mr rayner's revision thoughts
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Why should I revise?
It’s BORING!
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What’s the point of revision?
• You have obtained a great deal of knowledge this lesson/topic/term/year etc
• Most people could not hope to remember every detail of every lesson
• This is why we revise• Revision is NOT about learning, its about remembering• You should always make sure you understand
everything before you leave the lesson – otherwise speak with your teacher!
• (if you miss a lesson you need to see them to ensure you have covered the work)
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Science specifics
• Everything you learn in KS3 you must know for later years
• That means every minute spent revising this year is a minute in preparation for your GCSE’s/A Levels/Degrees!
• …As long as you remember the information in the long term
• This is best done over a long period of time
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KS3 SAT PAPER 2005
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IGCSE PHYSICS MAY 2007
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IB PHYSICS MAY 2006 PAPER 3
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Don’t Cram: Start revising EARLY
• Cramming is where you try and revise a lot in a short period of time and it does work in the short term
• But you need all these details on the long term so do a little revision more often is much better
• It is much better to do 5 lots of 20 minutes than 1 session of 100 minutes
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When should you revise?
Start your revision early each evening,
before your brain gets tired.
DO NOT KEEP PUTTING IT OFF
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How should you revise?
If you just sit down to revise,
without a definite finishing time,
then your learning efficiency
falls lower and lower,
like this:
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How can you improve this?
If you decide at the beginning
how long you will work for, with a clock,
then as your brain knows the end is coming,
the graph rises towards the end
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How can you improve this even more?
If you break up a 2-hour session,
into 4 shorter sessions,
each of about 25-minutes,
with a short planned break between them,
then it is even better.
Compare the next 2 graphs:
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One solid session
4 shorter sessions
The yellow area shows the improvement.
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Suppose you start work at 6 pm.
You should decide, looking at your clock or watch, to stop at 6.25 pm --and no later.
Then at 6.25 pm have a break for 5-10 minutes.
When you start again, look at the clock and decide to work until 7 pm exactly, and then have another break.
This way, you are working more efficiently, as the previous slide showed.
For example,
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How often should you revise?
Look at the graph below:
It shows how much your brain can recall later.
It rises for about 10 minutes …and then falls.
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if you quickly re-revise after 10 minutes,
then it falls more slowly! This is good.
Analyse the new graph:
However,
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if you quickly re-revise again, after 1 day,
then it falls even more slowly! Good !
Analyse the new graph:
Even better,
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if you quickly re-revise again, after 1 week,
then it falls even more slowly! Great!
Analyse the new graph:
And even better still,
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10 minutes
1 day
1 week
…and then 1 month.
So the best intervals for ‘topping-up’,
by reviewing or briefly re-revising
are:
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Where should you revise?
What’s wrong with this?
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Where should you revise?
What is better here?
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Key points
• Start revising early
• Short sessions with plenty of breaks
• Quiet room with no distractions
• Try lots of different techniques – don’t justread!
• Think about what you will achieve if you complete all this revision