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SUPPORTING EXAMINATION SUCCESS Active Revision Learning Styles and Methods Understanding, Memory and Time Planning a Revision Timetable Student Examination Advice Parent Advice ACTIVE REVISION 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 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 TOP TIPS REVISION TIMETABLE STUDENT ADVICE PARENT ADVICE SUPPORTING EXAMINATION SUCCESS