Before the GCSE Maths exam in June 2007, there are 6 important Stages:
- (1) Revising for your Mock Exam
- (2) Completing coursework (tasks)
- (3) Finishing the syllabus
- (4) Practising with past exam papers
- (5) Revising for the exam
- (6) Taking the GCSE maths exam
(1) Revising for your Mock Exam: Revision Cards can Help You Revise Quickly !!
The mock exam is an opportunity to see where you are, with a few months to go before the exam, when faced with a past exam paper under full exam conditions. Some schools make it fairer by adjusting this paper to only include topics students have covered. This is often an opportunity missed though as pupils tend not to revise for it !
If you do take the opportunity to revise thoroughly for your mock exams then you will have started the revision process and started to put some information into your long term memory, which makes it easier to revise in the summer.
It is a good opportunity to practice and develop revision skills. Often students don't do much revision fpr mock exams as there is little time set aside to actually revise (as normal lessons and homeworks usually continue right up to the mocks). The mock result then 'shocks' the student into working - so it is often a great opportunity missed as some fast revision would have made the whole process a more useful and positive one.
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(2) Completing Coursework
There are 2 coursework tasks in GCSE Mathematics, together worth 20% of the final mark. The problem with GCSE coursework is that students tend to overly concentrate on each subject's coursework task to the detriment (and sometimes exclusion) of other subjects' homework. If a student falls behind, then this vicious circle of concentrating just on coursework tasks can continue until Easter.
The trick with coursework is to keep to the deadlines given (NOT leaving it until the last minute), AND to keep other homeworks going - this is a marathon not a sprint.
(3) Finishing the syllabus
Although this is out of the student's control - the earlier they finish the syllabus and so can then revise and practice in school then the better. (It has been known that by finishing too early some students relax too much and concentrate on other subjects that haven't yet finished ! ).
Find out from your teachers when the syllabuses will be finished for all your subjects, so you can see which subjects will need more revision at home.
(4) Practising with past exam papers - Use Revision Cards to learn the Important Exam Topics
Very important - but the wrong conclusions can also be drawn from this stage.
This stage is seeing what is needed in the exam and then seeing if you can do it. This stage also involves learning from mistakes and also getting up to exam speed. Typically students will do between 3 and 6 past papers.
This is good, but does NOT always reveal ALL the most important exam topics or the different types of question . Students tend to have a snaphot based on these particular past papers, rather than the full exam picture.
It is important to get a good overview of what the important exam topics actually are - use Revision Cards to find out the most important exam topics and the different TYPES of EXAM questions.
(5) Revising for the exam - Revision Cards can Help You Revise Quickly !!
Often this is left too late - perhaps delayed by coursework tasks, from running out of time or realising that there is too much to revise. The ideal is to start early and to be very organised - if however you have left it too late then you need fast exam analysed revision.
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(6) Taking the GCSE Maths exam - Revision Cards for the Important Exam Information
This is what you have been working for - the exam is worth 80% of the marks.
Exam technique plays a very important part in the exam.
There is a calculator and a non-calculator paper.
The exam is an opportunity to 'show off' everything that has been learned during the GCSE course. Too many students get caught out by not being aware of the different types of question that could be asked and are often not familiar enough with work that was done a long time ago.
QUESTION: " Do you know how many marks a particular topic can be worth in the exam ?"
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By using Revision Cards, students can quickly improve their performance even though they may not have a lot time to revise.
The Revision Cards design means that work can be revised very quickly indeed.
Since we have analysed the exam papers, the students know everything they work on are the most important exam topics and questions.
Our advice is to try and stay on top of the work as much as possible thoroughout the year
It is a marathon rather than a sprint, but for various different reasons many people aren't successful at this, or realise too late that this was indeed a rather good idea !
If anyone falls behind during the year (and it is easy to do this), Revision Cards are designed for fast exam revision, since they are exam analysed so they contain all the most important exam topics and questions.
 
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