The end of term 2 is almost upon me and lectures have ended. 2 is almost upon me and lectures have ended. I have six weeks to revise for four modules, twice as much time as I had to prepare for the January exams. My aim is to complete my Environment and Sustainability revision by the time I leave for Easter holidays (29th March), giving me more time to read and revise for other, much larger modules. I have difficulty keeping up with readings because they are very time-consuming but I am trying to address this issue by reading for an hour a day. However, it is hard to motivate myself but I am trying and, as a result, I have recently completed readings for a large section of one of my modules. I think my essays have helped with reading because they are based on topics from the Human Geography modules and therefore the reading I do for the essays can be used for the module exams. I will aim to read between note-revision sessions over the holidays to increase the number of journal and book notes I can utilise in my exam.
At the moment, my revision techniques seem acceptable. During my lectures, I write out the notes in the format I revise from so that I don’t have to re-write them, then, before I start revising, I highlight key points or phrases. However, I have noticed that I often try to learn the point word-for-word, especially for Physical Geography modules, so I think I need to change this revision style. For the January exams, I was able to revise one module per week so, in my opinion, my time management is good and how I distribute my work is also acceptable because I still had time to have a life. However, there have been more lectures per week so I think that, despite term 2 being shorter than term 1, it may take more than one week to revise some of the modules. For my revision, I will need to make separate notes for Earth Systems because some of the questions are mathematical and I will need quick access to the formulas. I also need to read my ‘Statistics for Geography and Environmental Science’ book to further my understanding of how statistics are used. Although I did A Level Mathematics, statistics was not part of my course and so it is a new experience for me and therefore I need to do a lot of reading and practical work, using SPSS to further my understanding of statistical processes. I have already read quite a bit and think that I have a better understanding of some of the concepts, including data types (numerical, ordinal, interval and ratio). I think that I need to focus on the types of tests and how they are used because I do not yet understand this
ReferencesHarris, R. and Jarvis, C. (2011) Statistics for Geography and Environmental Science, Pearson, Essex.
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