Revision Guide

Space out and interleave your learning

• Cramming may work in the short term, but to commit learning to long-term memory, you need to space out your practice • We learn better when we vary our topics and subjects instead of blocking it all together • So, mix up subjects, taking a mini break between then, for example:

MATHS

PHYSICS BREAK HISTORY

ENGLISH BREAK

BREAK

BREAK

GEOGRAPHY CHEMISTRY BREAK MATHS

PHYSICS BREAK

HISTORY

ENGLISH BREAK GEOGRAPHY CHEMISTRY BREAK

• It can be helpful to study subjects with links to each other close together • Colour coding may help you ensure you have balanced your subjects – but don’t let colouring become a displacement activity!

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