Any time a chapter carries over to the next day, I spend a fair amount of time covering the material from the previous day. Sometimes its the whole chapter, sometimes its just the important info. If a chapter ends the same day it started, I allow 30 minutes study or Q@A time before a test.
Using reviews are useful tool to gauge where the classes on a particular subject. As for budgeting time the class is willing to learn and listen about a particular subject or question their asking. I'll use the appropriate time, but normally 15 – 30 min.
Fred,
Good way to reintroduce the content from the previous class as well as set the stage for the current class.
Gary
Aneurin,
Good plan. You are giving ample time for the review so the students can see what has been covered and how they can integrate it into their working memories.
Gary
I believe that repetition is a valuable learning technique. Students become better at a task when they do it repeatedly. Review is repetition. I usually conduct reviews after a complete unit of information. This unit is usually a chapter in the text. When I complete a chapter, I usually have a review.
about 20 to 30 minutes, but this will depend on the class and how they respond.
Reviews for me are a continueous thing that some times will be done after each small section with a Q and A session about that material. It can also be done with a game of having the students ask each other questions with them in teams to build the excitement and interest. The budgeting of this time depends on each class and how it fits that class and the students in that class.
I think reviews are a great learning tool. I don’t like to label my review sessions as reviews, I prefer to call them discussions. I like to discuss what we have covered in a particular lesson. I think it is important to go over key concepts of what the course material was initially trying to cover. Questions that bring up great discussion topics that I like to ask are: “Do you think you met the objective that was presented to you at the beginning of the lesson?†“How did you meet that objective?†“Why do you need to know this information?†“How is this going to benefit you in your career?â€
The course content and student participation in this discussion will dictate the amount of time we spend reviewing or as I call them “discussionsâ€.
I test the following day on the previous day’s topic. My students have self-study assignments to get them prepared for the tests and these assignments provide additional information that reinforces what they have learned from the day’s lesson. I spend between 20-30 minutes in review at the start of each day then I test. Those who did the self study assignments always score higher than those who do not.
we used to use a paper/handout review to help with quizes, we have since stopped using that, I review topics verbaly from the previous lesson and make key notes on whiteboard for them to use as a study and review, answering the questions that arise from the review help clear up a lot of confusion that has come up during that lesson
I use question and answer after a lesson session.I also ask students to come up with questions to ask me on topics that were covered.In the past,I would notice, by observing the class, students had questions on their faces, but would not speak or ask anything, so I asked them to write questions on a piece of paper and hand them in the next day, so this way I started the next day where we left off the day before.I blend this type of review in all my lessons, so I do not budjet time for review, I just review as I go.the piece of paper with a question written on it works great for students that are shy or embarrassed.the next thing you know everybody gets involved.
I usually like to start the days class with a review of the previous days lesson. Depending on the class' input the reveiw may last 15 minutes up to around 1 hour.
The Reviews I use in my class are 20 to 30 min before the exams.
James,
Good strategy for review and student engagement. This way everyone has the opportunity to become involved in making class contributions in a non-stressful way.
Gary
I have a problem with this review Idea, after the lesson I give a student student time and answer any guestions on the material THEY just finish I find they retain the lesson better
We usaully spend about 15 minutes in the morning discussing what we went over from the day before and about 15 miutes at the end to review current topic and to clarify for the sudents who still had some issues understanding.
Reviews are a significant part of our course.We might have review from our lab activities span anywhere from 1/2 hour to 2 hours during our lab days(either that same day,time permitting, or the following day). We also have a pre-requisite review,which precedes our labs, to introduce things which we will be doing in lab.This can last up to 3 hours or so.
I use reviews as recaps for what had transpired during prodution as a means to reiterate all the information that was giving for that day. It is a way to make sure that all students understood the material properly. Most recaps will take 10-15 min depending on the subject.
I have no set time my objective is for the students to learn the material.So i REVIEW,REVIEW,and if needed REVIEW.This method helps me also ID students thatmay need additional help.or an area i may need to go over.
Markia,
Reviewing is a good way to make sure to reinforce what has just been taught. So you can do both review and Q&A which helps the students retain the content even more.
Gary
