SORT
There are four stages to effectively revise. This strategy is called SORT and will help you to memorise and recall key information:
Select
Select your revision materials by topic/subtopic. Traffic light your PLC sheets to identify areas of weakness or gaps (Red/Amber) that need to be prioritised.
Strategies:
- How to use your PLC
- How to schedule your home learning and stick to it!
- How to select the correct knowledge to study
Organise
Organise and condense any class notes, revision guides and revision.
Strategies:
Recall
Use active recall and spaced repetition to memorise the knowledge until you can recall the Information eg. Look, cover, write, blurt it or self-testing
This will be part of the expectation of home learning activities set – you need to actively memorise key knowledge and skills
Test
Use low stakes online tests/quizzes and answer high stakes past paper/sample questions to check and apply knowledge and understanding
This will be done as part of every home learning activity and as part of retrieval starters in lessons.
- Low stakes
- Self-quizzing
- Quiz each other
- Online quizzes
- High stakes
- Exam style questions
How to use SORT
Select
When you revise for a specific topic use your knowledge organiser, revision guide, website tec to select the key knowledge you need to learn.
- Use the daily planner on page 10 to identify all the times when you will complete your home learning and when you will complete independent revision.
- RAG each of the PLCs so you identify your RED topics - the ones that you are unsure of or you do not fully understand.
- Write your RED topics into your daily planner for when you will revisit that subject.
Organise
Organise the knowledge that you have selected using a range of strategies:
- Flashcards
- Mindmaps
- Cornell Notes
- Revision Clocks
Recall
Once you have summarised the knowledge, you need to actively memorise it. This is the most important part of the revision process!
You could use any of the following strategies to help:
- Lietner System
- Blurt It
- Look, say, cover, write, test
Test
The last step in revision is to be confident that you can recall and retrieve the knowledge. To do this you need to test yourself. Quick and simple ways are to ask someone else to quiz you on the knowledge or to complete an online quiz. You can also answer past exam questions.
If you can not confidently recall the knowledge you will need to repeat step 3.
SORT Youtube Channel
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Documents
Learning Cycle 1
Learning Cycle 2
Learning Cycle 3
Templates
Resources
Posters
Knowledge Organisers - Archive