Why students blank in exams, what cortisol does to memory retrieval, and two evidence-based techniques for bringing the prefrontal cortex back online.
Blanking in an exam is not forgetting. It is a retrieval failure caused by cortisol – and cortisol is a stress hormone, not a measure of how much a student revised. This assembly explains what is actually happening when a student sits down and the knowledge appears to have gone, and gives them two practical techniques they can use in the exam room.
What is included: one PowerPoint presentation (15 slides, full speaker notes), one set of teacher notes with slide-by-slide timings for 15 and 20 minute delivery. No preparation required. Deliverable by any member of staff.
Suitable for KS4 and KS5, Years 10 to 13. Standalone - no prior assembly required.
Part of the Perform series. The full four-assembly bundle is available for £10 at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13462763
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