Revision Resources

Ways to revise

Using flashcards

Create flashcards to support your revision.

Write questions on one side and answers on the other to encourage active recall.

Organise the flashcards after testing yourself depending on how well you know the content.

Ask family members to test you on the content

Ways to revise

Attach knowledge you want to learn to knowledge you already have.

Choose a journey or place you know very well, for example, the route to school.

Attach information to different landmarks as you imagine the journey.

Test yourself on the content by explaining the journey and knowledge outloud.

Ways to revise

Reading a textbook will make you feel as if you know more than you really do. Use this method to test yourself.

Recall - choose a topic and write down everything you remember.

Use prompt questions to support recall.

Purple pen your work by using your book to check what you missed.

Ways to revise

Converting knowledge into meaningful diagrams is a form of dual coding.

Choose the right diagram for the content you're learning.

For example, you could create a timeline for History revision.

Check out this website for more ideas....

Ways to revise

Bored of sat in a silent room revising?

Find a friend and explain a topic to them.

Give them your notes so that they can ask your further questions.

Be supportive and kind.

How to revise

Here are some summary pages of different revision techniques taken from this website: The Learning Scientists

Top tips

Flashcards: write two questions on one side, answers on the other.

Create new contexts to test your knowledge in. Write a hard question for yourself.

Spot the patterns: which content repeatedly turns up across the course?

Make it fun… discuss it, use online quizzes, have rewards close by!