Revision guide

From when you have finished a module, leading up to the exam, your tutors will help you to organise your revision.  The points below will help you to do this effectively:

• Practising questions is the best way to revise mathematics.
  
  
• Look through all of your work at regular intervals throughout the course.  This does not take as much time as you might think and can really help you to retain the mathematics you have learned.
  
  
• It is a good idea to re-do the chapter assessments and multiple choice tests from the resources website as you proceed through your revision.
  
  
• Attend Further Mathematics Support Programme online revision sessions and Revision Days aimed at the modules you are studying, if you possibly can. Feedback shows that students find these extremely useful.
  
  
• Make sure you are familiar with the formula book you will be given in the exams and can find any information you need quickly.  Your tutors should be able to provide you with a copy of this.
  

Once you have revised the content of a complete module, you need to get as much practice as possible on past papers.

• Try to do complete past papers under examination conditions.  Check your answers using the solutions from the resources website. Pair up with another student and mark one another’s scripts, going through errors together.
  
  
• Save the most recent past paper to use as a mock exam, about a week before the real exam date.
  
  
• Spend the last few days up to the exam going back over questions from past papers .