REVISION

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REVISION

• Why revise?
• How do I revise?

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LISTEN TO A TEACHER (5)
HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE DO YOU RETAIN?
RETENTION RATE
READING (10)
AUDIO-VISUAL (20)
DEMONSTRATION (30)
DISCUSSION (50)
PRACTICE BY DOING (75)
TEACH OTHERS OR USE LEARNING (90)
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HOW WE REMEMBER
100 80 60 40 20 0
Revision
1 day 1week
1 month
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MEMORY

• You have not learnt anything until you have
  memorised it.
• How do you memorise?
• There are lots of methods to help

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MEMORY METHODS

• Condense your notes
• Highlight Key Words and Facts
• Create Association Maps
• Write on Post-its and/or Cards
• Use Mnemonics and Acronyms
• Use Rhyme or Song
• Use Visual triggers
• Produce an Image Chain
• Use Object placing

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Condense your Notes

• Only about 20 of written text is actually the
  detail that you need to know, the other 80 is
  there to help you understand it.
• This means that you can condense your notes down
  to that 20.
• While you are condensing your notes, you are also
  revising.

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Tips for Condensing your Notes

• Ensure that you understand the Topic text.
• Look for the Main ideas in the text
• Look for Secondary ideas in the text.
• Look for the Links between the Main and Secondary
  ideas.
• Look for Key Words.
• Look for detail that supports the Main and
  Secondary ideas.
• Now you condense further and further still,
  ending up with Key Points on a set of prompt
  cards.

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HIGHLIGHTING KEY WORDS AND FACTS

• Reading through text and highlighting important
  words, facts, points etc. is a good way to start,
  to before condensing your notes.

After World War One, Germany signed the Treaty of
Versailles in June 1919. In the Treaty, they
were forced to surrender their colonies. Most of
these were administered as mandate territories by
other powers. The Marshall, Caroline and Mariana
Islands were given to the Japanese to administer,
Australia received German New Guinea and New
Zealand received Samoa.
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Association Maps

• These are aids to condensing notes and putting
  topics and detail together.

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MIND MAP
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POST_ITS
These are good for remembering formulae or Key
Words.
Stick them around your room, on the mirror, on
doors, walls etc. Read them out loud to yourself
as you pass by.
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MNEMONICS and ACRONYMS

• Acronym- a word formed from the initial letters
  of a series of words ensuring the correct order
  is maintained.

• Mnemonic- a series of words formed from the
  initial letters of a series of words ensuring the
  correct order is maintained

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ACRONYMS

• SOHCAHTOA - Trig ratios

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MRS TRAVENDAMP - French verbs that take être in
the Perfect tense

• M - Monter
• R - Rester
• S - Sortir
• T - Tomber
• R - Retourner
• A - Arriver
• V - Venir
• E - Entrer
• N - Naître
• D - Descendre
• A - Aller
• M - Mourir
• P Partir

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Mnemonics

• My Mercury
• Very Venus
• Easy Earth
• Method Mars
• Just Jupiter
• Speeds Saturn
• Up Uranus
• Naming Neptune
• Planets Pluto

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RHYME OR SONG

• In fourteen hundred and ninety-two,
• Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
• MODE most
• MEDIAN middle
• MEAN add up divide
• RANGE

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VISUAL TRIGGERS

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CREATE AN IMAGE CHAIN

• These are used to remember a set of information
  (list), in the form of a story.

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OBJECT PLACING

• These are used to remember a set of information
  (list), by picturing them in different place,
  maybe around a room.

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THE LEARNING PROCESS

• Ensure that you UNDERSTAND the information/process
  .
• CONDENSE the information
• MEMORISE the information/process.
• REVISE it, keep going over it.

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PRACTICE EXAM PAPERS

• Work through lots of practice examination papers
  and make sure that they are marked either by the
  teacher or with a mark scheme to prevent any
  mistakes that are made are not repeated in the
  examination!
• Students who do lots of papers are more
  successful, than students that dont. They are
  much more used to the style of question and
  recognise the topics that are examined regularly.
• Papers are available from teachers and/or the
  internet including answers to check.
• Some subjects papers are available on the
  College intranet.

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INTERNET REVISION SITES

• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
• www.mymaths.co.uk
• www.counton.org
• www.skoool.co.uk
• www.schoolsnet.com
• www.schoolhistory.co.uk

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REVISION TIME

• Make a Revision Timetable and stick to it
• Revise in small manageable time slots
• Little and often is far better than long sessions
• Plan for breaks and social activities
• 40 minutes revision and 10 minutes break is a
  good guide
• Enjoy your breaks
• Revise two subjects and then have a longer break
• Spread hard topics with easy topics
• Where possible work at the time of the day that
  suits you
• Revise with a friend

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DIET and EXERCISE

• Food affects your brain as well as your body.
  Eating the right food improves your
  concentration, both to do revise and do
  examinations
• Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydrating the
  brain
• A little exercise helps to de-stress, get a good
  nights sleep and feel refreshed in the morning.

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• FOOD
• HELPFUL
  UNHELPFUL
• Cereals and rice
  Junk food
• Brown/wholemeal bread Sweets
• Potatoes
  Fizzy drinks
• Oily fish
  Crisps
• Fruit and Vegetables

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DOING THE EXAMINATION

• Read the questions very carefully
• Make notes if applicable
• Look how many marks are available for each
  question or part of question
• Plan your time for each question carefully
• Always show working/methods
• Prepare well and you will be successful
• Good luck