Why will this work?
The “100 to 10” revision strategy will help you identify and focus on the most important information, reducing the amount of material you need to remember. By focusing on fewer, more critical points you can improve your ability to remember and retrieve information during exams. By thinking about what is the most important information you are starting to get the content into your long term memory (you are learning!) Knowing you only need to master 10 key points can reduce anxiety and make revision feel more manageable.
How?
- Choose a topic and write it in the title box.
- Explain the topic in 100 words. The table will let you know how many words you have left without you having to count (there are 100 spaces)
- Once you have 100 words, pick out the 10 most important words.
- Cover the top half of your page and see what you can remember either using the 10 words or none at all.
