Revision! How can we help?
Revision Technique Didn’t bother to revise ?
How do you revise? Read through your notes? What are the other Options for revision?
Revision Technique Left brain? No brain? Right brain?
Revision Technique – Left brain? Right brain? LEFT BRAINED PEOPLE PREFER: Working in a linear way – first point, then second point etc. Written Working to Checking Structure information deadlines their work Clear Reading Being instructions & writing organised to follow
Revision Technique – Left brain? Right brain? RIGHT BRAINED PEOPLE PREFER: Learning from a video, role play or watching a demonstration Open-ended Self-selected Setting their own deadlines tasks tasks Looking at the Hands-on Working from intuition “big picture” - experience & guesswork the whole task RIGHT BRAINED PEOPLE MAY APPEAR DISORGANISED
A typical Left- Revision Technique – Left brain? Right brain? brained person’s revision area If you’re mostly right brained : • you tend to live for the moment and not think too much about consequences. • you like to be creative and imaginative when tackling tasks. • you have good ideas about tackling tasks – but aren’t necessarily good at completing that task. • you don’t like deadlines and they may cause you stress. • you should incorporate videos, graphs, mind-maps, computers and colour into your studying.
A typical Right- Revision Technique – Left brain? Right brain? brained person’s revision area Left brained or Right brained?
How to Revise What kind of person are you ? Some students are early birds. They will definitely want to use the morning session. Late risers will avoid mornings like the plague ! Night owls will do their best revision in the evenings.
How should you revise? Where should you revise? • Warm • Well lit (a reading lamp reduces eye-strain) • In a quiet room • Have a clock or watch nearby (time your revision sessions).
Study at the right time and in SHORT bursts (20 solid minutes followed by a break and then another 20 minutes is FAR better than an hour of staring at a book)
Don’t study in the WRONG place!
When we revise we remember: 20% of what we read 30% of what we hear 40% of what we see 50% of what we say 60% of what we do 90% of what we read, hear, see, say and do!
Spider diagrams REFRACTIVE INDEX DIVERGING LIGHT CONVERGING REFRACTION RAYS MAGNIFICATION REFLECTED INCIDENT RAY RAY RB
Revision Technique – What can I do to help me remember? Size Shape Size Size Shape Size to show Shape importance Shape Use Spider Diagrams Easy to read LB And for emphasis use…. Colour
Revision Technique – What can I do to help me remember? Break work down into small sections – they’re easier to handle It’s no co -incidence that the BBC revision website is called “Bitesize” ! Highlight Highlight keywords in your notes so they are easier to spot ! Colour code Colour code your notes to highlight different themes ! LB
Revision Technique – What can I do to help me remember? Get together with 3 Record yourself reading or 4 friends your notes out loud Each create a Play it back whilst relaxing PowerPoint on a or doing other things different topic Get together Swap Power Points on MSN with 3 or 4 friends Be Imaginative One asks questions on a topic – the others see RB who can answer first
Revision Technique – What can I do to help me remember? Build a REVISION WALL ! Be Imaginative RB
Example Every subject has a page like this one explaining what will be in the exam, what to revise and where to get extra help. LB
Why not make your own Revision Podcast(s)? 1. Download Audacity Software http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ 2. Obtain a Microphone 3. Plan what you are going to do! 4. Start recording 5. Broadcast to the world! More information: www.podcastrevision.co.uk/makeyourown.html RB
Videos for GCSE Revision… RB http://video.google.com/
Walk n’Talk You can also use toilet different rooms my bedroom in the house to represent different ideas main bedroom kitchen lounge To learn the ideas walk around the room or house, looking at the points you have written. Say them out loud; point to each RB piece as you speak. Use lots of arm movements
Book mark Glance at the Great bookmark each Make a Expectations time you start and bookmark with - Dickens finish your leisure important reading. information written on it and keep it in a magazine or book that you are reading for pleasure. RB
Time Line 1914 August 4 1915 1916 1917 1918 Britain declares June November 11 war on Germany Flanders Armistice Offensive signed April-May July-Nov September October Battle of 2nd Battle Victory at Battle of the the Somme of Ypres Passchendale Marne 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 LB
Use a Flow Chart Food Digestion Nutrition Energy LB
Revising with mind maps LB
EATING TO BEAT STRESS DO • Eat Breakfast • Keep hydrated (DRINK WATER while thinking) • EAT! Little and often can be easier for a stressed stomach • Eat brain food - Omega 3 Oils (found in fish) • Keep protein intake up • Eat five portions of fruit & veg a day
The importance of breakfast • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZhbN YDWa-Q
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