Yes No
Do you summarise class
notes by re-writing
them?
Are you summarised
notes much shorter than
your class notes?
Has your teacher not
explained certain facts
so you don’t understand
them?
Can you not recall the
facts when you try to
answer questions,
despite having revised?
How long before the
exam do you start
revising?
How many hours do you
spend revising (per
week) two months
before the exam
spend revising (per
week) in the month
leading up to the exam
Do you re-cap the work
you have learnt at the
end of the week?
Do you leave out key
words in your answers?
E.g. oxidative
phosphorylation, active
site, complementary,
peptide bond
Do you answer question
in bullet points?
Do you write as much
as you can to hopefully
get some marks?
Do you find it hard if
they aren’t directly
relating the question to
the work learnt e.g.
questions about
experiments
Do you use exam
specifications when
revising?
Do you use past papers
to revise?
Do you use marking
schemes to revise?
Do you look at how
many marks a question
is worth?
Do you know the
difference between
questions terms such as
‘describe’, ‘explain’,
‘suggest’, etc?
Are there topics you get
confused over? (make a
list of any)
Do you think your
nerves have a
significant affect on your
revision or exam?
How many activities do
you have a week in the
evening (e.g. clubs,
sports, jobs etc)?
How many times do you
go out clubbing/pubs etc
a week?
Do you tend to put
biology as a low
priority?
How many hours sleep
do you usually get?