Tip of the week

  • switch off social media when studying, or even switch off social media full stop, see Deep work
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  • revise past topics regularly — this will help reduce your stress around sitting your exam
  • remember, how well you do in maths reflects your attitude and method, not your ability — resolve to have a better attitude and to work more effectively
  • maths cannot be learned passively you need to actively engage with it by doing problems
  • try doing puzzles like sudoku, futoshiki, cryptic crosswords even — anything to get you using your brain
  • practise past paper questions regularly — this should help you to feel more confident in identifying topics in questions (which is a problem that many students have)
  • in any study session work on a gradient
    • warm up questions
    • C grade questions
    • past paper questions
  • as the exam approaches work through exam papers in a methodical manner — structure your revision in order to aid retention of material, approaches and methods