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Effective Revision Strategies - Prepare, Practice, Succeed

Discover the best ways to revise for exams, catering to your learning style. Start early, stay organized, practice frequently, and utilize various techniques like mind maps, buddy learning, and flashcards for different subjects. Don't wait until the last minute - plan ahead and use the learning triangle methodology to enhance your study sessions. Embrace creativity and diverse methods to excel in your exams and boost your academic performance.

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Effective Revision Strategies - Prepare, Practice, Succeed

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  1. Years 6, 7 & 8 Revision Session

  2. Why Now? • You need to work out the best way for them to revise • Never too soon to start • Even if you do not need to sit an entrance exam it is still a useful skill • Practice makes perfect!!

  3. Different types of learners • Auditory • Visual • Kinaesthetic

  4. What’s revision all about? • Knowing your learning style and which technique to use when • Preparing all the right pieces of equipment • Frequent over learning • Short sessions – little and often • Make clear notes and/or mind maps • Buddy learn • Drink water

  5. HERE IS THE LEARNING TRIANGLE! LECTURING 5 % READING 10 % AUDIO-VISUAL 20% DEMONSTRATION 30 % DISCUSSION 50 % PRACTICE BY DOING 75% TEACHING OTHERS 90%

  6. Exams are not that far away!Before half term ...... • Make a list of your topics • Make sure you have a copy of the exam timetable when you come back • Make sure you have all your books and files including any revision sheets and other aids

  7. If you don’t have ......Ask • Teachers won’t bite! • Don’t leave it until the Friday of half term. • Better to be safe than sorry

  8. Before you begin • Plan your revision timetable • Little and often • Stationary – pens, paper, card, treasury tags • Water • Food

  9. Different ways to revise • Mind maps • Linear notes • Buddy learning • Cards • Talking • Recording • Pelmanisms • Recording • And any others that work for YOU!!!!

  10. HISTORY & RS Draw Cartoons Linear Notes Buddy Learning Mind Maps Flash Cards Answering exam questions

  11. ONLY EFFECTIVE IF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DO NOT HAVE TO BE ARTISTIC PLANNED MIND MAPS SEQUENCING OF IDEAS USE COLOUR USE PICTURES MIND MAPS

  12. BrainstormingYou need to practise brainstorming essay questions

  13. .Choose a war which you have studied and explain its most important causes

  14. Science • Use cards • Silly sentences • Rhythms and rhymes • Mnemonics • Buddy learning • Triangles • Mind maps

  15. Reactivity series • Please • Stop • Calling • My • Awesome • Zebra • In • Latin • Class

  16. Maths • Practise, practise, practise! • Use Mr Borrows revision cards • ISEB book of practise questions

  17. Times tables • Pelmanisms • Numbershark wordshark.co.uk 2 x 5 10

  18. French • VOCABULARY – use colour and pictures; tape recordings and pelmanism; to learn m and f try putting words in ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ type pictures! • PRESENTATIONS – cartoon strips using pictures and colour; acting out • LETTER WRITING – pre- planning really helpful

  19. Geography • MAP LEARNING – LOTS of ‘over learning’, use blanks and add pictures; acronyms ANYTHING that helps you to remember • Topics – mind maps can help and so can making simple notes and talking them through with someone else. CASE studies!

  20. English • EXAM TECHNIQUE – how to score most points • Check your proof reading skills • Plan your writing!!!!!!

  21. DOSPAMD – descriptive O – onomatopoeiaS – simileP – personificationA – alliterationM - metaphor

  22. Finally • Start early • Plan and work in short bursts • Buddy learn -90% - anywhere any time • The quirkier the better

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