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=Revision techniques=

It is clear from research carried out by many researchers that: 1) Reading alone is the least effective means of revising 2) Copying out notes is more effective than reading 3) Reading and summarising or rewriting your notes is effective There are number of ways of rewriting your own notes:
 * 1) Mind maps
 * 2) Building a Wikispace for your own learning
 * 3) Re-writing your own notes and summarising your learning
 * 4) Writing your own revision guide
 * 5) Listing equations from each topic - noting all the parameters and what they mean, the units of each and the significant algebraic manipulations that are necessary to make all of the parameters subjects of the equation. Remember always the precedence of operators. Important for shm to remember the square root. Also manipulations of log and 10 and ln and e.
 * 6) How science works - list each of the applications and HSW facts and note how the ideas of the subject directly impact the HSW facts. Make a direct links, in writing, between the topic and the HSW fact in the book.
 * 7) Read the text book and make your own summary of each page in written or diagrammatic form ensuring you summarise it in as concise a way as possible.
 * 8) Explain what you have leant to your parents, or other people who are prepared to listen. These listeners need to have the capability to understand but not the knowledge you have specifically leant. Explain the ideas and see how muchthey can understand. Get them to ask questions of you to clarify their understanding. Sapient fool.

4) Use summary questions in the book to check that you understand the topics you have read. If you cannot answer the summary questions. review the topic again filling in the gaps. 5) Use the exam questions in the book and check the answers where they are available from the H:\Senior School\Physics\Pupil\2450 AQA Physics A directory. For each exam there is a subdirectory and then one for each of the topics in the module. Within these are the answers for the exam style questions in the book. 6) You also have a complete set of past exam questions provided as a book with answers. Those prepared so far are also available here to download. [|Particles Quantum Phenomena and Electricity Questions Revision Book - questions and answers.doc] [|Mechanics, Materials and Waves Revision Book - Questions and Answers.doc] [|Unit 4 Fields and Further Mechanics - complete book.doc]