Welcome
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Supporting young people with revision.
If you have any questions you would like answered tonight please write them on a sticky and add them to the sheet. We will try to answer the questions during the evening.EX
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• How do we learn?
• Why and how do we plan for revision?
• How can I make revision more effective? (How do I make information sticky?)
ObjectivesEX
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Which could have the greatest impact on your exam results?
Which could have the greatest impact on your exam results?
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Rule 1.There are no
quick fixes
Know what you need to study
Organise yourself
Do something
Music(change the lyrics to
ear worms)
Cue cards (key questions with answers
on the back)
ImaginationMindmap
Time revision smartly
Why do you want to achieve to your best?
Answer here please:
Now keep hold of this!
Why do you want to achieve to your best?
Answer here please:
Now keep hold of this!
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Rule 2.Use what works for your brain
The problem with stress and anger!
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StressStressStressStress
The problem with stress and anger!
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StressStressStressStressTackling stress:
• Feeling prepared for the exam.• Before and after revision sessions mentally place yourself in the exam room looking and feeling confident.• If panic sets in…BREATHE
The brain’s enemies…
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Brain enemies
Rule 3.Get organised
Why create a revision plan?
Maths
Calculator Non calculator
AlgebraNumberShape and
Measure
Handling Data
Each exam has different topics to revise.
Not good enough to say “I’m doing Maths.”
Each exam has different topics to revise.
Not good enough to say “I’m doing Maths.”
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Week beginning: 5.03.12 Monday Tuesday Wed’ Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Morning French. Directions
Afternoon 1 Science revision.Molecular bonding
English.Writing to persuade
Afternoon 2 Rugby ScienceLife cycles
Maths AlgebraNon calc
Evening Food.Hygeine
Youth club FrenchConversation pratise
Sample from revision booklet given before finals
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Why create a revision plan?
Key Questions• Does the plan cover all topics that
could be on exams?• Is it realistic (too much, too little)?• Have they given enough time to a
subject to prepare for the exam.• Have they planned for social time?
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How long should I revise for?How long should I revise for?
Generation GameThe Primacy and
Recency Effect (08:52)
Generation GameThe Primacy and
Recency Effect (08:52)
AFTER the video is stopped – write down what you rememberAFTER the video is stopped – write down what you remember
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We remember the first and last bits of information best…apart from cuddly toys! Why is that?
MicrowaveMicrowave
FonduFondu
MidiMidi
FruitFruit
ChamapgneChamapgne
TypewriterTypewriter SocksSocksUrnUrn
FoodmixerFoodmixer
TVTV
BlenderBlender
BoxersBoxers
DishwasherDishwasher
Cuddly ToyCuddly ToySewing
machineSewing
machine
Ways of revising – Top Tips
Key message
Reading through notes – on its own is a
poor way of revising.
Rule 4. Do Something with the information!EX
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The best way to revise is determined by how we learn best best.
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Principle of revision
Test you know it
Re-read the information
(RE-VISION IS NOT FIRST LEARNING)
Do something with it - processing
Re-visit the processed information.
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Shopping list: apples tinned tomatoes kitchen roll pasta newspaper milk rice cheese
• Choose a room / walk you are very familiar with.
• Place each item in a recognisable place.
• Make a very dramatic image / connection to the object/ fact and place.
E.G In my bedroom I see a giant newspaper swatting a bluebottle on the window.
On the bed is a huge apple with a maggot climbing out at the top.
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Probability of an Outcome =
Number of ways an outcome can happen---------------------------Number of possible outcomes
Probability of an Outcome =
Number of ways an outcome can happen---------------------------Number of possible outcomes
Mean = Add the Numbers together,
Divide by the total byThe amount of
numbers. Useful forSmaller amounts of
Numbers.
Mean = Add the Numbers together,
Divide by the total byThe amount of
numbers. Useful forSmaller amounts of
Numbers.
The middle Number. Put the
Numbers in order,Find the middle
One.
The middle Number. Put the
Numbers in order,Find the middle
One.
MeanMean MedianMedian Probability Equation
Probability Equation
Making information sticky!
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Use a web based resource so you do not lose the cards.
Mind mappingShopping list:• apples• tinned tomatoes• kitchen roll• pasta• newspaper• milk• rice• cheese
Problems with lists?
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Mindmapping• Have to select and categorise• Links can be made where
categories have connections.• Using words, colours and
pictures engages different areas of the brain.
• A quick summary to return to.
Go large – do this on large sheets of old wallpaper!
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Go large – do this on large sheets of old wallpaper!
Shopping list:• apples• tinned tomatoes• kitchen roll• pasta• newspaper• milk• rice• cheese
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Teach someone
Could you explain to the person next to you how to…
• Get a computer switched on and open up a word document.
• How to make a letter persuasive.
• How to find the area of a circle.
• How to get a car started.
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What do you do when you don’t know what to
do?
• You are revising and don’t understand the topic.• You can’t
remember the information you have just revised.• You are in the
exam and your mind goes blank.
What to do:
• Sleep on it
• Re-read
• Use the internet
• Take a break
• Ask back in school, friends, staff
• Brainstorm – RANT
• Re-read the paper, look for key words.
• Ask WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, HOW?
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Read the instructions.
Get familiar with past papers.
Read the instructions.
Get familiar with past papers.
On your post card.
What advice, guidance or tips would you give to a parent or carer of other year 10 students who
was unable to make this evening’s session?
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