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What are Visual Hexagons?
What are Visual Hexagons?
Visual Hexagons is a form of revison which aims to test your ability to recall information and also strengthen your understanding of the links between different pieces of information. They work best as a tool once you are confident with individual pieces of information within a topic. As the name suggests, Visual Hexagons allow you to create diagrams or drawings as a more visual way of revising than most other methods. You can use them with just images to prompt recall, just words or a mix of both! As you join hexagons together you have to know the key information on a single hexagon and also be able to link it to the information on another. If you cannot explain the link you cannot fit them together. One of the best things about Visual Hexagons is that you can turn your revision into a game. Once you have made a set of Visual Hexagons you can lay them out again and again in different configurations each time so that you are making lots of different connections between different pieces of information. You can either write down or verbally talk through the links as you connect your hexagons together.
How do I use Visual Hexagons?
How do I use Visual Hexagons?
Start by picking your topic. Once you know what area you wish to cover you can start to create the hexagons. Each individual hexagons should be one idea or piece of information from within the topic you are studying - they should be quick and easy to make. For example, if you were making Visual Hexagons for English one of the hexagons could be a main character, another could be a key theme or key moment or key quote or an important literary technique. You can make the hexagons hold simple phrases, drawings or a combination of both - just make sure not to overload them as the revision comes in writing or verbalising the links between pieces of information. If you overload the hexagons the links are too clear/ limited so you are not thinking as hard in order to connect them.
Once you have created them, cut them out and muddle them up. Then start joining them together. You can only join one hexagon to another if you are clear what the connection is between them. By joining them together you are checking and enhancing your understanding of the material. Once you have arranged all your hexagons and written down the links, take a photo so you have a record of the links you have made. Then muddle up your hexagons again. Next time you might come up with different connections so you can then compare and contrast all your different versions of the same set of hexagons. This will help you to build a really deep understanding of your course materials.
You can find blank Visual Hexagons Templates in the Planning for Success section of the school library.
These are free to collect and use!
Visual Hexagons Top Tips!
Visual Hexagons Top Tips!
Highlight key links between information so that it stands out.
Keep your drawings more simplistic so that they easily allow you to recall the information
You don't need a lot of information on each hexagon - instead focus on making the connections between the hexagons.
Start with the basic information of the topic and revise this first. You can then keep building and adding more hexagons for each topic to add detail and depth to your notes and really challenge your recall.
Pupil Advice on Visual Hexagons
Pupil Advice on Visual Hexagons
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