Revision techniques

[snowdude2910]

I wasn't really sure where to post this but I guess here will do. I applied to NATS a couple of years ago for a trainee air traffic control position, passed an online assesment and was invited to book an assesment at one of their sites but as I work full time and the dates only seemed to come online at 48hours notice I didn't bother booking. They've contacted me again out of the blue with another invite to attend assesment and they've sent me a document of info to learn so I'm going to go for it this time, in the document it has lots of stuff about radar, airspace types etc which I can learn quite easily but the second half is a list of about 30planes some with 3 variations with speed range, altitude range, how many passengers the 3 variations carry and the routes + companies that use them. Does anyone have any ideas on how the fk I'm going to memorise these I take in structured information quite easily but I have no idea how to take this in. I made loads of little cards before with all of the info on for each plane and just learnt them one at a time but it took me a long time to learn half and when reciting them back I was probably only getting a 90% success rate. Any advice would be greatly appreciated ... Matt

p.s learning the rest word for word and hoping it is enough for a pass isn't an option I did that before when I applied the first time and about half of the paper turned out to be on the plane specs but the rest I felt I had done really well with.

[rog007]

There are no special techniques for planes per se, rather it's just an extension of existing memory techniques. In a similar position I'd group the aircraft, those with similar characteristics/shapes, and memorise in chunks (chunking, the oldest method for memorising). Good luck!

[z4chris99]

Your right in that cards with each plane on is a good way to go, don't just recite these but write them over and over again.

I'd also assign each plane a number or letter. So your memory can link that to the plane.

I think if you've written it a few hundred times you'll start to get the jist.

[snowdude2910]

Cheers I'll try the grouping and the numbering thing aswell as writing them down and see how I get on. I spend a good 3 or 4 hours a night watching tv at work so I've got plenty of time on my hands and 4 weeks to do it in so shouldn't be a problem thanks again :-)

[FRMATT]

As well as the cards you could stick the info on the walls around your home (or work if possible) e.g. in front of you on the bog, on the fridge etc. The longer time you spend in that place without having to think of something else the better!