Fiche de révision : Mastering Course Structure and Learning Strategies

📋 Course Outline

1. Learning objectives and key terms
2. Lesson reading preparation
3. Worksheets and tutorial activities
4. Reflection questions
5. Revision check

📖 1. Learning objectives and key terms

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Learning objectives : Learning objectives are question-form targets that extend the course learning outcomes for each workbook section.
• Key points in blue text : Key points are blue-text statements placed throughout the reading to help meet the learning objectives.
• Potentially new terms : Potentially new terms are listed items you may not yet know, used to preview what the lesson will cover.

📝 Essential Points

• Learning objectives appear on the first page of each new workbook section in question form.
• Key points in blue text throughout the reading are designed to address the learning objectives.
• Before the tutorial, analyse the learning objective questions and the potentially new terms to connect with what you already know.

💡 Memory Hook

LOs are questions first; blue text then answers them.

📖 2. Lesson reading preparation

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Learning diary : A learning diary is where you record thoughts during the preparation reading for later review.
• What I will look for during this lesson : What I will look for during this lesson is the required page heading you use in your learning diary.
• Extension reading : Extension reading is optional material aimed at deeper understanding that will not be examined.

📝 Essential Points

• Preparation material follows the learning objectives and is meant to be read before engaging with the recorded learning materials.
• As you read, write any points, questions, or ideas in your learning diary with the page heading “What I will look for during this lesson”.
• Concepts covered in the learning materials correspond to headings found in the workbook reading.
• Extension reading sections are not examined, but can support deeper understanding.

💡 Memory Hook

Read first, then diary under “What I will look for” while headings guide your focus.

📖 3. Worksheets and tutorial activities

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Worksheets : Worksheets are exercise pages that apply your new knowledge from the lesson reading and tutorials.
• Worked solutions : Worked solutions are provided at the back of the book to show how worksheet answers can be completed.
• Special tutorial worksheets : Special tutorial worksheets are designed to support completion of Task 2 artefacts between lesson 4 and 10.
• Task 2 artefacts : Task 2 artefacts are the required outputs that special tutorial worksheets help you complete.

📝 Essential Points

• After lesson reading, worksheets contain exercises that may be covered in the tutorial or completed in your own time.
• Worked solutions for the worksheets are located in the back of the book.
• Between lesson 4 to 10, special tutorial worksheets support completion of Task 2 artefacts.
• Answers to special tutorial worksheets are found in the learning materials for each relevant lesson.
• During tutorials, other activities may also be scheduled.

💡 Memory Hook

Worksheets practice; solutions back of book; Task 2 support sits between lessons 4–10.

📖 4. Reflection questions

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Reflection questions : Reflection questions are prompt questions used to deepen thinking about the concepts covered in the lesson.

📝 Essential Points

• Reflection questions are for discussion in class and with peers.
• No answers are provided for the reflection questions.

💡 Memory Hook

Reflect to discuss; no answer key.

📖 5. Revision check

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Revision check : A revision check is a self-assessment step where you revisit the learning objectives after completing the worksheet.

📝 Essential Points

• After the worksheet, the learning objectives from the first page are repeated for you to assess whether outcomes were met.
• Test yourself before the next lesson.
• If you can answer the learning objectives, you have completed the lesson.

💡 Memory Hook

Worksheet done → re-answer LOs → done for the lesson.

⚠️ Common Pitfalls & Confusions

1. You may start the tutorial without analysing the learning objective questions and potentially new terms.
2. You might treat extension reading as examinable material even though it is not examined.
3. You could skip the learning diary note step and lose your “What I will look for during this lesson” prompts.
4. You may assume worksheet answers are provided in the lesson body instead of checking the back-of-book worked solutions.
5. You might think reflection questions have model answers when the workbook provides none.
6. You could postpone answering the repeated learning objectives until after the next lesson instead of doing the revision check in time.

✅ Exam Checklist

1. Identify the learning objectives for the section from the first page before engaging with the lesson content.
2. List the potentially new terms shown with the learning objectives and use them to preview what you will need.
3. Read the preparation material before starting the recorded learning materials.
4. In your learning diary, write questions and ideas under the page heading “What I will look for during this lesson”.
5. Match workbook headings to the concepts covered in the learning materials as you read.
6. Decide what to treat as examinable by distinguishing extension reading from material that will not be examined.
7. Complete the worksheets using your new knowledge, either during the tutorial or on your own time.
8. Check worksheet work against the worked solutions located in the back of the book.
9. Between lesson 4 and 10, use the special tutorial worksheets to help with Task 2 artefacts.
10. Find the answers to tutorial worksheets in the learning materials for the relevant lesson.
11. Participate in class or peer discussion using the reflection questions, knowing no answers are provided.
12. After each worksheet, re-answer the repeated learning objectives to confirm the lesson learning outcomes are met before the next lesson.