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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Walking Talking Mock

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The other half need to visit the market stalls and ask questions about the stall owners topic. They should then fill in their answer booklet/take notes based on the answers.

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The activity is part of a difference a day and ensuring that students are 'revision and exam ready'. It encourages students to reflect on what their learning in their books looks like. E.g. Can they revise from it? Do they have everything ready for their exam?

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This post is inspired after a brief chat with @Marcus_Leach about his idea of angry revision letters. I have adapted what he shared with me slightly!

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Content Depend Learning

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: CDL- Memory Hall

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Story Telling revision

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Story telling memory

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When asking students to memorise/learn/remember important information- such as dates, locations, case names, quotes...

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Showdown!

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Although Revision Races remain my favourite revision activity in the Maths classroom, Showdowns are just behind them in second place. I first discovered Showdowns when, Linda Masters, a colleague of mine introduced the Maths Department to a range of Kagan Structures. A number of these structures are now used regularly within the department although some adaptations to them have been made. This is how I use a Showdown for revision in Maths.

Students work in small teams of about 4 students to answer a range of Maths questions.
These questions are displayed on the whiteboard one at a time. (I use Smart Notebook software). You can make up your own questions but old examination papers are a good source of questions too.

For each question, every group nominates a leader. At my school, we make the leader wear a silly hat to identify themselves and most students seem to enjoy this!
Initially all students must work on the question individually for a period of time - mini-whiteboards are an excellent resource for this. When an appropriate amount of time has passed - enough for all student to have a good go at the question - the team are allowed to discuss and compare their methods and their answers. The leader then has responsibility for deciding on the correct answer (if there is any disagreement) and showing this answer to the teacher.

The teacher then awards points for correct answers or even for good working out on a difficult question. These points are then recorded on a score board.
After each question, all leaders need to be prepared to be chosen by the teacher to offer further explanation about their answer or the method used. A good explanation will receive a bonus point.

Before the next question, new leaders are appointed (and the silly hats move round).
Then the Showdown continues as described above.
I usually find that I need about 15 questions for a 50 minute lesson but this can vary depending on the difficulty of the questions posed.

At the end of the Showdown, the team(s) with the most points will win prizes.

You can download an example showdown by clicking here.
If you'd like to know more about how I use Showdowns, please let me know.
And if you're using interesting and engaging revision activities, I'd love to find out more from you.

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Although Revision Races remain my favourite revision activity in the Maths classroom, Showdowns are just behind them in second place. I first discovered Showdowns when, Linda Masters, a colleague of mine introduced the Maths Department to a range of Kagan Structures.

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Revision Races

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My all-time favourite activity for an engaging Maths revision lesson is a Revision Race.

I first introduced these to my colleagues in 2011 having found the idea via TES Resources. A quick internet search tells me that there are a few Revision Races around including those in the Bits and Bobs section of the 'Number Loving' website. I have also seen these activities called Revision Relays.

However, during the last two years my colleagues and I have developed an approach to Revision Races which seems a bit different from the way other people use them. In this post, I will describe how I run a Revision Race and how this differs from what appears to be the norm.

The standard version of a Revision Race usually involves students answering a series of questions as quickly as they can. They are given an initial question and must bring the correct answer to the teacher before they are given the next question. The winner would be the student, or group of students, who answer the most questions in the allotted time. I did try running a Revision Race in this way a couple of times but I had a key concern: what should I do if a group of students got completely stuck on one question even after multiple attempts?

I believe that my adapted version of a Revision Race addresses this issue and also has a number of other added aspects which teachers may find useful.

Firstly, in my Revision Races, students have access to all of the questions right from the start. These are printed on a single piece of A4 paper, a copy of which is given to each student. (This remains far more cost effective than having lots of copies of different questions all on separate sheets of paper). Questions might focus on one particular topic area as in the example below or could be more of a mixture. The rules can vary slightly depending on the class but this format allows me to let students answer the questions in any order they wish and/or allow them to attempt to answer more than one question at a time before bringing me the answers. This can be particularly useful with a larger class when long queues of students wanting their answers marked can form all too quickly.
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Secondly, students have a maximum of three attempts at each question.
Each team has an answer grid (see below) which must be completed for each question.
If an answer is incorrect, students can choose either to make another attempt or to move on to another question.

Students generally use mini-whiteboards to do their working out and, if they get really stuck, they can bring these to me for a hint or to find out where they have gone wrong.

I have also devised a scoring system for my Revision Races. If the first answer is correct, six points are scored, four points are scored if the answer is correct at the second attempt while only two points are scored if the third attempt is right. If the third attempt is incorrect, students score no points for that question and must move on to another question.

