The Hive: study resource hub
This page allows students and parents & guardians ongoing access to all of our school's study and academic support resources in one spot.
Our Maths department has collated resources to support both students and families in the subject.
| π Eddie Woo |
| π Wootube - lesson videos by year & topic |
| π Peter Blake Maths - lessons by year & topic |
| π Mathspace - revision program (free option available) |
| π Maths Worksheets - year 7 & 8 |
| π Prodigy - educational maths game (Year 7 & 8) |
| π Mathspace Textbooks |
| π Symbolab - online calculator |
Study Techniques & Strategies
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management strategy that helps students manage their time and achieve their learning goals effectively.
The strategy is based on a half an hour period, where a student spends 25 minutes working towards a self-identified goal, after which a 5 minute break is taken.
This can be repeated up to four times, after which a longer break should be taken.
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Flash Cards are a tool to support the active recall of information from a students long-term memory. Retrieval practice boosts learning by pulling information out, rather than cramming information into it. By trying to recall information, we exercise or strengthen our memory, and identify any gaps in our knowledge.
To learn more:
Dual coding is where you blend both words or written summaries and pictures for learning.
Using these two forms gives you two different representations of the information and increases your chances of recalling the content in a more detailed manner.
Examples of ways to dual code information include:
π Dual coding explanation (video)
Interleaving is where you revise more than one topic in a study session.
This strategy is particularly useful if youβre studying something that involves problem solving - like math or physics - interleaving can help you choose the correct strategy to solve a problem.
Interleaving can also help you to see the links, similarities, and differences between ideas.
When we say interleaving we mean...
- Switch between topics or subjects in the session.
- Review topics in different orders. When reviewing, change the order of the topics you cover each time. Revise in short bursts over a longer periods of time.
- Make links. Try to make links between the ideas in each of the topics. These connections will add sophistication to your responses.
π About interleaving (video)
What is spaced revision?
Spaced revision involves introducing specific time intervals into your revision sessions to avoid getting overwhelmed by the study materials.
This is an effective form of learning in which you take some breaks in between your study sessions to make the information indelible in your long-term memory.
Studying for 5 hours a day without taking a break can overstuff your brain. It is like flogging a dead horse. At the end of the day, you cannot remember half of what you have learned.
Why does this work? Spacing out your revision works because it lets you forget, recall and re-learn the information in increasingly faster ways. This way you spend time revising what you can't recall more than what you can.
This cements the information in your long-term memory.
The optimal gap: this is the 'sweet spot' of time between revision sessions to retain information.
| Time to Test | Revision Gap |
| 1 week | 1 - 2 days |
| 1 month | 1 week |
| 3 months | 2 weeks |
| 6 months | 3 weeks |
| 1 year | 1 month |