16622 Revising for the exam
In this chapter you will learn:- how to use plans as your core revision material;
- how to take much of the stress out of revision and exams;
- how to plan in the exam.
Planning the typical exam questionsGiven what we said in the last chapter, that the mind only works in
structures, it makes sense to prepare for the examination by planning
all the typical questions that are set on each of the topics on the
syllabus. Once you’ve done this, when revision comes around, all
you need to do is commit them to memory, and test yourself to see if
you can recall them within ten minutes under timed conditions as you
will have to do in the exam.
The most well-organised tutors will give their students a course
outline of all the topics on the course and then get them to list
under each topic all the questions that have been set on each one.
This will mean going back a number of years over past papers. In
fact, it’s more than likely that those tutors who teach a course year
in, year out will have already done this for students. Each year all
they will need to do is to bring the list up to date with the most recent
questions.
When you analyse these lists into distinct types of question you will
find that for each topic there are usually four or five typical questions
that regularly appear. It’s these that you need to plan. Your tutors will
have their own plans for these and they will no doubt give you a copy
when you’ve done yours, so that you can compare them and make
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