Exam Revision Ideas

Idea 1: Past Paper Answer Presentations

1. Go through a past paper with the whole class. Have the class rank each question based on difficulty.

2. Pick the top handful of questions ranked as difficult and assign each question to a group of students.

3. Students answer this question using Word or Google Doc (etc.) and present the answer to the class (i.e. becoming the lecturer).

4. The documents can be shared with the class to assist thereafter in their studying.

Benefits:

• Encourages student responsibility.

• The activity navigates towards addressing the biggest need.

• As students are creating study materials for the group, which will be publicly available, contributions should be of a good quality.

Idea 2: Use Slido to Create Questions

1. Go to https://sli.do.

2. Create a new event and use the Questions activity. Students will need their cell phones for this activity.

3. Give students a possible answer to a question without mentioning the question. Then have students post (on Slido) what they think the question might be.

How to use Slido: https://youtu.be/3jMf_BnZ1B8

Benefits:

• Encourages group discussion, wherein students can ‘see’ the thinking of others.

• Changing the perspective of the task, i.e. answer first, can prompt critical thought following new cognitive patterns.

• Slido contributions are stored on the website for future reuse.

Idea 3: Use Mentimeter

A similar application to Kahoot, but allows for more question types.

1. Set up a new ‘Presentation’ on Mentimeter - https://www.mentimeter.com.

2. Although many presentation types are presented, it is best to use Multiple Choice, as this allows for fast feedback to students.

3. Use a past paper to source questions.

4. Have students answer through the their phones. Their results will appear on the projector, adding a competitive element.

How to use Mentimeter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bswQJCAc5F4

Benefits:

• Similar to other quiz applications (e.g. Kahoot), Mentimeter allows for the competitive element to flourish in class.

• In addition to benefiting the competitive characters in class, shy students can also find such activities beneficial. This is as they don’t have to speak out during this activity, but rather interact through their mobile device.

• Seeing results in this quantitative manner allows lecturers to spot gaps in knowledge.

Idea 4

Give some basic advice such as making a study schedule, using flashcards to remember vocabulary or terms, or taking a ten-minute break every hour.

Ideas 5: Discuss command words.

See PowerPoint Presentations below.