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Revision techniques - the good, the not-so-good, and the useless

Ruth Tarrant

10th February 2016

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This old-ish article from the BBC remains one of my favourites in terms of getting a quick snapshot of the effectiveness of different revision techniques, as it is based on sound psychological studies of how we learn. You can find the original research here.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.