Way if studying p1

“Try this:

– put your study text in an envelope and mail it to a fictitious address in another country … and don’t put your own name and address on the envelope as the sender (use another fictional address)

– open the revision kit and read it, from start to finish, question, answer, question, answer, question, answer, question, answ…. and keep doing that, reading the book from start to finish

– when I say “read” that’s exactly what I mean. Don’t try to learn. Don’t try to memorise. Just read

– pay attention to the way in which the specific question requirement is addressed

– notice how many different points are raised in the answers

– reflect upon the professionalism of the answer

– and read too:

examiner’s reports

the last 10 technical articles

my exam technique article on the P1 home page

the exam technique article on the P3 (yes, P3) home page “From a marker’s perspective” – this article repeats the advice from my own article but it may reassure you to know that the advice is not mine alone but is supported by no less a person that a member of the P3 marking team

– but, most of all, read that book over and over again and again until 21 November and then post again for the remainder of the advice on how to tackle P1”

– Mike Little