Think, pair, share
What Memorising
do the alphabetand
andRevising
the rainbow
have in common?
Study Skills – Memorising and
Revising
Think, pair, share
What do the alphabet and the rainbow
have in common?
These are both examples of concepts that
we learn as small children, through songs.
Music is a powerful way to learn material.
What is this?
We are going to listen to a piece of music
that talks through the first 9 elements.
Which element puts shine in the sun?
What element is generated through nuclear
fusion?
Which element is used to treat mental
health?
Which element is described as car exhaust
fumes?
Which element is the lightest of the
halogens?
Discuss with the person next to you:
How many animals did Moses
take on the ark?
What is wrong with
this question?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiTz2i4VHFw
Video Review
1) What is the difference between fast & slow
thinking?
2) In an exam setting which do you think is the
most likely you will use?
v
Our aim is to make
our our
The response
brains make
slow thinking quicker
and when
to
faced with a more
reduce the emotional
complex problem.
response to slow thinking
Our instinctive
desire to solve
problems quickly and
how our brains to
work efficiently.
Revision Strategy: Priming
Primes are subtle cues that influence
peoples' subconscious attitudes and
responses.
Priming is about taking material you need to
learn for your exams and developing your
immediate responses to them (fast-thinking).
Priming in Action
Friends clip
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EomKb
f9gks (start 3:12 mins)
Priming Activity:
- When you see the word
prompts say the first word that
comes into your mind….
Science
PHOTO-
Art
PHOTO-
English
PO-
Maths
EQUA-
Sociology/
R.S
EQUA-
Revision Strategy: Flashcards
• Index/flash cards
– Condense concepts
into the key
information
– Transfer to a flash
card.
– Review the
flashcards at
After this session:
regular intervals
and see how much • Your task will be to make
you can remember.
at least 15 flashcards on
– Get other people to
5 key terms in Maths,
test you.
English and Science
Using your visual memory
How many green smarties are
in this picture? (4 seconds!)
You have 1 minute to memorise as
many different objects as possible
3 items have been taken away. What
are they?
Using this to revise: Mindmaps
•
Mindmap
– Key concept in the
middle of the map.
– The topics that
relate to the key
concept go on
branches around the
outside.
– E.g. the topic could
be Animal Farm. The
other branches would
then be made up of
character, theme,
structure and
language.
– www.text2mindmap.c
om – free, online
mindmap generator.
All of the techniques that we have looked at today have one thing in
common: they all focus on identifying and prioritising key information.
This is essential for revision.
Reduce content
down to key
elements.
Putting this into practice
Ideas:
1.
Make a set of 15 flashcards of key terms from English, Maths
and Science.
2. Complete a revision reduction sheet like the one on the previous
slide on specific topics
3. Take everything that you have learned about a specific topic and
turn it into a mindmap.