Science of Learning

Kineton High School want students to be more self-regulated as learners, to understand how they learn and to be confident in planning their own independent revision leading up to assessments and end of Key Stage Examinations.
 
Teachers have received training from research provided by Ross McGill in ‘The Revision Revolution’ (2022) that will support them with designing lessons that ensures knowledge sticks in the young people’s minds. This will ensure they are equipped for tests, but also fosters our core values around lifelong learning.
 
Teachers will also be guiding students on how to revise for the specific subjects they teach. On top of the revision strategies around completing past papers, using E-Learning platforms such as Educake etc. there will be three main revision strategies that will be pushed, and are transferable across subjects:
  1. Flashcards - Using the Leitner method
  2. Mind maps or Brain dumps
  3. Constant self - quizzing supported through programmes such as Educake, Corbett Maths or through revision resources created such as flashcards.

Parents can be a massive support network for their children as they prepare for these tests. Look out for what assessments or exams are coming up on Classcharts (through homework or announcements) or on the Y11 part of the website for mock and exam timetables. Guide students through the planning progress (cramming simply doesn’t work anymore with these new complex exams!), and help students create independent revision tools through the methods above.

Our aim is that more prepared and autonomous learners will be happier children.

Parent guide to effective revision

 

Science of Learning Soundbites

Students across Y7-11 receive Tutor time session fortnightly around themes across the Science of Learning. We record soundbites for Y11 as the pressure ramps up and they prepare for their GCSEs.

The one about forgetting and memory

The one about forgetting and memory – Students can forget information quite quickly; this video looks at how going back to the material is very important as it will eventually cement the learning.

The one about the Dunning-Kruger effect

The one about the Dunning-Kruger effect – The Dunning-Kruger effect looks at how students can overestimate their ability in something, and that mastery means we recognise there is a lot we don’t know.

The one about Spacing and Interleaving

The one about spacing and interleaving – This video looks at how it is important to revise for assessments in a certain way and to think about time carefully.

The one about Mobile Phones

The one about mobile phones – Mobile phones have a detrimental impact on attention, concentration and the ability of the student to think deeply. Out of sight, out of mind is the best practice.

The one about note taking

The one about Homework

The one about stress and uncertainty