 Hello everyone, this is Ross at Teacher Toolkit. This is idea number six of a series of 30 videos I'm sharing to support teachers through the summer term It's examination revision season A lot of students research shows that students largely go online to listen to music particularly at age 16 years old age six Research suggests that students of age six go online to play games So think about the age of students that you teach. Why are they using you know, what are they going online for? You know particularly to revise You know John Hattie but well cited research and again context is key here different settings Particularly when we get research headlines But his visible learning research Suggests that if students listen to background music It has a naught point ten impact on student outcomes So I've toyed with all these ideas throughout my teaching career And let students listen to music sometimes then assisted no because it causes a problem Then I put a radio on in the corner and it's either rap music or classical music. I've tried them all but ultimately it doesn't work because You know if you look at their cognition psychology or what research also suggests When a student comes to sit an exam, they're going to be in an examination hall with a desk and a chair totally far, you know far removed from the environment where they've learned To recall and retrieve information from long-term memory. So it's essential in your classroom That you avoid anything That is totally different to a situation where students Will need to recall this information So for example for you at Evan Stixie's hand up and says miss sir Can I listen to some music while I revise? I promise to be good And the answer's got to be no because research shows it doesn't work and it won't support them in the exam hall Find out more on teachertalkit.co.uk or reply to this video and I'll point you in direction of all the research I've quoted. Good luck for the exam season