1. Resources required Printing: Index cards (to use as flashcards)
Quiz response sheet
Ethene/ethanol info sheet
Index cards (to use as flashcards)

2. Starter
When you have a test for any subject, how do you revise? List all the different ways/things you do. Be honest!

3. Aspire:
Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge:
Describe effective ways to study/revise.

4. The worst ways to study/revise are:
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
The worst ways to study/revise are:
Reading notes/revision guide
Highlighting notes/revision guide
So why do people do them?
Because they are easy!!
However if you can study/revise using better techniques you will learn more in less time.

5. We’ll look at two techniques…but first a quiz
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
We’ll look at two techniques…but first a quiz

6. Draw the chemical structure of ethene.
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Draw the chemical structure of ethene.
Draw the chemical structure of ethanol.
What two ways can ethanol be produced?
Give the conditions used to produce ethanol by these two ways.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of both methods?

7. Method #1 – Quizzing (retrieval practice)
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Method #1 – Quizzing (retrieval practice)

8. Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Now try out the quizzing (retrieval practice) method using the ethanol information sheet.
Try:
Quizzing yourself
Quizzing your shoulder partner
Making a few flash cards and using them to quiz yourself.

9. Now to retry the quiz Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Now to retry the quiz

10. Draw the chemical structure of ethene.
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Draw the chemical structure of ethene.
Draw the chemical structure of ethanol.
What two ways can ethanol be produced?
Give the conditions used to produce ethanol by these two ways.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of both methods?

11. Method #2 – Spaced practice
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Method #2 – Spaced practice

12. Method #2 – Spaced practice example study timetable
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Method #2 – Spaced practice example study timetable
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13. Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Method #2 – Spaced practice study timetable Now create your own study/revision timetable.

14. What are the two revision techniques we have looked at today?
Aspire: Practice effective ways to study/revise
Challenge: Describe effective ways to study/revise
Plenary
What are the two revision techniques we have looked at today?
Describe the main points for each.
If you start using them now what will be the benefits?