Teach Secondary 13.7

28 REMEMBER IT WELL Gordon Cairns considers what schools can do to develop that most fundamental of revision skills – the ability to memorise 31 “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO REVISE!” Neil Dixon offers some advice for helping students plan, organise their time and experiment with revision techniques more effectively 32 FROM BRILLIANCE TO BURNOUT Rebecca Leek looks at what teachers can do when students’ determination to do well in their exams tips over into stress and exhaustion 27 IN FIGURES: HOWDOTEACHERS FEELABOUTTHE TIME THEY SPEND ON ASSESSMENTTASKS? 3 TEACHWIRE ARTICLES FROM THE ARCHIVES THE TS GUIDE TO… REVISION As your Y11s prepare to embark on months of checking over notes, committing passages to memory and re-familiarising themselves with tricky facts and equations, we look at the role teachers can play in helping themmemorise, plan their time and keep things in perspective... INTHIS SECTION STARTAS YOUMEANTO GO ON If you want to ingrain good GCSE revision habits among your students, the real work should begin from Y7, advises Charlotte Lander… bit.ly/137special1 HELPYOUR HIGH FLYERS Left to their own devices, even the most able students can struggle with revision, says Vic Goddard – which is why it’s our job to guide them every step of the way… bit.ly/137special2 THE LONGAND WINDING ROAD Revision shouldn’t be a last minute strategy, advises Alex Quigley – it ought to be an integral and ongoing part of every learning journey bit.ly/137special3 58% of Y10 to Y13 students perceive ‘getting distracted’ as their biggest hurdle to scoring well in exams 34% of Y10 to Y13 students have never considered consistently spacing their revision Source: 2023 ‘Revision Census’ research carried out by Exam Study Expert – see examstudyexpert.com/ revision-census for more details 22% of teachers voluntarily organised GCSE revision and study sessions outside of normal working hours in 2023 (compared to 18% asked to do so by their school) Source: Teacher Tapp survey of 5,417 teacher respondents TEACH SECONDARY SPECIAL REVISION 27 teachwire.net/secondary R E V I S I O N