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Raising Achievement Parents Evening
The time is now and the place is here…Run DMC, 2001
…. Advice from the Experts ….
• Step 1: Know your syllabus
• Step 2: Make a note-making planner (A4 folder with dividers) syllabus checklist
• Reduce long notes into effective notes
• Mind mapping (use colour, pictures, visualise)
• Step 3: Regular reviews
• Practice Past Papers – model perfect answers
• Practice Questions – timed & marked
• Regular reviews – REALLY KNOW IT!
…. Advice from the Experts ….
Step 1: Know your syllabus
Get from your Teachers
Or Download syllabus from exam board websitesAQAEdexcelOCR
…. Advice from the Experts ….
Step 2: Make a note-making planner (A4 folder with dividers) create a syllabus checklist• Reduce long notes into
effective notes (by about 80%)
• Use Cornell notes• Mind mapping (use
colour, pictures, visualise)• Regular reviews
Cornell Note Taking Technique
1: Revision Notes Area: Record notes from your text book, exercise book, video clip etc. Keep as short but as meaningfully as possible.2: Key Question Column: As you're taking notes, keep question column empty. Soon after completing the revision notes think of questions that the revision notes are the answers for.3: Summaries: Sum up each page of your notes in a sentence or two or by recording a summary of key terms.
Subject: Topic:Key Questions Revision Notes
1: Read text and write “shorthand notes” of key points
4: Cover the “notes” and use the questions to test yourself.
3: Now write a summary of 5-10 key terms
2: For each “note” think of a question that could be asked
• Cornell Note Taking Template
• Available from our website in the Exams – Revision page
Main Headings
Sub Headings
Bullet Points
Trigger Words
Step 3: Regular Reviews
• End of lesson review• Pre lesson review• Monthly review
• Will make recall easy• Reinforces knowledge &
understanding• Gives confidence
…. Advice from the Experts ….
Revision is vital for success
ACTIVE Planned Revision is best
1. Decide what you are going to revise. BE SPECIFIC2. KEY IDEAS; Use your notes to write down the key ideas you need to know and identify the things you don’t quite get – YET!3. Set yourself some QUESTIONS to answer about the things you don’t quite get – YET! (Possibly taken from a past paper)4. ACTIVELY REVISE the KEY IDEAS5. TAKE A BREAK – get some fresh air…. MOVE!6. TEST YOURSELF with the questions you set (3 above)7. Mark yourself - HONESTLY8. Make a note of the things you need to COME BACK to9. Congratulate yourself on having learned/ understood something10. TAKE A BREAK
‘Productive Chunks’20-25 mins ‘chunks’ are ideal with a short 5 min break in between
Know what you know, concentrate on what you’re not so confident about
DIAGNOSIS – THERAPY – TESTING
Do maths regularly (use your covey chart to guide)
Active Revision Techniques (lists, mind-maps, flash cards, practise timed questions/mark schemes, reduce your notes, internet websites, PEE practice, develop case studies, mnemonics, flow charts, links, post-its, practice drawing diagrams, work with a friend – test each other, mix it up..) WHATEVER WORKS!
Motivate yourself with rewards & incentives
Revision Techniques
How else will you know if you know it?
Flash cards, test yourself
Practice past papers – Get inside the examiners head