Post on 22-Aug-2020
Revision
It’s not rocket science!
What’s already there?
School website – Parents & students
Top tips
Exam timetable
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Main messages
Plan
Active revision
Repeat and review
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Plan
Use a calendar
Mark in the exams
Decide how much time to give to
each subject
Work backwards Fail to plan?Plan to fail.
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Spread it out
How much time, and on which days?
On a school day, an average of an
hour and a half to two hours should
do
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Take control
TV – use catch-up and/or PVR
Turn off your phone
The games console…
And if you can’t take control, ask
someone else!
Parents
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
A place to study
A desk/table/worktop
Without distraction – quiet
Different to where you relax?
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Keeping it real
Active revision
Exams
State/Describe - recall
Explain - understand
In silence
Revision that…
Supports recall
Practises explaining
Is in silence…sometimes!Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Mental muscle
Use it or lose it!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Be strong
Be strong – turn off your mobile and
shutdown social media.
Reward yourself after a session's
work by turning these things back on
Active RevisionTechniques to try
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
read, cover, write, check
read your notes or revision guide for 5 or
10 minutes
cover (close the book) the information
write down what you remember
check what you've written
repeat this until you can write down
exactly what you are trying to learn
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Questions
Write a list of questions you must
know the answer to
Get someone else to test you
Revision guides often have a set at
the end of each section
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Memorise
Make up rhymes or phrases likeRichard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
Mental pictures helpWater is neutral and it’s blue – the colour of
the neutral wire in the plug
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Re-decorate
Stick up important information
around the house, especially in
places you sit and stare at things
Around your study area
Where you eat
Back of the toilet door
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision cards
buy some blank index cards from a stationery shop
on one side of the card write the topic
on the other side write the facts you are trying to learn – no more than 5!
shuffle the cards and then work through them one at a time – look at the topic and see if you can remember the facts on the back
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Glossaries
Subject specific words
Learn them
Use them
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Mindmaps
Good for complex
topics
Do it properly
thinkbuzan.com
Better done
AFTER a topic
has been learnt
and reviewed
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Explaining
Give a talk to someone else about
what you have been studying e.g.
A parent
A friend
The cat?
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Summarise
Write out notes
Summarise these on more paper
Summarise these again
Highlight the key words
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
The internet
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
www.mymaths.com (all South
students have the password for this)
www.kerboodle.com for any of the
sciences (individual logins for
students)
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Keep it bite-sized
Do 25 - 50 min work on a subject,
give yourself a little break, and then
do another session on a different
area in that subject.
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Refresh and Repeat
Neurological evidence shows that
repeating a memory makes it
stronger
Before you stop a session, go over
everything you’ve done
At the start of a session, review what
you did on it last time
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Refresh and Repeat
Neurological evidence shows that
repeating a memory makes it
stronger
Before you stop a session, go over
everything you’ve done
At the start of a session, review what
you did on it last time
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Refresh and Repeat
Practice re-call until you are perfect Online quizzes
Revision cards
Test questions
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Work with a friend
Sometimes, to break up the
monotony
But in exams…
Past papers
Available online
Check the exam board and specification code
Used by revision packages and by teachers
Wait until study leave starts?
Use the mark scheme harshly
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Summary
Do it
Yes, it is not fun
Plan
Make it active
Repeat
Reward
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Revision – it’s not rocket science!
Mental muscle
Use it or lose it!