HELP with revison?

Question

can you give me some revision tips for my kids

Answer 1

At work today, was in a fabulous session......REVISION for year 11.

Point 1 to note: - DON'T CALL IT REVISION, that word immediately makes them think boring, not fun, hard, why, books etc etc. call it review or recall sessions. when you say review they tend to think of film/book/music reviews!!!!

Try encouraging the use of LOCI - the use of location/items, to create a story. By telling and re-telling the story, this will reinforce the connection and assist in the memory of facts.

Use mind maps to take out the 20% of information you actually need - tony buzan explains it really well. use colours and remeber to write on the lines!!!!

now you have methods, lets think about times......children tend to switch off after 20 - 40 minutes, so have 4 x 30 minute sessions, broken up by a 5 minute break (drink, bite to eat, walk around) -
30 mins review, 5 mins break,
30 mins review, 5 mins break,
30 mins review, 5 mins break,
30 mins review, 5 mins break.

go back and recap on the mind map after 10 minutes to see what they can remember and refresh their memory on the facts they're not sure of. only spend about 5 minutes on this.
1 day later do this same recap for about 5 minutes.
Carry on with these short recaps after 1 week, 2 weeks and 1 month. this should maximise the ability to retain the necessary information.

The class of 30 year 11 pupils found it really helpful and enjoyed the session. It's well worth a try and I will certainly be showing my children these techniques.

Answer 2

sure, the things I find that work are:

1. work somewhere quiet.
2. don't work for too long at a time, 45min chunks are normally good.
3. don't try to do too much at once, break it down into manageble sections.
4. make a good revision timetable, so you know what you're doing when.
5. make sure you have one day a week that is a free day, so you can have some fun too!

Here's a website I found too with some more tips! good luck with the revision. x

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/education/revision/tips.shtml