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Elevate Education. Feedback and parent workshop Thursday 14 th March 2019. How long is left?. 7 21 28. Access the GCSE exam timetable here. Year 11 students. Year 11 Study Sensei Ace your exams. Study Sensei: Note taking: trigger words and mind maps
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Elevate Education Feedback and parent workshop Thursday 14th March 2019
How long is left? 7 21 28 Access the GCSE exam timetable here
Year 11 students • Year 11 • Study Sensei • Ace your exams Study Sensei: • Note taking: trigger words and mind maps • Self-tracking: using the syllabus, system of review, test preparation • Independent learning Ace Your Exams: • Effective revision strategies
Study Sensei Ace Your Exams Revision Strategies • Note Making • Formatting Notes • Independent Learning File • Practice Test Tracker • System of Review • Mind Mapping What exam strategies could I use? • Mind Maps • Flash cards • Reading notes after every lesson, the following day, weekly, monthly • Practicing past papers • Marking past papers and obtaining feedback from friends and teachers • Traffic light subject syllabus
A few questions asked by the Elevate team • When did you start revising • 3 months before • Month before • Couple of weeks before • A week before • Couple of days before • Night before • Did no revision What type of revision did you complete? • Reading notes • Completing practice papers Consistency of grades • All over the place • Consistent to ability level
What was your strategy? Last minute cram • Yes • No Completion of practice papers • Some • None • All I could get What is your aim? • Specific aim in mind • Achieve the best grades I can get • I don’t want to fail
What are the common mistakes • Not enough time to prepare • Doing the wrong work • No plan • Not correcting mistakes • No goal • Not enough practice 76% of students admit that they don’t have a plan or don’t write notes
Preparation vs Performance 20% performance on the day 80% preparation 77.4% of WIS students admit to beginning their revision less than 3 weeks before their exams.
Give yourself adequate time to prepare What should I be doing? When Should I be doing this? • Finish and format notes At least 2 months prior to the exam • Learn and memorise At least 6 weeks prior to the exam • Practice papers At least 4 weeks prior to the exam • EXAM
Which Phone are you? Nokia Blackberry Iphone
Go through past papers and identify where you lost marks • Identify where I lost marks • Circle • Find out how to fix things Get teachers advice • Ask where you went wrong specifically • Ask how to fix it specifically • Write it down • Make sure you understand
Learn from the people around you • Get papers from people that achieved a higher grade than you in class • Copy the good stuff • Don’t cheat
Fix the mistake – try Bullet Proof Booklet • Redo • Remark Use an exam planner
Practice Papers • Chunk • Cheat • Challenge • Repeat the Process • Break down questions • Refer to notes if you are really unsure • As student feels more confident, try more challenging questions • Statistically, the more practice papers attempted, the better the grade will be
How about using a bullet proof booklet? Why? • Very targeted revision • Focuses a student on the topics they struggle with • Turns an individual’s weaknesses into their strengths How do I use it? • Best completed after a past paper or mock exam • Creates a database of questions an individual finds challenging and how to improve their responses • Students repeat the process until they get the right answers
Do you do any of these things before/in an exam? • Get into a routine • Don’t be late for the exam • Avoid people • Breathing exercises 5.5% feel that they can control their stress before their exam
Ration your time • Each Mark = 1 minute • If the paper is worth 20 marks and you have 2 hours to do it, each mark is worth _____ marks • How long would you spend on the following questions • Don’t waste time on the lowest mark questions. Be aware: Different papers carry different time/mark allocations. Know what these are Quickly mindmap a longer answer plan before starting and include this in your submission.
What about procrastination? • Try using the following: • F.lux • Ta-Dah lists • selfcontrollapp.com • getcoldturkey.com • Create an agreed revision schedule • Remove distractions, consider the environment • Include some free time