Let’s get revision ready!
Revision planning tips for GCSE science
Exam season comes around quickly, and it’s never too early to start planning your revision.
Tassomai’s founder Murray Morrison, made his reputation helping students to become ace exam preppers.
The Tassomai program helps learners get top marks at GCSE, particularly in our specialist subject of GCSE science.
Murray’s top tip for revision success is to start thinking strategically… use the run up to exams season to identify problem areas and topics that need the most work while there’s still time to get to grips with them.
Read Murray’s blog post: How to help your child revise - and why NOW is the time to start
Take a Tassomai Tutorial Video
Our users are invited to watch a video “in app” if our algorithm sees that they’re struggling with a particular GCSE science topic.
The videos are scientifically proven to improve knowledge recall and memory retention, they’re great for focused revision, and they’re also free to access for everyone on our YouTube channel!
Watch all our videos at YouTube.com/C/TassomaiTV
Here’s Murray talking about our Tassomai Tutorial videos.
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Brush up on those tricky topics
Our data shows that these are the subjects Tassomai users struggle with the most when it comes to GCSE science…
Displacement Reactions are an important topic for GCSE chemistry students to understand and one which comes up regularly in GCSE science exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Displacement Reactions!
Calculating Percentages for Ratios is an important topic for GCSE maths students to get to grips with, as it’s an exam specification point for major exam boards. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Calculating Percentages for Ratios!
We find a lot of GCSE science students struggle with questions about scalar and vector quantities. This “Tricky Topics” blog explains the key difference that students need to know to tackle this topic with confidence in their GCSE physics exams.
Homophones is an important topic for GCSE English students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE English exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Homophones!
Quadratic Equations is an important topic for GCSE maths students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE maths exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Quadratic Equations!
Poetic Form is an important topic for GCSE English students to understand and one which comes up in GCSE English exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with Poetic Form!
Diffusion is an important topic for GCSE biology students to understand and one which comes up regularly in GCSE science exams. It’s also a topic which we know many students struggle with. Read this blog post to get to grips with diffusion!
We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about catalysts. Our 6th and final “Tricky Topics” article explains what catalysts do and how.
We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about waves. The fifth of our “Tricky Topics” series explains how waves work, and the difference between longitudinal and transverse.
We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about the biodiversity and reforestation. The fourth of our “Tricky Topics” series explains what these terms mean, and why we care about them.
We can see that a lot of GCSE students struggle with questions about the hormones involved in the menstrual cycle. The third of our “Tricky Topics” series explains all four hormones in detail.
We can see that a lot of students struggle with questions about the Earth’s early atmosphere. The second of our “Tricky Topics” series explains what has changed and why.
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