Revision Clocks

Revision clocks are a great way to chunk your revision into sections. You can use them in a number of different ways to help you to categorise, summarise and recall information. This is a particularly effective way of remembering sequences as you can visualise moving around the clock as you recall the information.

One way to use your revision clock

• Choose a topic and break it down into 12 main categories
• Revise each section for 5 minutes
• Grab a blank clock and see how much you can recall for each section
• You could focus on quarter sections at each time rather than completing the whole clock in one go

Another way to use your revision clock

• You can divide your clock up into different units of time. It does not have to be divided into 5 minute segments
• This method incorporates metacognition as you decide which areas you need to spend more time on that others
• You can allocate the specified amount of time for recalling the notes as well as revising them

You can use the revision clock to learn a new topic

For example, 15 minutes research, 15 minutes asking questions about what you have read, 15 minutes to try and find the answers to your questions, 15 minutes to write key learning points

You can use the revision clock to revise a single topic

For example, 15 minutes reading and highlighting the mark scheme, 15 minutes reading a model answer, 15 minutes annotating the answer using the mark scheme as guidance, 15 minutes reading the examiners’ report