Effective revision

From the list of efective ways of revision and recalling information I identify myself with thy following ones:

1 Turning text into pictures on and the other way around as I have a better memory for the shape and form than for the plain text, unless the structure of a certain word remainds me of something.(eg. correr - shape of the letter 'r' signifies the runner and the fact that there are three letters 'r' creates the sense of being in a hurry or a race of latters 'r').

2 Using different coloured paper or highlihters (personaly I use three colours, green for underlining words and sentences of a special value (expressions, phrases), brown for new vocabulary and cicleling key turns in the text and black for general purpose with two kinds of underlining (single and duble line) to emphesise the meaning and make the information more condensed.

3 Putting material into strange or outrageous context (as most of us do when we summarise new text while reading).

4 Learning material in different places (as sometimes I can recall the information by focusing on a place where I was revising it).

5 Making numbered list is also pretty common in my revision process as one needs a general plan to follow at any work.

6 Making up rhymes although I try more to find a word that I already know and that sounds alike.

7 Learning with or theaching with other people. I often describe in detail to my flatmate what I am going to write about or do.(if the information is adequate or provided in the interesting tone, naturaly).

I am mostly clear about why I am learning certain things (if not I desperatly look for a good reason)because otherwise I would not touch a thing founding it usless or simply unnecessery. I dont give myself any rewards during the revision as I find it to be to distracting. Nevertheless I always reward myself after I achieve what I had planned with a good movie and a glass of wine or else. I am gradually becoming more aware of how the information and skills we are being thought fit into our future learning, as the course progresses. Depending on my attitude and morals I try to visualise myself achieving the outcome most of the time. If I am field with to many doubts I just try to think of the grief amd dissapointment I will have in the future looking at my unfinished buisnesses. I try to eat and drink before and after revision period as I get easly distracted. If it comes to revision materials I try to preapare everything before I sit and start revising. Oh yes, I often get up and strech myself while looking through the window and that relaxes me a lot so I can quicly come back to what i was doing. I usualy test myself by telling about the content of the material I have studied to my flatmate or myself (although not aloud) if I still have any dificulties or the story lacks some important information I tend to revise again but only for missing information. When I revise a difficult or simply boring paper I usualy try to find an information that is in my field of interst or somhow controvertial and build up the rest of the story aroun it. Unfortunatelly my revision process is not always free from disturbing noises, quarrels and libations as i live in quite a dogy neighberhood and I find late evening hours as most productive time for my studying.