Research informed revision
- 1. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 1 When you answer a question, develop your answer by thinking about ‘why?’ For example: • In science, increasing the temperature can increase the rate of a chemical reaction….why? • In geography, the leisure industry in British seaside towns like Porthcawl in South Wales has deteriorated in the last 4 decades….why? • In history, the 1929 American stock exchange collapsed. This supported Hitler’s rise to power….why?
- 2. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 2 Keep testing yourself in the way that you will be tested – so do lots and lots of past exam papers and/or get someone to ask you questions. This is far more effective than just reading through/highlighting your notes.
- 3. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 3 Read a section of your exercise book (or revision guide) and write a summary of the key points (without looking back). Then go back and check for accuracy.
- 4. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 4 Use acronyms to help remember ‘lists’ of things e.g. colours in the spectrum ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)
- 5. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 5 Plan your revision schedule over the Easter holidays, so that you keep coming back to topics – don’t just do them once and think that’s OK!
- 6. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 6 Interleave your revision topics. So instead of revising like this:: Revise your topics like this instead:
- 7. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 7 Read a section of your exercise book (or revision guide) and then put the information into a different format e.g. list, table, spidergram etc.
- 8. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 8 Once you have revised a topic, explain it to another person and ask them to ask you sensible questions about it e.g. ‘Why is that then?’
- 9. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 9 Revise a topic until you think you know it…but then keep going with it (as you probably don’t know it as well as you think!)
- 10. Research Informed Revision 10 strategies to help you do revision that works Strategy 10 Use flaschards to help you remember key ideas. This app is great: A flashcard has a question on one side and the answer on the other side – so it’s a great way of testing your key knowledge.