Q. What is the best way to revise for GCSE?
7 Revision Tips to Help Prepare for Your GCSEs
- Set goals. Setting goals is a great place to start, as this will set the tone for the next few months.
- Create a realistic revision timetable.
- Understand your learning style.
- Take regular breaks.
- Practice papers are your new best friend!
- Work in study groups.
- Mix it up!
Q. What is effective revision?
Revising effectively means much more than simply trying to memorise information to regurgitate in the exam: it involves practise in recalling information in a flexible and ‘useable’ way; it involves practise in understanding and answering exam questions in an appropriate manner; it involves practise in assessing the …
Q. How much revision should a Year 10 do?
GCSE students (year 10 or 11) = 1.5 hours per subject per week. E.g. if they’re studying 10 subjects this will be 15 hours per week. A Level students (years 12 and 13) = 4-6 hours per subject per week.
Q. Is 7 hours of revision a day enough?
Although regular breaks and doing other activities is important during your holidays, 7 hours per day of revision is not unrealistic, and still provides plenty of opportunities to pursue other interests or simply have a brain break to let the revision soak in.
Q. Is 1 hour revision enough?
You should aim to revise for one to two hours a day, but it doesn’t have to be all in one go. In fact, taking breaks whilst revising is much more beneficial than just doing it all in one go. You give your brain a chance to rest, which is crucial to the success of your revision – and eventually exams.
Q. Is 5 hours of revision enough?
One student recommends starting to revise around 2 months in advance of the exams. Another student recommends gradually building the number of hours up as you get closer to the exams. She averages around 5-6 hours per subject each week, whereas a different student stated that he does 2 hours per exam per week.
Q. How long should Revision breaks be?
If you’ve been revising less than 20 minutes, then you should only be giving yourself a 2 minutes or less break. 20-30 minutes of revising should be rewarded with a 5-minute break. 30-60 minutes of revision can be awarded a 10-15 minute break. 2 hours of revision should get at less a 30-minute break.
Q. Which is the hardest GCSE subject?
1. Further Maths. Further Maths is the hardest GCSE Subject. This is because GCSE Further Maths has an extensive syllabus, complex and tough concepts that are difficult to grasp, challenging questions in the exams, harsh marking, and requires a great deal of independent study.
Q. How much revision should a year 9 do?
Revision sessions should be 1 ½ hours, about the same length as your exams – make sure you have breaks though. Work in good light, at a table and not in front of the TV / computer / ipad. Some people like to revise to music.
Q. How much revision should a Year 7 do?
How long should younger students revise for? I suggest that younger students should revise in 25 minute chunks with 5 minute revision breaks in between. This will stop them from getting tired and losing concentration and help them to break their revision down into bite-sized chunks.
Q. Is it better to revise one subject a day?
Do revise more than one subject a day – Split your time between two or three subjects every day, too much focus on one subject will tire you out. E.g. do some maths revision in the morning and some chemistry revision in the afternoon.
Q. How much a level revision should I do?
In theory, you should revise for about two hours every day in the month leading up to your exam. That should allow you enough time to perfect your exam technique in time to ace those exams. You can take breaks on the weekends if it works for you, but that means you should revise for a little bit longer each day.
Q. How much revision is too much?
Attempting to take in a lot of information all at once is really hard on your brain and helps contribute to a lack of concentration, boredom and that constant nagging desire to check your phone! In short, seven hours a day is too much revision.
Q. Can you revise too much?
We know it’s no good ignoring your revision. But it’s just as dangerous to revise too much. It can lead to stress and unhappiness; exactly the opposite of what you want to achieve.
Q. How many hours should one study a day?
4 -5 hours
Q. Is studying 3 hours a day enough?
The consensus among universities is that for every hour spent in class, students should spend approximately 2-3 hours studying. If your class is an hour-long once a week, you need to study that material 2-3 hours per day. Many experts say the best students spend between 50-60 hours of studying per week.
