7 steps to successful revision strategies

By Joanna Pellereau2023-03-09T10:21:00

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How to model effective exam cramming habits with your students

Revision retrieves information students have already learned. It’s not about cramming in information, it’s about extracting and using it to pass exams. In this article, a secondary school science teacher shares a seven-step approach to building, modelling and developing revision skills in your pupils. And it’s all based around the Education Endowment Foundation’s Metacognition and self-regulated learning guidance.

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