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Effective Revision Techniques

Mrs Poole DLA RE

Revision skills

• Much more than simply reading, writing and highlighting!

Our focus for effective revision

• To improve the quality of revision.

Y11 Pupil voice:

• Pupil voice completed with 2/3 of the year group so far.
• Just under half (46%) said they are revising regularly. However about

a quarter of these were unsure how effective their revision actually was.

• Of the other 54% questioned 25% have yet to start regular revision

and feel unsure of what are effective revision strategies

This means that:

• Copying notes
• Reading notes
• Highlighting
• Making flashcards
• Cramming
• Are not the most effective revision techniques
• UNLESS THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THESE

MATERIALS WHEN THEY ARE DONE!

6 strategies to effective learning:

• Elaboration
• Concrete examples
• Retrieval practice
• Spaced practice
• Interleaving
• Dual Coding
• There is information about these 6 strategies in your pack. As well as

example revision materials.

Retrieval practice and Spaced practice

• Read one area of their knowledge organiser/kip sheet/revision

guide/flash cards etc

• Cover it up
• Write it out from memory
• Uncover and check against it. Fill in missing information in another
• colour. Make a quiz to use from this information.
• As part of spaced practice do the same again one day/one

week/one month later. Check the sheets against each other what are they failing to remember? Make key cards of this information.

Catholic beliefs on resurrection Catholic Christians believe that the soul and body will be re-united at the ‘Resurrection’ The Bible tells us that when Jesus returns to earth, he will physically raise all those who have died, giving them back the bodies they lost at death. These bodies will not die and, for the righteous, they will be transformed into a glorified state, freed from suffering and pain, and enabled to do many of the amazing things Jesus could do with his glorified body . The resurrection of the body is an essential Christian doctrine. St Paul says: “If the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. (1 Cor. 15). Humanist and atheist beliefs on the Afterlife Humanists believe that we only live

• nce, that this life is "not a dress

rehearsal". The idea of a non-material existence after we die doesn't make sense to many humanists. What could life be like without everything that makes it interesting and worthwhile;

• ur bodies (which communicate with
• thers and move us around), our senses

(through which we experience life),

• ur brains (which contain all our

knowledge and memories)? We will no longer exist as people, though the molecules that make up our body will still exist as part of the natural world.

Catholic beliefs on resurrection Humanist and atheist beliefs on the Afterlife

Concrete Examples

• Turn something academic and abstract into something concrete!
• For example
• The Holy Trinity! Hardest thing we study in RE
• The belief that there is One God but he is know to us in three distinct

ways (The Church calls these aspects or Godheads). How can God be

• ne and three, it doesn’t make sense.
• This is an abstract idea, much of what we learn is. Pupils need to be

able to find concrete examples to help them understand and remember them.

Concrete examples

Help yourself to a Mars Bar. The Holy Trinity is like a Mars Bar. It is definitely one chocolate bar not three but it has three distinct and equally important

• ingredients. The three ingredients cannot be separated into 3 bars!

This is a good concrete example because it is taken from something familiar to the pupils.

Concrete Examples

• On your desk are 3 examples of abstract ideas.
• Between you on your tables can you come up with concrete ideas to

help you understand and remember the original concept?

Elaboration

• Start with something simple- The A-Z challenge, a quote, a key point.
• Then in another colour elaborate and question what you know.
• What is it?
• What questions can be asked about it?
• What examples can you give (concrete examples!)?
• What is the opposite of this?
• What links can you make between ideas, topics

Start small, sum up a topic or an idea with trigger

• words. Complete

as many words as you can that begin with each letter. Then elaborate from there.!

A I Q B J R C K S D L T E M U F N V G O W H P X Y Z

Complete as many words as you can that begin with each letter. Our topic for tonight is teenagers!

A I Q B J Revision Clothes K School Driving lessons L T E Money U Friends N V GCSEs O W Hormones P X Y Z

Then try to make links between the words. Then use one or some of the words to elaborate

A I Q B J Revision Clothes K School Driving lessons L T E Money U Friends N V GCSEs O W Hormones Phone X Y Z

Elaboration

• For example:
• “Is this a dagger I see before me. The handle toward my hand?”
• Why does Shakespeare use this imagery here?
• What does this reveal about Macbeth at this point?
• How can we make connections to what we know of Macbeth?

Starting point: What do you want to elaborate? Keywords/religious terminology linked to this: Put it in your own words: Key concepts to consider? Who would agree/disagree with this and why? Significant because? Areas of other topics it links to: Impact of this:

Dual Coding

• This is all about combining words with pictures or symbols
• Read class notes/revision guide/flashcards etc
• Then find pictures or symbols to represent you have just read.

Catholics believe that death is a transition not the end. They believe we will have a bodily resurrection like Jesus did. This means both our body and soul will live on after

• death. They believe this because it is in all 4

Gospels and St Paul teaches it.

Catholics believe that death is a transition not the end. They believe we will have a bodily resurrection like Jesus did. This means both our body and soul will live on after

• death. They believe this because it is in all 4

Gospels and St Paul teaches it.

Catholics believe that death is a transition not the end. They believe we will have a bodily resurrection like Jesus did. This means both our body and soul will live on after

• death. They believe this because it is in all 4

Gospels and St Paul teaches it.

Use the images to help you write a paragraph about Catholic beliefs about resurrection.

Dual coding

• Instead of copying information on to notes and flash cards draw it. Go

back to it later, can you remember what the pictures mean? Check against your original information.

• Experiment with different kinds of visuals to suit different subject
• areas. Why not try:
• Timelines
• Infographics
• Cartoon strips
• Diagrams
• Or graphic organisers
• Make them colourful and interesting

Our final Strategy- Interleaving

• Switch between ideas during a study session. Don’t study one idea for

too long.

• Go back over the ideas again in different orders to strengthen

understanding.

• Make links between different ideas as you switch between them.

How can you support your child?

• Give them the time to revise.
• Give them a space to revise.
• Ensure they have the things they need- flash cards, pens, post it notes

etc

• Try to cut down time on phones- there are many apps for phones to

encourage them to stay off social media for a time and allow time for vital revision (Offtime, moment, forest etc)

• Try to ensure that they are getting enough sleep.

Austin’s Butterfly

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