Study Guide Directory: Memory and Revision Techniques for Exams: Improve Your Memory

How should I revise for exams? This is a question asked by many students, and the answer depends on your own preferences. My advice is to try several revision techniques, see which works best and then try more if you want to. Basically, you need to get experimenting. Use these techniques to improve your memory for exams! Before you do this, you need some resources which will give you the memory and revision techniques you need. Find them below, I hope they help you in your studying endeavors. Contact me via the contact page on the link on the right-hand sidebar to let me know how you got on! Good Luck and Happy Studying!

Some quick points before we get onto the resources:

Make your notes visual by: adding color to your notes and color-code your topics, highlighting keywords, draw pictures and diagrams.
Keep your notes tidy: Use files and organisers, use headings, and number or bullet points your work.
If you are tired of revision: Try revising with a friend, take a break, do something else - come back to your revision once you are ready.

Resources to Help You Ace that Exam!

1. Online Memory Improvement Course

Mnemonics (another word for a memory learning technique), lots of different methods to try out such as Association or Basic Mental Filing. Try and see what works for you.

2. Memory Strategies to help you Revise for Exams.

A set of techniques to get started on. A brief description of each technique, from Charts and tables to Chunking to Rhymes and chants to Diagrams, and some examples to help you put these memory techniques into practice.

3. Revision Techniques that tackle the What, Who, When, How and Where of Revision and Exams.

4. Memory Principles, How to use these Principles to Ensure you are revising better.

The above website presents a set of principles for memory and learning, each principle has a link. These links provide a brief set of points on how to put the memory principles into practice.

5. Seventeen Memory Techniques to help you Remember the Information you need to know

Memory Games and Exercises

6. Try some Free Fun Fames and Exercises to help Boost your Memory!

You can try these types of exercises daily to help boost your memory to make sure it is always ready for that big test.

7. Take Some Time Out and try these Free Fun Memory Games and Exercises

A whole range of fun games for you to test your memory, Memory Matrix, Familiar Faces, Memory Match and much more. Highly Recommended.