SUPPORTING EXAMINATION SUCCESS

Active Revision Learning Styles and Methods Understanding, Memory and Time Planning a Revision Timetable Student Examination Advice Parent Advice

Encourage your child to ACTIVELY revise rather than PASSIVELY revise

Students often mistake reading through notes or websites as revision – it is not.

ACTIVE REVISION

ACTIVE REVISION

Where possible - help provide the right resources for your child to revise actively:

post-it notes, pen, ruler, paper, scissors & glue, internet access if you have it, dictionary, highlighter pens, coloured pens, revision guides, revision CDs and podcasts

ACTIVE REVISION

We learn: • 10% of what we read • 20% of what we hear • 30% of what we see • 40% of what we see and hear • 70% of what is discussed • 95% of what we teach to someone else 

 This means that the best method of learning is having to explain or teach a topic to someone else.

LEARNING STYLES AND METHODS

VISUAL LEARNERS

Recopy notes – then condense in particular colours Visually organise or reorganise notes using columns,

categories, outline forms, etc. Remember where information was located in visual

field Create timelines, models, charts, grids, etc. Write/rewrite facts, formulas, notes on wall-hanging,

bedsheet, poster for visual review at any time Facts, formulas, notes on index cards

arranged/rearranged on wall, pin-board, floor, bed

VISUAL LEARNERS

Use colour-coded markers or cards for previous two above

Use visual mnemonics Remember information by drawing out mindmaps TV/video supplements important for

understanding or remembering Use "background" visual activity helps you to

concentrate Use highlighters Near memorisation of chapter/notes

AUDITORY LEARNERS

Discuss concepts/facts/aspects with friend immediately after new learning

Revise with friend(s) by trying to teach them the information

Tape records lesson or notes for re-listening later Say facts/formulas/information over and over to

retain Simultaneous talk and walk whilst studying Set information to rhyme, rhythm, music,

football chants, to aid retention

AUDITORY LEARNERS

Aural Mnemonics Remember where information was located in

auditory field (e.g. tagged to "who said that?") Use of different voices to study (like creating a

script, or acting out a play) TV/video/radio supplements useful for

obtaining information Create your own podcast and listen without

taking notes Prefer group discussion and/or study groups

KINAESTHETIC STYLE

Copy notes over and over to make them neat or organised

Prefers to take notes during lesson as an aid to concentration

Must take notes, even when detailed outline is distributed

Simultaneous talking-walking, talking-exercising study, or walking-reading study

Move hands or feet for rhythm emphasis while remembering information

KINAESTHETIC LEARNING

Trace key words with finger, marker, hand

Re-enact situations while studying Act out information in the form of play

(using different characters for different topics)

Constructs (e.g. house of cards, blocks, etc.) to remember information

Plan a revision game on the computer/board game

FOR ALL LEARNING STYLES

Ensure you practise on Past Papers Get hold of the exam board mark

schemes and examiners reports Use grade boundaries to check your

progress Don’t just revise topics you are

confident in Use your teacher as much as possible

UNDERSTANDING, MEMORY AND TIME

UNDERSTANDING, MEMORY AND TIME

UNDERSTANDING, MEMORY AND TIME

UNDERSTANDING, MEMORY AND TIME

UNDERSTANDING, MEMORY AND TIME

REVISION TIMETABLE

REVISION TIMETABLE

STUDENT ADVICE

PARENT ADVICE

SUPPORTING EXAMINATION SUCCESS