General Study Plan Timetable Regular breaks Remember to plan in 1 hour a day extra revision 3 weeks before exam

fore exam Study areas must be stated Study groups Every Friday assign yourself a fo used !uestion based on the weeks work and write a one paragraph essay on it " for revision #ook an appointment with a areers advisor p33$ " Stella %ottrell Go to workshops &' hour day planner page () " Stella %ottrell Reading time Note Taking %larify the ourse goals and ob*e tives Set a personal goal for ea h ourse %ornell note taking method Store work in two separate memory sti ks +n your notes write down your own thoughts, insights and onne tions Review notes after making them and add to them Review last week-s notes before the le ture Reading Read anything relevant to the sub*e t Find the leading *ournals on your sub*e t %hange all hapter titles into !uestions " e.g. - /istinguishing heredity and environmentbe omes -0ow do you distinguish heredity from environment1Summarise reading in one paragraph as your notes " so you an !ui kly remember the main ideas of the theories Assignment Plan Tips 2nline resear h tools p3'3 " Stella %ottrell 4eep referen ing guides pinned up Read books and arti les that other students might not /o a little work on an assignment the day that it is set 5ips for database sear hes p1)6 " Stella %ottrell %he klist of !uestion terms p1(7 " Stella %ottrell 8se the resear h you have done in your independent study Assignment Plan /o a little of the work the day that it is set 8se the deadline planner on p(7 " Stella %ottrell Examine the title and ourse notes to be fully aware of what is re!uired #rainstorm your ideas

+ntrodu e ideas that you have previously studied 9rite one or two lines that sum up your p.o.v on the sub*e t and ut it out, sti k it to the top of the omputer to maintain fo us Resear h " write out a list of potential !uestions that readers of your essay may think about with your points, and try to look for the answers in your resear h :base the resear h on your opinions not the other way around; :re ord the bibliography as you go along; 5ake some time to really think about the ideas that the resear h has brought up <ake a spider diagram to organise the info and link ideas together <ake an outline plan " intro, first paragraph :main point, eviden e, support et .; 9ork out how many words ypu an write for ea h point Start with the easiest ideas " state everything simply at first %ut out or hange irrelevant points Rewrite the draft =dapt the stru ture Read through and make sure the argument is lear to readers and all points link ba k to the main !uestion 4eep redrafting until happy with the final produ t Exam Prep

>ook ba k over previous work +dentify areas you may have missed or struggle with Resear h these areas and make flow diagrams to sti k on the walls Explain the diffi ult on epts to other people After Exams

%ompare what you thought would be on the exam to what was a tually on the exam >ook for patterns in the errors you made " is there a weak area for you1