doing atm. (aswell as a 10,000 word dissertation to do due in 5 days... 9000 words to go) (end brag about how much work needs doing, as seems to be the case in most posts)

 

 

 

 

 

sometimes, if your clearly getting nowhere, but youre sat there trying to work... go away, deliberately do something else for maybe half an hour or something.. then hopefully when you come back you wont be as easy to distract

[Pete_the_Viscous]

As soon as you notice you're not taking anything in, take a short break and do something else you feel like doing. There's no point staring at something hoping you'll remember it later.

 

 

 

Do past papers and re-do homeworks. Especially useful if you have answers to them already. Typically, knowing the course isn't enough, as the questions always ask more of you than simply that -- and doing lots of questions is just... good.

 

 

 

If the sorts of questions you'll be asked are such that you typically can't answer at least one, then having more than one person working on it is always a good thing, because typically one of you can.

 

 

 

I wouldn't, you know, dismantle your computer, remove your TV and / or anything like that. I tend to take myself off to the library -- anywhere that isn't at home, and is significantly far a walk away that I end up thinking "well... I could stop now, but... then I'd have to walk for half an hour", and suddenly doing 5 mins more work doesn't seem like the worst choice.

[No_OnE]

Lmao I'm the worst in the world for putting things off. Right now I've got a 3000 word uni report to finish (1000 words in so for) & a 2500 word essay to start. Both have to be in for Friday morning but yet I put it off by posting this...

 

I think I could give you a run for your money. I put 10 minute oral presentations for biology off until the night before they're due. It all works out because I have a decent memory and am able to memorize the info quickly.

[Striker6]

I've never really revised for any exams until this year. It is helpful, what I do is go through my notes/handouts I've been given and make extensive notes etc, as someone said above me do past papers (very helpful) and stick at it for a couple of hours, don't try and do any longer without a break because you lose concentration and essentially aren't learning anything. Just make sure you go back to the work at the end of your break #-o

 

 

 

Set yourself a certain amount of time per day, and stick to it, if you do that I'm sure you'll fly through your exams with ease.

[assassin_696]

I'm doing my GCSE's and the odd extra AS level, so all I have to do is imagine getting that brown envelope in august with my results and opening it, because that's what i've got and that's it. I can change that now though, I haven't sat those exams yet, so I can still determine what's on that piece of paper. That's my motivation.

[magekillr]

But I like this style of revising - working under pressure and a strict time limit pushes me to work well.

 

 

 

me too lol. i really wanna change it though, as i was getting 15 hours of sleep in a 5 day period on average for 2-3 weeks. i kept passing out during class :(

 

 

 

i havn't studied once this year at Tech, and will be leaving my freshmen year with a 3.1 GPA (out of 4). i started the first semester with a 2.65 because of a poor Calculus instructor who graded ridiculously hard (like 10 points off on a test for minimal errors...when 1-2 points (or none at all like my roommate's professor did when he made the same minimal error) would have been sufficient).

 

 

 

my second semester i pulled it up to a 3.43...so it avged to a 3.1.

 

 

 

i think if i actually studied/did work i would be in the 3.75-4.0 range...i just can't do it. it's so pointless...i hate studying for a test when you don't even retain the material a week- few weeks later.

 

 

 

team design projects are a much better way to grade students (well in their later years)...you learn much more by doing...and keep it in your head.

 

 

 

gaaah...stupid exams. i gotta study for my micro economics final right now for tomorrow...but i keep pushing it off #-o

[Geordiequeen]

I can not sit down, read information and take it all in. It just doesn't happen for me. With this being a very important year for me school wise me and some friends have come up with a system. Every Saturday night we all go to one and others house and revise together. It is much better because we all help each other like i am really good at English and Health and Social studies but not so good at the coursework side of Drama. I help one of my friends in English and another in HnSC and helping them and going over it with them really helps the information stick in my brain. On the other hand another of my friend goes through my Drama work with me, helping me revise and helping her revise too.

 

 

 

It works for me and my friends and hey instead of my usual B in drama in my last peice of coursework i got A* so it's got to work.

[highlanders]

Sit down 2 hours before the exam, study or die :P

 

A little pressure like that may help, I used to do it before exams, worked because the info was fresh in my mind.

[warri0r45]

I'm having similar problems at the moment. Can I advise anyone in highschool with motivational issues to get them sorted before you go to uni/college if you choose too...

 

 

 

8 weeks in and hardly and study whatsoever. Not proud of it, but I know I'll be back on track next semester (no more maths or physics ever!!)

[TotalTalker]

If this type of revision works for you, then great.

 

 

 

Find games or ways of doing revision on the internet that are, well they wouldnt really be fun, but not where you have to sit down and take notes all the time. I believe that if your doing something boring, your not putting enough effort into this, in terms of revising, you wont be learning unless you find a way of doing it more enjoyable.