Exam season is fast approaching… so, what tips and tricks can teachers and parents offer Sixth Form students to help them with A-Level revision"

Jonathan Taylor

North Bridge House Senior Canonbury, London
My advice would be to ditch the highlighters, avoid simply ?re-reading? and focus on more challenging activities, such as self-quizzing. Acknowledge that mass revision is less effective and plan a revision schedule accordingly.
At North Bridge House, we are working with four PhD students from the University of York to ascertain the effect of listening to music while revising. However, it?s likely the research will confirm that, contrary to student protestations, this is detrimental to effective learning. Therefore, anyone who is serious about their A-Level grades really should take out those headphones!
Steve Badger

Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire
If the exam requires you to recall, synthesise, apply, evaluate and analyse knowledge, the more time pupils spend doing this, the better. 
Effective note-taking is the best place to start, using the multi-layered Cornell Note system or anything that links notes with the ?so what"? tag, followed by questions done to exam timings. Pupils should return to each topic frequently, leaving at least 24 hours between ?visits?.
We offer a range of seminars to support pupils in this approach, not least of which is our team of ?revision champions...