Year 10 Exam & Revision Support

Nov 2018

Welcome

Aims of this evening

• To share key information about the GCSE exams and how you can support at home

• To learn how to plan revision and know if your children are revising and preparing effectively

• To share resources for effective revision

Format

• Effective revision strategies

• Information for parents

• The school revision plan

• Informal questions and support

Effective Revision

• Planned – know what is to be completed in each revision session and why.

• Relevant – don’t revise what you already know!

• Active - do something, don’t just read

• Chunked - revision over time is the most effective

• Written – the exams are written, so practicing the writing is important

• Revisited – checking what you have learnt more than once moves it into the long term memory

We should do tasks that challenge our memory harder so they stick more.

Good for memory Bad for memory

Quiz yourself. Quiz your friends. Write questions about topics to answer later. Re-write / summarise key points in a different way. Do practice questions. Make revision cards and test your self on them. Teach someone else. Create links between topics.

Read your notes. Re-read your notes. Copy your notes. Highlight your notes.

The Learning Scientists

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The theory….

The theory (continued)….

ORGANISING THE BEST BITS....

FLOW DIAGRAMS

BULLET POINTS

FLASH CARDS

MIND MAPS

Revisit your work at the end of the day…and the next day…..next week

Revisit your flashcards and association maps regularly

Buzan repetition

What can parents do?

• Make sure that revision happens effectively at home

• Help to plan a revision timetable at home

• Check and test factual knowledge

• Support with water, food and encourage good sleeping habits

The Revision Challenge

Understanding Not Understanding

Enjoying

Not enjoying

Stage 6 – Plan your time

Revision Cards

1. Each knowledge card is numbered and contains a title 2. The information in the card above describes the information required. 3. The back of each card contains a set of questions for the student to test themselves. 4. The best way to do this is read the information and then turn the card over read the

question then write down an answer in full sentences. Then turn over again to check if it is correct.

5. If you get it wrong read the information and have another go.

Using Revision Cards

Spaced Revision

Using revision cards for spaced review

Sunday Every

day

Sat & Tues

In Practice:

- Box 1 is checked every time, Box 2 less frequently, Box 3 least frequently

- Correct answers get ‘promoted’ to the next box - Incorrect answers get ‘demoted’ to Box 1

Every day

Sat & Tues

Sunday

The School Plan

• Once a week students will spend a form time learning revision skills.

• To begin with we will give students materials to revise using the strategies we teach them.

• As the year goes on they will revise topics of their choice.

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