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SUPPORTING LEARNING AND REVISION
Active Learning
Learning Styles and Methods
ACTIVE LEARNING
Encourage your child to ACTIVELY learn
rather than PASSIVELY learn
ACTIVE LEARNING
Where possible - help provide the right resources for your child to work:
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 LEARNING
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
STUDENT ADVICE
PARENT ADVICE
SUPPORTING SUCCESS