Galore Park Catalogue 2018

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13+ Common Entrance
Rev i s ion and PRACT ICE RESOURCES
The Galore Park Learning Journey
Our 13+ revision resources are designed to support your pupils at every stage of the revision journey.
Updated for the latest ISEB syllabuses, and fully reviewed and endorsed by ISEB-approved subject editors,
our range of revision resources at 13+ will build confidence for Common Entrance and set your pupils up
for success.
13+ Revision Guides
13+ Exam Practice Questions
13+ Exam Practice Answers
Revisit content and check
understanding with our
comprehensive revision guides
for 13+ Common Entrance.
Build exam-room confidence
with a wealth of exam-style
questions based on the ISEB 13+
Common Entrance exams.
Perfect exam technique
with detailed answers to all
questions featured in the
corresponding Common
Entrance 13+ Exam Practice
Questions books.
Study Sk i lls
£12.99
9781510404458
Study Skills: Building the study skills needed
for 11+ and pre-tests
Developed exclusively for 11+, pre-test and independent school
exam preparation, this new book will help you support your pupils in
overcoming exam stress and reaching their full potential.
■ A holistic approach to study with the pupil’s emotional well-being as
the main concern
■ Help each pupil identify their own learning style and make study far
more efficient
■ Information and advice for every subject tested at 11+ and pre-tests,
including verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning
Free additional resources, including subject checklists, study planners,
feedback forms and ready-made classroom activities saves you
valuable time in lesson preparation.
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Study Skills, Building the Study Skills for 11+ & Pre-tests –1A: Improving your memory
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1A: Improving your memory
This sectionwill:
✔ explainwhathappens to the information you are taught
✔ describewhat you cando to remember things for longer.
Learning objectives
Would youfind ituseful to learn abouthow yourmemoryworks?
Yes Maybe– Iwillhave a go Highlight those skillsyou feelyouhave learned.
Anythingyouhaven’tyetmastered canbe included
in ‘Your learning goals’at the endof the section.
Take control
What is memory?
Thememoryprocess involves three things:
1the skill to changewhatwe see,hearor touch intomemories
2theproductionofmemorieswhichwe then store inourbrain for a time
3recall fromourbrainwhenweneed touse the information.
Sadly, it isnotquite as straightforward as it sounds.There is a lot that canhappen to yourbody and
brain that can affecthowwell yourmemoryperforms.
You forget!
In the late1800sHermann Ebbinghaus, aGermanpsychologist,did
some experimental found that thebrain
forgot the largemajorityofwhat itwas taught veryquickly!
How fast do you forget?
The speed atwhich you forgetdependson:
● how complex the information is in thefirstplace
● whetheryouhavehad enough sleep
● whetheryou are stressed
● how the information ispresented.
This lastpoint is important. Ifyou can revise in away that suits your
brain, you aremore likely to get the information into your long-termmemory.
● Somepeople learnbestwhen they seediagrams,pictures and colour (visualpreference).
● Some retain informationbetter if theyhear it (auditorypreference).
● Others learn throughphysicalmovement (kinaestheticpreference).
Youwill study this inmoredetail in4A.You can learn touse strategies that suityourbrain and
thereforehelp you learnbetter.
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How to improve your memory
Thankfully, Ebbinghaus also concluded that there are things you can
do tohelpyou remember. If you reallywant to ‘learn’ something
and get it into your long-termmemoryyouneed to:
● start revising inmanageable chucks straight away
● continue revisingover aperiodof time
● testyourself in a repetitive andplannedway.
This graph showswhathappens to the learning curvewhen you
revise. Each time you reviseyour ability to remember goesback to
100per cent. It then falls away,but at a slower rate.Yourmemory
of thatpieceof information gets stronger and a littlemore goes
intoyour long-termmemory each time you revise.You alsoneed to
review it less frequently as timepasses.
So all isnot lost– you justneed an effective revision strategy.Youwill take thenext step towards
achieving this in the following section.
Youwill learnwhat ‘growthmindset’means in section1D. In themeantime, justwork through the
stagesbelow.
Do you feel youhave improved yourunderstandingofhow yourmemoryworks andhow to
improve it?
I’ve got it! Not yet– it’s a challenge Iwillworkon
Transfer this to yourprogress record at the startof thebook.
Your growth mindset
Now setYOURown learning goals.
Your learning goals
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