1. What do most students do?
Revision
What do most students do?

2. Phase 2: possibly make revision notes
Phase 1: Read
Passive revision
Revision workbook
Own notes
Text book refresher
Relevant websites e.g. quizlet
Exam
Phase 2: possibly make revision notes
This might not describe your students but it describes a lot of borderline students who don’t make sufficient progress because they don’t know how to / want to revise independently
Hope knowledge has stuck enough to answer an exam question and be successful
Flashcards
Revision book
Mind maps
Graphic organisers

3. What should students do?
Revision
What should students do?

4. Phase 1: Read Phase 3: test yourself Phase 4: RAG knowledge
Red – no knowledge – learn again – maybe try a different technique
Amber – good factual knowledge but can’t apply to an exam question
Green – can answer exam questions on this topic confidently
Revision workbook
Own notes
Text book refresher
Relevant websites e.g. quizlet
now focus on your red topics – be effective and target revision
Exam Practise – short / long answer questions
Quiz yourself (flash cards / quizlet – other online quizzes)
Timed exam practise
Essay plans for longer questions
Phase 2: Make revision notes – learn content
Share this with students at the start of the course and at the end of every section or when you ask them to revise for a knowledge / exam practise test.
Teachers have to set high expectations for revision and enable students to do it and hold them to account if they don’t
Active revision cycle
Gojimo
Graphic organisers
Quizlet
Mnemonics
Cornell notes
Post it note revision
Flashcards
Revision book
Read, cover, write, check
Mind maps
Phase 3: test yourself