Finally, I record the all of the points on an Excel spreadsheet as they are gained during the Revision Race. This means that students are able to keep track of their progress during the lesson on a live scoreboard.
A bit of conditional formatting means that the cells of the spreadsheet change colour depending on the number of points scored. I find that this use of colour also serves as excellent Assessment for Learning for me as a teacher. For example, on the spreadsheet below, I can see that Question 4 caused lots of problems which indicates that I need to revisit this topic.

In order to try to reward different approaches to a Revision Race, I usually award prizes to the team with the most points but also to the team with the longest run of green answers.

I have made some resources available to get you started. They are downloadable by clicking on the links below.
Revision Race score board
Revision Race answer grid
Revision Race - algebra questions

If you'd like to know more about how I use Revision Races, please let me know. And if you're using Revision Races in a different way that is really successful, I'd love to find out more from you.

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My all-time favourite activity for an engaging Maths revision lesson is a Revision Race. I first introduced these to my colleagues in 2011 having found the idea via TES Resources. A quick internet search tells me that there are a few Revision Races around including those in the Bits and Bobs section of the 'Number Loving' website.

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Revise, write, check

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Revise Write Check

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Create flow charts

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This activity allows students to make decisions or identify the differences and similarities.

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Quiz Quiz Trade

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Quiz Quiz Trade

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They then have to pair up and ask the other student the question thay have on their paper. The other student answers and is then praised by the questioner. If necessary the questioner also corrects any errors in understanding.

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Create Wordles/Tagxedos

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Create keyword chains

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Giant mind map

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Big Floor Mind Map

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The big floor mind map is a great active revision task that involves very little prep, but has a big impact on learning. It allows for pupils to see connections between topics as well as connections within topics.

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Totem poles of revision

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Pupils were put into differentiated pairs, and given one lesson to research in more detail. They had their class notes and I provided information leaflets they used during their original lessons.

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Ranking- Diamond 9/18

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(If AS/A level student- they could work on their own- link the points to mark schemes/model answer and so on..?)

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4 X 4 Post it notes

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: 4X4 Post it Notes

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Use magenta principles

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Whenever students are presented with a text/information/facts etc they are to use one or more magenta principles...

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Create hexagon revision pages

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Create revision Youtube videos

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The learning channel for Cheney School, Oxford.

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Make mind maps

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Create foldables

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Traffic light syllabus

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Traffic Light Progress

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Firstly, a checklist is needed- your exam board might be able to provide you with one- but I think its worth re/writing the checklist into simple student speak- so the students can fully understand what they are assessing.

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Correcting mistakes

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Agility-Teaching Toolkit: Getting it wrong

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CONVINCINGLY get the wrong answer. The idea is that they are to consider what mistakes could possibly have been made and get their head around why they happen, in an effort for them to become conscious of the obvious mistakes, made under exam conditions.

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Reading feedback- re-doing

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Students who use up all of their practice bands first- make the band to present the work?

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Talking through an essay question

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Write bulleted plans

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Make keyword blocks

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Make up acronymns

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This revision session runs totally independently if you prepare for them- you will not do much in the actual lesson- so it is well worth it!

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Revise with a partner

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When asking students to write a short answer for an exam/demonstrate a technique for a practical piece. Why not demonstrate it to the students first fully? Ask them to shadow you... explain this concept of shadowing and how it is used in the workplace for example?

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Answering past paper questions

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Our easy-to-use past paper search gives you instant access to a large library of past exam papers and mark schemes. ... GCSE; International Advanced Level; International GCSE; International Lower Secondary Curriculum; International Primary Curriculum; Mathematics In Context; Principal Learning; Project Qualification ...

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Completing online tests/quizzes

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Making notes

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Making flash cards

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StudyBlue is your online home to store lecture notes and make flashcards. Study online and on your phone for effective, productive learning. Free.

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Use information grid

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Further to my previous post where I launched the Revision Grids series of resources, I am pleased to announce that the Level 5 Revision Grids are now ready for you to download! I hope you and your pupils find them engaging and useful for learning.
Click here to download the Level 5 Revision Grids
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Revision Grids- Level 4(greatmathsteachingideas.com)

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Further to my previous post where I launched the Revision Grids series of resources, I am pleased to announce that the Level 5 Revision Grids are now ready for you to download! I hope you and your pupils find them engaging and useful for learning.

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Hot seating

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Create picture banks

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A2-A3-A4-A5- revision notes

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Analysing examiners reports

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Creating tests

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Recording information and then listening to it

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Reading revision guides

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Reading Textbooks

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Annotating notes

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Highlighting notes

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Reading class notes

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Reading notes