Revision Technique

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Revision Technique
Didnt bother to revise ?
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Revision Technique
Aims
To maximise your learning potential by
introducing you to

• your preferred learning style.

• a variety of different revision techniques.

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Your gender influences the way you learn!
Boys will be boys..!
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Revision Technique
and girls will be girls!
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No brain?
Left brain?
Right brain?
Answer these multiple choice questions
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
1) If you were doing a jigsaw puzzle would you

• Sort all the pieces into categories before you
  start (corners, edges, sky, etc) ?

b) Begin by sorting edges and corners but fit
bits together as you spot them ?
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2) Which box would you more readily pair with Box
1 a or b ?
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• With a new MP3 player, mobile phone, etc would
  you be more likely to

• Briefly examine the instruction manual and then
  experiment ?

b) Carefully read and follow the instructions ?
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4) If you were going on holiday, would you prefer
to

• Plan what you are going to do well in advance ?

b) Book at the last minute and try and get a
bargain ?
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5) Do you have hunches about the future or how
things will turn out

• Fairly often ?

b) Hardly ever ?
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6) When you are writing an essay or a letter, do
you

• Regularly check your work and read what you have
  written ?

b) Find checking your work a bit of a chore ?
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7) Is your work area

• Organised and you can find things easily ?

b) Untidy so you have to search to find things ?
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8) When you are given a task with a deadline, do
you

• Usually plan in advance and beat the deadline ?

b) Only really get stuck in as the deadline
approaches ?
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
9) Which box would you more readily pair with Box
1 a or b ?
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10) When faced with a problem, would you tend to

• Get a feel for the situation and the possible
  solutions ?

b) Gather and analyse the facts so that you
understand the situation better ?
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11) When tackling a project are you more likely
to

• Make a few notes to start with ?

b) Work on the overall structure ?
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12) Do you prefer to

• Read the book then decide whether to see the film
  ?

b) See the film ?
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
Make a note of whether you are LEFT
BRAINED RIGHT BRAINED BALANCED

(any slight preference?)
Give yourself 1 mark each time you answered

• to questions 2, 3, 5, 10 11

b) to questions 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
Look at your total score on this scale
Left 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Right
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
LEFT BRAINED PEOPLE PREFER
Working in a linear way first point, then
second point etc.
Written information
Checking their work
Working to deadlines
Structure
Clear instructions to follow
Being organised
Reading writing
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RIGHT BRAINED PEOPLE PREFER
Learning from a video, role play or watching a
demonstration
Self-selected tasks
Open-ended tasks
Setting their own deadlines
Looking at the big picture -the whole task
Working from intuition guesswork
Hands-on experience
RIGHT BRAINED PEOPLE MAY APPEAR DISORGANISED
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
Most people use both sides of their brain,
but the balance may differ
between individuals.
Most people have a preference for one hemisphere,
however.
You can now use your understanding of your own
mind to create a learning profile of yourself...
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
If youre mostly left brained
You need
Because
Structure
Clear instructions...
Written information...
Working in a linear manner...
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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
If youre mostly right brained
You need
Because
Open-ended tasks
The big picture.
Self-selecting tasks..
To work from intuition...
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If youre mostly left brained

• you tend to analyse things, working out possible
  consequences before embarking on a task.

• you dont like working in a chaotic environment.

• you will have good notes, in order
  and possibly even colour-coded.

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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
If youre 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 arent necessarily good at completing
  that task.

• you dont like deadlines and they may cause you
  stress.

• you should incorporate videos, graphs,
  mind-maps, computers and colour into your
  studying.

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Revision Technique Left brain? Right brain?
Left brained or Right brained?
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Revision Technique Multiple Intelligence Profile
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Revision Technique Multiple Intelligence Profile
The greater your score the greater your strength
in each field
Knowing your strengths can help you adapt the way
you do things to make the most of them.
It can also prevent you from relying too much
upon skills where you are not so strong.
It is possible to develop strengths in areas of
weakness check out the KGS Study Skills website
to find out how!
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Use mnemonics-
Mnemonic n. A device, such as a formula or
rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.
30 days has September, April, June and November
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Use mnemonics-
Silly Sentences make up your own!
- great for remembering lists
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn
Uranus Neptune Pluto
- or for remembering spellings - the sillier the
better !
Oesophagus
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Use mnemonics-
Silly Sentences make up your own!
- or even for remembering formulae
May I have a large container of coffee?
3 . 1 4 1 5 9 2 6
Check out the KGS Study Skills website to find
links to websites dedicated to listing mnemonics
you can use !
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Use mnemonics-
Rhyming Associations !
- the sillier the better !

• For example to remember the following grocery
  list of 10 items
• Milk Picture a stream of milk being fired
  from a gun
• Eggs Picture an egg wearing shoes
• Butter Picture sticks of butter growing from a
  tree
• Bread Picture a door made from bread
• Jam Picture bees flying from a jam jar
• Beer Picture a brick house with cans where
  the bricks should be
• Toilet paper Imagine A roll of TP with angel
  wings and a halo
• Soap Picture a bar of soap on a plate- yum
• Razor blades Picture yourself reeling in a razor
  blade as if it's a fish
• Batteries Picture a mechanical hen that runs on
  batteries
• If this sounds obscure, close your eyes and try
  to remember the grocery list you just read. You
  may be surprised.

• 1 gun Visualise the first item being fired
  from a gun
• 2 shoe Visualise the second thing and
  shoes
• 3 tree Visualise the third item growing
  from a tree
• 4 door Visualise the 4th item with a door
• 5 hive Visualise the fifth item with a
  hive or with bees
• 6 bricks Visualise the sixth item with
  bricks
• 7 heaven Visualise the seventh item with
  heaven
• 8 plate Visualise the 8th item on a plate
  as if it is food
• 9 line Visualise yourself fishing with
  the 9th item on your line
• 10 hen Visualise the 10th item with a
  chicken.

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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Break work down into small sections theyre
easier to handle
Highlight keywords in your notes so they are
easier to spot !
Highlight
Colour code your notes to highlight different
themes !
Colour code
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Get together with 3 or 4 friends
Record yourself reading your notes out loud
Each create a PowerPoint on a different topic
Play it back whilst relaxing or doing other
things
Get together on MSN with 3 or 4 friends
Swap Power Points
Be Imaginative
One asks questions on a topic the others see
who can answer first
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Revision Technique What can I do to help me
remember?
Build a REVISION WALL !
Be Imaginative