Are you aware of the fact that one in every three students who have seriously attended the revisionary sessions organized by their teachers are now studying in prestigious foreign universities?
Well, the power of revision in academics is herculean and cannot be undermined in any instance. Let us delve deeper and explore more about this wonderful technique through this Litera exclusive blog.
What Is The Purpose Of Revision In Academics?
Let’s try some phonetics first. The term revision can be divided into two syllables, which are “Re” and “Vision”. While the former simply means “again”, the latter means “perception, observation or analysis”.
When the term “revision” is used in the field of academics it simply means going through the entire academic content again or we can also say reading, understanding, and studying one more time.
One of the primary purposes of revision in academics is that it helps us to retain things in a better and long-lasting way. This certainly has many benefits, which are listed below:
1. Revision Helps in Retention of the Concepts
Ask any struggling student the reason for getting low grades. One of the most common and instant replies would be, “I usually forget the formulas as soon as I attempt a question or I am unable to remember the concepts while attempting an exam.”
This is indeed true and is a result of the poor revision. If you are not able to recall the concepts of the associated formulas then I wonder how you will even attempt the question? Leave the thought of scoring high grades.
Thus, revision helps in the retention of the concepts. No matter how nervous, stressed or anxious you are, if you have devoted time to your revision and have attended all the revision sessions organized by your teachers, you will recall everything while sitting in the examination room.
2. Revision Boosts Your Confidence and De-stresses You
It is a fact that a confident student can write answers that are twice better than a less confident and stressed student.
That’s why there is a good old wise saying, “Go into your examination hall full of confidence and there are high chances you will get out unscathed.”
The students, who take their revisions seriously and try to comprehensively cover their entire syllabus every time they revise, tend to become confident and less stressed.
This immensely improves their performance in the examination hall and helps them to score high grades.
3. Revision Enhances the Level of Your Understanding
Education in any form, kind, or sort is intellectual and profound. Being a student, you will not be able to understand the complete meaning of a concept, its complete analysis, and its practical usage only with a single reading.
You will certainly need to revise repeatedly to gain a comprehensive understanding of the academic text, only after which you will be able to form logical arguments of your own.
Your practice of rote learning won’t work in exams organized by International Baccalaureate; rather it is your practical understanding of the subject that will help you in fetching high grades.
What Are Some Of The Best Revision Techniques for Students?
Ask any qualified and experienced teacher, you will certainly hear that academic revision is an art. The more you do it the better you become.
Below is a list of the some of the best revision techniques for the students:
1. The Pomodoro Technique
Don’t cram. Try to understand. And that too by following a process.
A typical Pomodoro technique proposes the following revision process to its students:
- To begin with, start revising your academic content for 25 minutes
- Take a 5 minutes break
- Start revising again
- Follow this process until the completion of 2 to 3 hours from the point you started revision
- Now, Don’t overstretch yourself and take a 2-hour break
- After this, come back to your study table rejuvenated, refreshed and begin revising
2. Set Yourself Some Rewards
“Today, I will complete the revision of Electrodynamics from Physics, and then I will give myself a pizza treat. But, if I am not able to achieve my target, there will be no pizza and I will eat whatever my mother made for me.”
Our brain is lazy and works appropriately when it sees some treats. By setting rewards for yourself, you are simply motivating your brain to work harder and achieve the set reward.
Hence, just set an optimal reward and achieve all your revision targets. But, do it within a limit and never get too distracted or inclined towards it.
3. The Pictures Are Easy To Remember
Our brain loves innovation and is a huge fan of art. It simply loves to see and remember pictures more efficiently than the plain and boring words.
Hence, while revising:
- Shortlist all your tough concepts and ideas
- Try preparing a mind map, spider diagram, or a picture map of them by linking them appropriately
- Try to use different color pens while drawing
This will immensely help you in enhancing your retention and you will certainly recall all the concepts mentioned in your drawing in the examination hall.
What Are The Best Tips And Techniques For Teachers Conducting Revision Sessions?
Undoubtedly, teachers work as hard as students. Exam days are tough and stressful not only for students but also for their teachers as the will to succeed is ignited equally between both the fraternities.
The teachers should always conduct revision sessions because:
- It will help the students to remember the concepts, ideas, and formulas, which they have forgotten
- It will help the teachers to understand where does a student stands amid fierce academic competition and what all needs to be improved
- It will help the students to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts, which they have already studied and understood
Below are some of the best tips and techniques that every teacher must follow while organizing revision sessions:
- Make the students memorize keywords and ideas that form the core of a tough concept
- Use pens of different colors in various combinations and make revision exciting
- Engage and interact with the whole class by posing open-ended questions
- Understand the academic gaps and prepare certain quizzes (like Kahoot) to maximize the learning outcomes
How Teachers Can Counsel Students To Ease Students’ Stress?
Stress is like a common mess and has stung almost every soul in the universe. It is merciless and didn’t spare even the young innocent students, who are about to explore their life.
Well, we can accept defeat; but, we will fight, till the very end. Teachers are one of the most important allies of students in this war and a student always looks upon their teachers for stress management.
Below are some of the important techniques, using which teachers can ease the student’s stress:
- Teach discipline and time management to the students. This way they will better manage their assignment deadlines and due dates.
- Make the students realize that they are not going to war; instead, examinations are only a test of their ability.
- Tell students to engage in effective revision and diligently attend all the revision sessions.
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