Exams are close; here’s one way to plan your revision.

1. Use your scheme of work to identify what to expect on the exam - or make your own from the specification .  Print it off and cut it into sections to create a mindmap, do it on one piece of paper, A3 if you can get it, (unused wrapping paper perhaps?). You can then see the scope of your revision.

3. Review your notes:
a. The chapters provided the big Ideas, the topics - review these as the core elements of you course and your mindmap.
b. For each core idea review its sub-topics and supporting details. Look for themes that link topics: the price mechanism; the functions of prices; efficiency; elasticity; market failure; government failure; government intervention and government failure.
c. For each topic subtopic and theme, provided contrasting examples – on separate paper, explain the examples you have used.

4. Re-read any old tasks you had for practice – particularly the comments. What were the common themes?
a. If your essay indicated that your application was weak, do you understand why? Application is about your use of the context material and other examples to display your understanding of the theory.
b. If it you needed to improve your analysis, break it down. Do you understand the diagrams? Can you use the diagram to analyse?
c. Do your explanations of shifts and movements clearly describe the causes and effects, and counter measures for the problem set?
d. Was evaluation of each paragraph clear and precise?
e. Did your final paragraph(s) clearly answer the question?
f. Do a new essay plan of every weak answer - can you really do it better?

5. Review the types of questions that will be asked so you know how to score points in the examination. Use past papers to practice answers in each of the topic areas.

6.  Write detailed essay plans (rather than the whole essay) – focus on the diagram(s) and the evaluation.

7. Practice the multiple choice questions!