How to Revise 2- practical suggestions - PowerPoint Presentation

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How to Revise 2- practical suggestionsSlide2

We are learning to:

Revise ActivelySlide3

Is amazingIs like a muscle – it can be made to work more efficiently!

http://

www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/memory/how_to_learn.shtml

Your Brain! Slide4

Revision techniques will vary depending on what you want to be able to do

Recall information/ key facts statistics - KU

Follow particular procedures for applying your knowledge - Skills

Skills or Knowledge and

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nderstandingSlide5

Sort our your notes Organise them in sections

Use colour

Use folders and dividers

Try to use logic, themes or topics to organise your notes

Check for gaps at this stageFollow adviceAsk your teacher

Knowledge and UnderstandingSlide6

Beware!Slide7

Procrastination is the thief of time!Slide8

So is “highlighting!”Slide9

You have to learn the stuff not just organise it!Slide10

Using highlighters is fun but seldom productive!

It is not an active revision strategySlide11

Good for condensing a large amount of information into smaller more memorable “chunks”

Start with an A4 page of notes and condense into 4 post it notes

Then condense these into 2 post in notes

Then condense these into 1post it note

Use different colours for different topics

By processing the information in this way you will be helping it to stay in your long term memory.

Post it notes Slide12

These can be displayed in your room on a door or wall space.

Post it notes 2:Slide13

Works in a similar way to using post – it notes. You are processing information which helps recall.

Several useful websites

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www.examtime.com

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mind mapsSlide14
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Very helpful when you have to remember lists of things or processes. For example:

The Planets (without poor Pluto) are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles

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Use mnemonicsSlide16

Get together with a small group of people who are keen to do well in a subject

Each choose a topic or part of a topic you are least confident in

Teach that topic to the rest of the group

Get feedback on how you did and what you could do to improve

This will not work if you end up socialising!

Revise as a groupSlide17

Tape your notes and play them back to your self

Randomly stop the tape and see if you can remember what comes next

Tape a series of questions with space for answers and test your ability to recall the key facts

Tape your notesSlide18

No use revising if you don’t stop to check what you know

You must also be able to show your understanding of the topic

BBC

Bitesize

– has revision notes and exercises to completehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/

Check your progressSlide19

Answer questions:

You need to be sure your notes are organised

Revise a topic or sub topic

Get a friend or family member to ask you questions – give them a list to choose from

If you can explain something to them in a way they can understand then you will understand it yourself

Don’t be too impatient with themSlide20

Some people find if the walk about as they are trying to recall information it helps the process

Visualising is a good way to recall information

Use physical movement Slide21

There is no substitute for practice

Most subjects have a process you can follow

For example in Modern Studies and History – read the sources, check what the question is asking you to do – THEN DO IT!

Use the number of marks as a guide on how much to write.

The following link can be used to access past papers:

http://

www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm

Skills – applying your knowledge and understandingSlide22

BODMAS

Use the school’s

Edublog

http://bodmaths.edublogs.org

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Mathematical processesSlide23

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bb-emp

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