For all those students currently studying for exams (language/school/university or otherwise) the article on the link below is essential reading. It's not about how many hours you put in - it's about what you do. It's not about recognising, but recalling. Test yourself, practice the tasks that you will have to do in the exam and put your time and effort into learning what you don't know or can't remember.
The way you're revising may let you down in exams – and here's why by Tom Stafford
Tom Stafford is a lecturer in psychology and cognitive science at the University of Sheffield
Saturday 7 May 2016 09.00 BST
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/07/the-way-youre-revising-may-let-you-down-in-exams-and-heres-why
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