Revision Advice

How To Revise Effectively

At the West Coventry Academy we promote learning and revision strategies that are scientifically proven to work. The internet is full of websites offering advice on how to revise but many can be misleading and unhelpful. The advice we endorse below is based on cognitive science (how the brain works) and is proven to be effective.

Revision Strategies

The video below and accompanying PDF documents summarise the most effective strategies which are:

Retrieval Practice

Spaced Practice

Interleaving

Duel Coding

Elaboration

Concrete Examples

Quizlet – study anything!

quizlet.com

BBC Bitesize

www.bbc.co.uk/education

7 best Free Online Revision Tools

successatschool.org

The Times – GCSE revision apps

Top 5 apps

How To Revise Effectively

At the West Coventry Academy we promote learning and revision strategies that are scientifically proven to work. The internet is full of websites offering advice on how to revise but many can be misleading and unhelpful. The advice we endorse below is based on cognitive science (how the brain works) and is proven to be effective.

Revision Strategies

The video below and accompanying PDF documents summarise the most effective strategies which are:

Retrieval Practice

Spaced Practice

Interleaving

Duel Coding

Elaboration

Concrete Examples

Quizlet – study anything!

quizlet.com

BBC Bitesize

www.bbc.co.uk/education

7 best Free Online Revision Tools

successatschool.org

The Times – GCSE revision apps

Top 5 apps