“Guess Who / Guess What”
The “Guess Who” board game can be adapted for revision purposes. Even better, get the students to design the game themselves. Here’s a tweet from @PaulRoWilson to illustrate the idea = “It’s not guess...
View Article“Who / Where / What Am I?” Revision Game
This is a great team quiz game that I often use during Year 11 and Year 13 revision sessions. Students have to design their own questions, think about the most important (for example) individuals /...
View ArticleSpot the Mistakes!
It is always an effective revision technique to provide students with model answers after they have completed an examination-style test (for example, a timed essay). For this reason, I will usually...
View ArticleDice and Card Game Strategies for Revising Key Terms
To encourage students to revise key terminology more effectively, give them advance notice that their knowledge will be tested using one of the following revision games – especially if the scores from...
View ArticleShare all possible test questions in advance to encourage focused revision
Sharing a long list of possible questions with students in advance of a test in exam conditions is a simple way of ensuring their revision and reflection is focused and effective. When I tell my...
View ArticleGamification of Revision: Snooker and Battleships
I am a big fan of using game formats as a revision strategy. Over several weeks I use various quiz formats and build up a ‘Leaderboard Challenge‘ culminating in an overall winner being declared in the...
View ArticleAdd a ‘how certain are you?’ element to spice up factual tests
Overview To spice up factual tests, require students not merely to provide an answer, but to choose how many points to play for to reflect their confidence. If they’re correct, they win that amount of...
View Article“Tell us something we don’t know!”: A quiz to develop deeper understanding
Overview For examination subjects, content is king. Without a secure bedrock of factual knowledge, analysis cannot be attempted and evaluation and formulation of different perspectives is impossible....
View ArticleGet students designing educational board games
Overview Students could be challenged to design an educational board game on a subject of study. Credit could be given to the students based on the gameplay, the presentation and the simplicity of the...
View ArticleAlphabet Challenge: know the topic from A-Z!
Overview Challenge students to produce a list of words from A-Z, each of which has something to do with the topic being consolidated or revised. If time is available, these can then be converted into a...
View ArticleUsing “unlock the chest!” puzzles to develop out-of-class learning
Overview Obtain a date padlock (day / month / year), and set it to the exact date of a particular historical event. Use this to lock a chest, inside of which should be placed an illustrated sheet of...
View ArticleTriominoes Revision
Overview Here’s a great idea from Karen Knight (@KKNTeachLearn) that was shared to the #historyteacher hashtag on Twitter recently: Taking it further Get students to create their own sets of revision...
View ArticleMaking “Top Trumps” work in the classroom: use WORDS, not RATINGS
Overview Because “Top Trumps” is a simply game format to understand and play, this does not necessarily translate into an educationally worthwhile revision exercise. It’s important to make it a game...
View Article“Design the exam question from hell” for higher-order revision
Overview One of the best ways to prepare students for examinations is to get them to design their own questions using the established format of past exam papers. This helps familiarise them with the...
View ArticleIdentifying “Plot holes in history” as a revision strategy
Overview During revision time, get students to review the course by challenging them to determine the most outlandish coincidences and unlikely events they have learned about: the sorts of things...
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