Review Activities
One of the surest ways to make your lesson material ‘stick’ is to build review and plenary activity time into lessons. Yet, despite the obvious fact that reviewed material is much more likely to be retained than material that has not, few teachers actually plan sufficient time in their lessons to run an adequate plenary.
A rushed “What did we learn today?” as pupils are packing away or standing to leave does not constitute an effective review session. What will they learn from this? What will anyone gain? Can you really gauge the effect your teaching has had on your pupils from one quick question as the bell rings? Can you really determine who has met your objectives and who has not? If you can’t, what criteria will you use for adjusting tomorrow’s lesson content?
At least ten minutes needs to be included in your lesson plan for a good, interesting review activity and the more engaging, active and fun the activity, the better. If we can link positive emotions with the material being reviewed there is more chance it will be remembered.
In Lesson-ology™ there is a growing collection of fun, engaging, active review formats to make information ‘stick’ and help cement learning.
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