Plan your week
A small plan beats a big one.
A few short sessions spread across different subjects will do more for your memory than one long session the night before. Add what you plan to revise, then print it or take a photo to keep it with you.
This week
Making the most of your plan
Three things that make a revision week work.
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Spread subjects across days.
Revising different subjects in different sessions — rather than one subject all week — produces stronger long-term recall. This is called interleaving, and it tends to work better even when it feels harder.
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Shorter sessions on more days beat one long one.
A 20-minute session on Monday and another on Thursday will do more for your memory than a single 40-minute session, even though the total time is the same. Short and spread is the aim.
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Put at least one topic in your plan twice.
When you revise something and come back to it a day or two later, the memory becomes much harder to lose. Schedule a return visit to anything that felt difficult — with a gap in between.