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How to prepare for cancelled exams in 2021

17 November, 2020  At this time of year students are sitting mock examinations for GCSE, A Level and vocational courses. With summer 2021 examinations in doubt, how can you best help GCSE and A Level students make the most of the situation? Students don’t always seem very concerned about mock exams and...

Just what difference can a good revision guide make?

13 November, 2020  In June 1993, I sat down to take my GCSE Science examinations. I enjoyed all three sciences and was awarded in August of that year, a double A grade. Great. But then 28 years passed, and I have forgotten everything. Most of it, probably by the day after the exam. Now, I look at the GCSE science...

Dual coding

5 November, 2020  ‘Cognitive load’ is described as the volume of information that the brain can absorb or ‘take in’ at any one time. Our working memory. Overload it, and you, or your students, won’t remember much beyond that point. Dual coding can help. Dual coding recognises that there...

Retrieval practice and spaced learning

6 September, 2020  Retrieval practice and spaced learning are not new concepts and most good teachers naturally use them in their everyday delivery. However, becoming aware that they are ‘a thing’ and how they can be successfully combined raises awareness of their use and of their effectiveness. Retrieval...

“Sir! We’ve done this before.” Re-vision means to ‘see again’. But what’s the science behind it?

14 April, 2020  Repetitively, and cyclically testing oneself on topics that have already been covered is the most effective way to revise. But why, how and how often? Illustrations and words Research has shown that revising with words and pictures doubles the quality of responses by students.1 This is known as...

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