Examopedia #ALTC09
Exam Revision Issues
Students Approaches
What do they use?
Whats the big idea? 
Anxiety

What help is there?
Isolation

Over confidence

Performance

Student retention
Exam
Weeks
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Cramming the night before the exam
Past Exam papers (95%), N=60
Lecture slide
google and wikipedia
group study
lecture notes
revision lecture
Library resources
VLEs
for the lecture notes and slides
Used as a dumping ground with no great benefit to students

"its there when we need it"
Printed handouts
for those who attend
online & physical libraries
eBooks and eJournals
lots =lost (specially with eBooks)
Google n wikipedia
Surface or Deep?
wikipedia = second brain
past exam papers
sometimes solutions and or marking scheme are provided too
The conscientious learner is not happy with just these.

Surface Vs Deep - see EngSC case study @ http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/manish-malik-report-final.pdf 
Group study
Normally done in your own group
while others who will not 

some students will share all
Which may not be there 
 or 
you may not prefer group study

Revision lecture
one off event
good attendance
students solve past papers
collaboratively online
tutor provides formitive feedback
students engage and improve answers
cycle continues 
Individually
Manchester 2009
By
Manish Malik  Dept. of Electronics and Computer Engineering 
University of POrtsmouth, UK
manish.malik@port.ac.uk
manmalik (twitter)
Acknowledgements

This work would not have been completed
      without the help from staff at the ExPERT 
      during my secondment there.

The authour extends special thanks to
      Prof. Lesley-jane Ealse Reynolds
      for her continuous support and in 
      developing Examopedia to its current state.