With year 10 and 11 mocks taking place and KS3 end of year exams looming how can we make revision effective and interesting? How can we plan a revision lesson that will be fun and help our students to prepare.
Spaced learning is a method of revision. Content is condensed and repeated 3 times with tasks for pupils to complete. The revision lesson has 2 x 5 minute breaks. The breaks are key to spaced learning being a success. During the breaks you ask the students to do something in silence that uses a different set of skills. Scientific evidence proves that when the content is revisited after a break, long term memories are created.
For example you hear a song on the radio and you like it. The next time you hear it, you pick up the chorus, they third time you hear it you can practically sing along!
I have used spaced learning successfully and it has had an impact. A physics exemplar is attached. The rules of the break are crucial - No talking! I usually give the students a block of plasticine and ask them to make me ‘Nemo’ or ‘Buzz Light year’ and provide them their time limit.
From ZAL and was recently published in the T&L bulletin.
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