Education is what remains after one has forgotten

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

What is revision Definition: Re – vision. . Means taking a second look at something. Education is _____ remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. WHO ?

Why Revise ? • To help you retain what you have learnt. • To re-learn anything you may have forgotten. • To make sure you learn / cover anything you may have missed due to a day off sick. ____ is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Why do we forget? • Interference Theory. • Cue dependency. • Failure to store Theory. • Decay Theory. Education is what ______ after ____ has forgotten what one has learned in school. ______ Einstein

Education __ what ______ after ___ has _______ what one has learned in school.

Learning and Memory • Linking your learning – You must understand the topic. – Ask questions – it helps. – Get some context; • When did it happen? (Know the time line) • Why did it happen? • What changed as a result? Education __ what ______ after one has _______ what one __ learned __ school.

Learning and Memory 2 • Commit to Memory – Re-visit it – Teach it – Write it – Read about it – Listen to it – Watch it – Discuss it ____ is what remains _____ one has forgotten ____ one ______ in ______. Albert _______

Techniques to engage your memory • Team Up – Discuss it – Work together – Present what you know • Flash Cards – Short snappy summaries – Learn in small chunks – Get someone to test you ____ is ____ remains _____ one ___ forgotten ___ one ___ learned __ school. ______ Einstein

Techniques to engage your memory 2 • Learning Journals – Write a summary of a lesson or a topic in your own words. – This can be in any order. – It could be from a different point of view. • Visual approaches Try to think of a really memorable event. How would you describe it to someone else? The chances are your description might include a lot of sensory information – sounds, smells, tastes even, but probably you will mostly describe what you saw. Now think about that piece of Shakespeare or that quote you have to learn for History – imagine you were there. . ____ __ _______ after one _________ one ___ learned __ school. A_____ E______

Techniques to engage your memory 3 • Mind Maps – – Summarise a topic Include all key points Link ideas together Make it visual – Don’t spend too long on these. ____ is ____ remains _____ one ___ forgotten ___ one ___ learned __ school. ______ Einstein

Techniques to engage your memory 4 • Dynamic Display – Big Posters – Display prominently – Display in places you have to go to a lot. . . – Add to it as you go along – Use Prezi or Powerpoint to help ____ is _______ one ___ forgotten ___ ___ learned __ school. _______

Pop Quiz Upgrading answers If this is the answer. . . Total Recall Past Papers Open Book What remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school?

Regular Returns Lots of flash cards in a draw and a lovely poster gathering dust under your bed will not work ! You have to keep going back and looking again. Education is ?

Learn it R 1 Learn it R 2 R 3 R 1 R 3 Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

Assess yourself • Traffic light each topic • Have someone else grade you. Education is ?

Your Plan • What do you need to revise? • What are the test requirements? • When are the assessments? YOU MUST BUILD A TIME TABLE. • What revision strategies work for you? Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

What to revise? • Make a list of what you have to revise for each topic. • Any areas that you know well and require little or no study, Highlight Green or Amber as appropriate. • Topics that need a lot of revision, Highlight Red. • Allocate more time to topics that need more revision. Education __ _______ ___ has forgotten ____ ___ _______ __ school. ________

Have Goals? • Having goals makes us more productive. Know what you need to do – then get on with it. • E. g. – I will have made a poster of all the area and volume formulae by 2: 00 pm. – I will have revised “Community Cohesion” by 3: 30 pm and prepared a set of Flash Cards to test myself with. E_______ i_ w___ r_____ a___ o__ h__ f______ w___ o__ h__ l_____ i_ s____. A_____ E______

Have Goals? • Having goals makes us more productive. Know what you need to do – then get on with it. • E. g. – I will have made a poster of all the area and volume formulae by 2: 00 pm. – I will have revised “Community Cohesion” by 3: 30 pm and prepared a set of Flash Cards to test myself with. Education is. . .

Making a revision Timetable • Invest some time in your plan. • Decide where you will revise. • Plan time for exercise and sleep. This is important. • Time spent; – Weekdays – 1 session of 2 – 3 hours per night – Weekends – 4 sessions of 2 – 3 hours per day plus 1 session of 2 hours on ONE evening.

When to revise what • Research shows – – – We revise better in the morning. The brain needs rest – take regular breaks. In your breaks – do not think deeply about things. Eat well but not too much. Mixed sessions of “Committing, Practising and Recalling” – – Tick off what you have done. RAG / assess what you have learned. Reward yourself. Take exercise. Education is. . .

Stratgegies • Down time. • Frequent short breaks – don’t work continuously for more than 1 hour. • Mix it up – mix the difficult bits with some easy revision. You’ll feel better. • Use on-line resources such as Bitesize, but don’t expect it to do the work for you.

Know the format • Past Papers are essential. • Practise, Practise. . . • Know the format; – – Essay Multiple choice Short answer Calc or Non Calc • Specialist language e. g. – “Justify”, “explore”, “evaluate”, “show that”, . . . A famous scientist wrote what he thought education was. Who was he and what did he say?