1. Increasing challenge in revision tasks

2. Key ways to achieve this:
Teach study skills in context - make sure learners know what, how and why they need them
Formative assessment - learners need to understand what to do next. You can help them think about this for themselves

3. Peer assessment
ask learners to devise questions / tasks for each other (but they have to know the answers too!). They are more likely to want to challenge each other this way
get learners to predict topics/ideas/vocabulary that they need for assessments
work together to build up key facts/ideas and explain to another pair/group

4. Peer marking mark each other’s work using model answers / guidelines
explain marks to each other to increase understanding
set themselves goals for own work

5. Mark sample assessments
use assignments/tasks from a previous student (anonymous) and mark according to criteria
learners start to see examples of what is effective/less effective and can clarify own goals

6. Deliberate mistakes good way to focus on language/number
learners need to explain what the mistakes are and how to correct them
can also focus on following instructions - give 2 pieces of work, one which looks good but does not meet criteria, other may have mistakes but is more successful overall

7. Challenge learners
set a task which encourages learners to meet top criteria rather than settle for less
encourage collaborative working to motivate learners followed by an individual task