Revision Revision Prepare for assessments Helps build long
Revision!
Revision ! Prepare for assessments Helps build long term memory Links curriculum together
Revision ! Prepare for assessments Helps build long term memory Links curriculum
Revision! …also known as… RETRIEVAL PRACTICE
REVISION – WHAT HAPPENS Revise! retri eve move to Working Memory Long Term Memory solve a problem answer a question write an essay so that you can
Revise – TWO SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS DIRECT BENEFIT INDIRECT BENEFIT retrie vable consol idate FEEDBA CK YOU TEACHER STUDY MORE EFFECTIVE LY TEACH MORE EFFECTIVE LY LONG TERM MEMORY IMPROVEMEN TS MEMORY TRANSFE R INFEREN CE FOCUS ON WHAT YOU COULDN’T RETRIEVE
REVISION – WORKS BECAUSE WE FORGET
EBBINGHAUS’ FORGETTING CURVE How quickly we forget information over time 100 Percentage of content remembered 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
Percentage of content remembered You have just learnt something. This is 100% of what you know. 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
100 Percentage of content remembered 90 Just minutes later you will begin forgetting. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
100 Percentage of content remembered 90 Just an hour later what was clear to you is now hazy. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
100 Percentage of content remembered 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 By the next day, if it’s new information you hours 1 hour may have already forgotten half of it 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
100 Percentage of content remembered 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 Left unchecked, this process will continue. You won’t forget all of it, but you’ll forget a lot. days 3 days Time since learning 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: SPACED OUT DO NOW (RETRIEVAL PRACTICE) 1 st Revision 100 Percentage of content remembered You recall the information just as you 90 start to forget. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: Spaced practice with effective revision 1 st Revision 100 Percentage of content remembered 90 80 70 60 50 After the first repetition you begin to forget but the rate of forgetting is slower. 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: Spaced practice with effective revision 1 st Revision 100 Percentage of content remembered 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 And after one repetition you’ll remember more. 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: Spaced practice with effective revision 1 st Revision 100 2 nd Revision 90 Percentage of content remembered You revise a day later. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: Spaced practice with effective revision 1 st Revision 100 2 nd Revision Percentage of content remembered 90 80 70 After you revise for a 2 nd time, you remember a little more. 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: Spaced practice with effective revision 1 st Revision 100 2 nd Revision 3 rd Revsion Percentage of content remembered 90 You revise a few days later. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
SOLUTION: Spaced practice with effective revision 1 st Revision 100 2 nd Revision 4 th Revision 3 rd Revision Percentage of content remembered 90 Forgetting is always present but now the information is starting to stick 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 hours 1 hour 1 day 2 days Time since learning 3 days 4 days 5 days
REVISE – TAKES EFFORT AND SHOULD BE HARD RETRIEV E REVISE FORGET and then RETRIEV E FORGET and then REVISE
REVISE – I WANT RESULTS NOW! be like the CHINESE BAMBOO TREE
REVISE – THE CHINESE BAMBOO TREE NEEDS FEEDING AND WATERING, LITTLE AND OFTEN FOR FIVE YEARS – NOTHING HAPPENS ABOVE THE SOIL
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