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Study techniques
OP - January 27, 2009, 12:24 PM

I'm having a heap of trouble concentrating on my exam revision...I get distracted way too easily...

I'm trying to find different ways I can revise, since most methods don't seem to work for me.

I tried learning the questions but there are too many to learn (there is a database that you can access for a fee for the question bank...)...and I don't find that to be a very honourable way of learning...

I'm trying mindmapping using bubbl.us ....but blah..it can get so tedious!

I hate taking notes...my manuals are so huge and I have 11 of them to study for ...so I don't particularly want to take notes on every little thing (a lot of things in them aren't really relevant)...:(
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Reply #1 - January 27, 2009, 12:48 PM

Mind mapping may be tedious but I do recommend it. I found that I could fit most of the relevant information for an essay topic onto one page. Then I could picture that page in the exam and remember most of it. Try using pictures and different colours to make it a bit more memorable.

I found it also helped to give me a goal for a particular revision session - to get one topic mind-mapped in a particular period of time.

The other tip is using anagrams to remember key points.

No way that any of it could be called fun but they might be alternatives to reading the same thing over and over again.
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Re: Study techniques
Reply #2 - January 27, 2009, 12:53 PM

Thanks...haha yeah...I'm sick of reading about aircraft structures and engines, but it's something I have to do
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Reply #3 - January 27, 2009, 04:52 PM

Make up a story to do with it. Write out some notes on it.
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