Final 5ive

Not all who wander are lost....

Wandering through the mathematical thoughts of my brain has led me to think about ways to revise before an exam. Now I never advise students to cram the night before an exam as little and often is much better. However, when I think back to taking exams myself, I remember the panic the night before a morning exam or the horrible wait for the afternoon sessions. Which led me to think of this idea - final 5ive...

We have all had the rush of students come to us just before an exam with questions they got stuck on the night before and they have worked themselves in to a panic. No matter how much we, as teachers, try to help them all, there just isn't enough time in the final few minutes. The idea being they each get a final 5 sheet in the run up to the exam or their final lesson which is sealed like this:

Then the night before, or over breakfast, when they want to wake up their mathematical brains, they can attempt these five questions. I have chosen these questions as they are straight forward mathematical questions which will appear in their exams in one way or another, and also we have done plenty of them in class! When they have done them they can open them up and see my worked answers

As they aren't new topics and should just be a recap if they get them right they can enter the exam a little more relaxed and a little bit more confident. If they make a mistake they can see where their mistake is, review their answer, and relax a little more before the exam as well!

This way all of my students get 5 minutes of my time right before the exam when they need it - even when I'm not there to feed them breakfast!

The PDF can be found here.