Exam revision tips and techniques

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Ultimatums generally do not work as far as exam revision is concerned. So live with it if you are a parent or guardian.

Nagging will not help either, nor will bribes - generally speaking. So put your wallets away, clear a space and let them get on with it.

Harsh words and a lesson to be learned, but peer pressure and motivation will have the greatest influence on how much they achieve, and progress can only be made where there is a will.

In some cases that way is yet to be discovered. But in any case, avoid that battle of wills which is bound to happen in many households, draining both sides and benefiting neither.

It is their performance that counts - not yours. So keep your distance - although tea, sympathy and understanding from you will help - and a place to study.

Getting started is often their problem. Ours too, if we are honest, on things we do not want to do.

But 10 minutes is all that it takes. This is how it is done. And you can let your reluctant learner read on from here.

What to do

Forget what has happened in the past, only look to the future and what you can do to improve your position and you will be surprised at the progress you will make.

10 minutes is all that it takes. Anyone can do that. But in that time work to the exclusion of all else.

It is better to work for 10 minutes in an hour than to do nothing at all in that time, which is often the case. So start that hour with only 10 minutes of work and then have a 10-minute break. You can do that.

Then begin again and you will have done 30 minutes of quality revision in that hour. Gradually increase the working periods into 40-minute sessions or more, whilst keeping the breaks to 10 minutes or less.