Everyday Reviewing

Is making new study habits to re-wire

your brain and treat your memory

like a muscle to make it stronger

New Year, New Habits

Old World ‘Smart’ World

People once believed

our brains were

fixed at birth

so limited our abilities

But now we know

our brains can be

re-wired every day

to work better

Memory = Thinking

People also once believed

memory was just about

remembering facts & figures

But brain science reveals ‘memory’

is key to everyday thinking, from

playing sport to learning to drive

So all this will help make us better

‘thinkers’ and so better ‘learners’

Lesson

Later

After lessons, what

happens to your

new learning?

Brain science tells

us most of it is

forgotten!

What can often happen to your new learning after lessons?

Memory can be a Big Problem in school!

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Brain science shows we all forget new stuff very quickly…

‘Forgetting’ is normal

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How much do we remember? I’ve forgotten

80%after a week!

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Your memory needs regular top-ups to remember

So Our Brains Need ‘Rocket Boosts’ !

Doing regular rocket boosts to top-up memory is called ‘reviewing’

Let’s start by thinking about how our brains work

Inside Your Brain

Imagine you could ‘see’ inside your head

And imagine seeing your brain cells working!

But a simple sketch is OK

for us (with ‘tentacles’!)

Are the special building blocks of our brains

Neurons

In Biology you’d draw

a detailed diagram

Cell body

Nucleus

Dendrite

AxonMyelin sheath

Axon Terminals

Remember there are no physical links – it’s all chemical !

How Neurons Make Memories

When stimulated, neurons ‘fire’ chemicals to ‘wire’ or link with other brain cells

Those neural networks of linked brain cells are what we call memories

So the more you stimulate your brain

cells, the more chemicals they fire…

...and the more they wire or link!

That makes stronger neural networks and stronger memories

‘Cells that

fire together

wire together!’

So we need to keep our brain cells stimulated because…

‘Every time

we think in a

certain way,

practise a

particular task

or feel a specific

emotion,

we strengthen

these roads…’

Your brain has two types of memory*

Brain science shows why ‘remembering’ can be hard…

Your Memory

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Memory

Long Term

Memory

Only holds what you’re

thinking about right now

Your lifelongstore of learning

* Neuroscientists are still working all this out! But this ‘simplified’ model is widely used.

Working memory & long term memory are like a team…

So Here’s What We Need To Work On…

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Remembering is all about shifting stuff between working & long term memory so you don’t forget!

Everyday Reviewing is all about finding better ways to make this happen for you!

Open your planner and find this page!

Here’s the idea behind the new ‘study habit’

And here’s a quick routine to use

So on one or two nights like this, do 15 mins of Everyday Reviewing instead of doing ‘nothing’!

The key is to wait a while before giving memory a boost…

Wait Week

When Should You Review?

Review Topic

or Longer or Longer!

Original Lesson

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The key is to use lots of methods to stimulate your brain cells

How Should You Review?

Review Topic

Original Lesson

WaitReviewing means using lots of different ways of working to top-up your memory so you remember

Diagram Talk Book Record Quiz

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Long term memory associates or links all those methods together

Why Should You Review?

And repeated ‘use’ your makes memories stronger

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Variety helps neurons fire & wire into strong network

‘Cells that fire together wire together’

Keep Your Brain Cells StimulatedMemory Challenge