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Revision Technique
Today…• Be able to recall a number of ways to
revise.• Understand how our minds work• Synthesise this information into personal
revision techniques.
How do I revise?
How do I improve on this?
The Human Brain
Right hand side:‘Big picture’
orientatedImaginative
CreativeSymbols/pictures
Left hand side:FactualLogicalMathematicalOrder
Which way is the dancer turning?
• Clockwise?– More right-hand side
orientated.
• Anti-clockwise?– More left-hand sided
orientated.
V. A. K.Complete the questionnaire!
Preparation Techniques ….
• How do you learn best?– Visually?– Audibly?– Kinaesthetically?
• Your preparation style should apply to your learning style if possible but there are lots of ideas to try…
What preference do you have?
Ultimately your brain is a visual organ.
Use lots of colour and a ‘diagrammatic’ format
Revision Notes
• Try converting your notes into:– Mind maps– Spider diagrams– Flow charts– Graphic Organisers– Revision Cards
• Converting information helps you recap it and take it in – think about the Brain!!
Mind maps •Give you good over-views of topics• Use different colours 4 arms.• 7 words per line max.• Pictures for each arm.
Spider Diagrams
• One central idea.
• Key words/ideas coming off it.
• Good for individual lessons
Graphic OrganisersProving God
Disproving God
The Nature of God
What is a miracle?
3 types of miracles with examples:1
2
3
Arguments for:
Arguments against:
literal object metaphorical
How is God Revealed?
Descriptions of God
•Puts all the key information in one place.•‘Boxes’ should relate to contents.
Flow Diagrams•Especially good for ‘arguments’.•Allow you to order thoughts in a ] logical way.
Does God exist?
Yes No
Design ExperienceCausation
Flash Cards …• These should be as colourful and pictorial as all
your other notes.
• Keep the amount of info as small as possible.
• Especially good for key words.
• Making these is a revision activity and they can also be used in testing.
Test yourself• Learning the topic material is important but equally
important is knowing how much you have ACTUALLY taken in.
• Testing can be done in a number of ways:– By Yourself (Self-testing)– By your Peers (Peer-testing)– By a teacher.
• All of these are ways of traditional “marking” and can be useful.
How do we learn?
We learn…10 per cent of what we read20 per cent of what we hear30 per cent of what we see50 per cent of what we both see & hear
70 per cent of what is discussed with others80 per cent of what we experience personally90 per cent of what we TEACH to someone else
Thought Showers/Concept Maps
• Following your revision of a topic write the title in the middle:– Jot down as many of the key terms as you can
over a 30 sec period.– Try an link the ideas with lines/explanations..
• FOR EXAMPLE:
Upbringing
Causation
Bible
Miracles
Evil exists
Scientific Views of Creation
Belief in God
Design Arg
Re-create revision notes
• Complete your revision session.• Take a plain piece of paper and try to recreate
the revision notes (e.g. mind map, etc.) for a set time.
• Look at the notes again.• Fill in the rest in another colour pen.
Mind maps
Answering Questions• Either complete practice questions and email
me them to mark and give you feedback on:– [email protected]
• Use the feedback (the bits you missed) with one of the other ideas.
Flash Cards• Write out questions on little cards with
answers on the back:– Set yourself a target (90% right, over half, 15
correct).– Compete with a friend.– Collect a pile of the ones you don’t know to go
over.– ‘Spot test’ yourself.
Every 1%!
• Think about the area in which you revise!– Tidy areas are more effective.– Drink plenty dehydration a HUGE indicator of
concentration.– Take short breaks.– Make a timetable.
• Put your notes up it is proven that things constantly in our periphery vision sink in!
3 techniques you will try now ...
Go through the topics and tick the box that relates to your level of understanding of each
topic BE HONEST with yourself!!
Before you begin a journey …
