• Question: Can you please give me the best way to memorise physics... it's the hardest topic to revise on...especially all the mathematic equations!

    Asked by shahreenaziz to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 18 Mar 2013.
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      James Holloway answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      So there are lots of techniques to studying, you’ve got to find the one that works. If i am trying to memorise a specific equation for an exam then I use mnemonics to do it. Lets do an exam:

      Y = mX + c
      (equation for a straight line on a graph).

      I’d try to make up a silly story or sentence that ties into the meaning of the equation to make me remember it. It doesn’t have to make sense, just something you’d remember, like:

      Yogurt = Milk eXtra Concentrated
      Yoda = Mini and eXtremely Cool
      Yikes = My eXam is Coming

      You can do this with anything, peoples names, formulas, places. Give it a try, it might work for you it might not.

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