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The Three Rs of Revision www.internetgeography.net/revision

Refine it know the course

identify priorities

create a plan

Make sure you have an overview of the full course so you know what to revise.

Based on past assessments identify the areas you need to focus on. Use a PLC.

Plan what you will revise and when. Spread out study over time. Create a calendar.

DON'T leave it until the last minute, plan to cover only areas you like and make your plan unrealistic.

Revis(e)it dual coding

Q.

A. flash cards

condense

Combine text and images.

mind maps

Spider diagram with images and text.

Question on the front, answer on the back.

blank page

Write as much as you can on a blank page.

Condense text to a sentence then key words.

revision clock

Five minutes per chunk. Write...

Review it DON'T copy text, highlight text, underline text and re-read text

self testing

Test yourself using flash cards.

do a quiz

Complete multiple choice quizzes.

past papers

Complete past exam questions and papers.

How to build a revision plan

What to reviseHow to lay out my planHow to get on with it

text

The Three Rs of Revision www.internetgeography.net/revision

Refine it know the course

identify priorities

create a plan

Make sure you have an overview of the full course so you know what to revise.

Based on past assessments identify the areas you need to focus on. Use a PLC.

Plan what you will revise and when. Spread out study over time. Create a calendar.

DON'T leave it until the last minute, plan to cover only areas you like and make your plan unrealistic.

Revis(e)it dual coding

Q.

A. flash cards

condense

Combine text and images.

mind maps

Spider diagram with images and text.

Question on the front, answer on the back.

blank page

Write as much as you can on a blank page.

Condense text to a sentence then key words.

revision clock

Five minutes per chunk. Write...

Review it DON'T copy text, highlight text, underline text and re-read text

self testing

Test yourself using flash cards.

do a quiz

Complete multiple choice quizzes.

past papers

Complete past exam questions and papers.

Step 1: ‘Chunk’ the knowledgehttps://wilmslowhigh.fireflycloud.net/independent-learning/advice-about-effective-revision-and-learning

Step 2: Use Knowledge Organisers

To encode and store a ‘chunk’ of knowledge in the way that it can be most easily retrieved you need to map it in a way that is correct and helpful to learn.

Example of a knowledge organiser

Step 3: Colour code ‘chunks’

Have a retrieval plan for every week...

... And know how to build it using an understanding of cognitive

scienceOr ‘why forgetting isn’t necessarily a

bad thing’

Storage and retrieval

To store and retrieve a ‘chunk’ of knowledge most effectively you should aim to revisit it 3 times.

Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve and spacing/overlearning effect

Wiseheart – optimal intervals

Time to test Optimum interval between study sessions

1 week 1-2 days1 month 1 week2 months 2 weeks6 months 3 weeks1 year 4 weeks

Storage and retrieval

To store and retrieve ‘chunks’ of knowledge most effectively you should interleave them –mixing up different subjects, knowledge chunks and aspects of a ‘chunk’

Blocking vs Interleaving

Example of a spaced and interleaved revision plan

Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4

Week 1 1st 1st

2 1st

3 1st 2nd

4 2nd 2nd

5 2nd 3rd

6 3rd 3rd

7 3rd 4th

8 4th 4th 4th

Practice

Regular deliberate practice is the best way to improve performance. To improve performance you should be doing regular exam practice. Every practice session is an opportunity to become more fluent, and to eliminate mistakes.

Testing

S S S S or S T T T?

Revision must be active, not just re-reading, highlighting, rewriting

Testing and past exam questions actually help you to store information, as well as helping you to retrieve it. To store and retrieve knowledge most effectively you need to build in lots of testing and quizzing sessions. Research indicates that testing is the most effective form of learning information.

Watching a Yr 11 'revising'

• How active are they?• Are they watching and reading?– Speaking aloud (to you/a friend/themselves)– Rewriting notes– Writing ANSWERS– Reviewing and correcting with notes– Online

• Firefly subject pages• Quizlet/Memrise/subject specific websites (mathswatch, my-

gcsescience, doddle/Mrsalles)

Find out more here ...

https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/what-are-the-best-ways-to-study-read-this-review-from-scientific-american/

Or here ...

https://teacherhead.com/2017/06/15/beyond-growth-mindset-two-videos/

Study Skills Sessions

Smarter not harde

r1

I want

to but…

2 Help!3

Wednesday night = study skills night

15 Feb Intro

12 Feb Dunlosky

26 Feb Apps

4 Mar Caviglioli

11 Mar + drop in

226 Feb - Structuring

4 and 11 Mar –techniques

18 Mar Metacognition

3Pre school structured sessions & calendered

learning sessions

Practice and accountability!

Study Skills Website:https://wilmslowhigh.fireflycloud.net/independent-learning

text

The Three Rs of Revision www.internetgeography.net/revision

Refine it know the course

identify priorities

create a plan

Make sure you have an overview of the full course so you know what to revise.

Based on past assessments identify the areas you need to focus on. Use a PLC.

Plan what you will revise and when. Spread out study over time. Create a calendar.

DON'T leave it until the last minute, plan to cover only areas you like and make your plan unrealistic.

Revis(e)it dual coding

Q.

A. flash cards

condense

Combine text and images.

mind maps

Spider diagram with images and text.

Question on the front, answer on the back.

blank page

Write as much as you can on a blank page.

Condense text to a sentence then key words.

revision clock

Five minutes per chunk. Write...

Review it DON'T copy text, highlight text, underline text and re-read text

self testing

Test yourself using flash cards.

do a quiz

Complete multiple choice quizzes.

past papers

Complete past exam questions and papers.