HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAM Don’t revise as you’re walking into the exam! If it’s not in now, it won’t go in with seconds to spare… Read the question properly . The difference between taking five seconds to read the question and half a minute is not that big. The difference in your answer will be huge… Wasting time on less important points is pointless when you’re against the clock . Stick with the big issues. Mention minor detail in passing and move on. Try to retain your focus on the bigger picture . C. A. Mace wrote about the psychology of study in 1932. Now it’s 2010 and the information is just as relevant: “The failure to recall what is well known may be in large measure due to a type of over- concentration of attention and consequent restriction to the free play of the mind over the total field of relevant information.” In short, try not to panic and close your mind off to the many possibilities. It’s similar to reading the same two or three words again and again as if you’re not taking them in. Let go and feel the flow! Spend the right amount of time on each question . If marks are equally weighted on questions, give them roughly the same amount of time. If one question is worth 10% and another is worth 90%, it’s pointless spending half the exam worrying solely about the 10%. Explain each point as clearly as possible. It’s no use burying the important stuff halfway through a paragraph. Markers are only human. If they don’t understand the point you’re making, or if they miss exactly how vital your point is, you’ll miss out on marks unnecessarily. Set aside time for notes before you tackle the question . Before you get writing, spend a few moments preparing your answer with brief notes and key features you want to mention. Read over the answers when you’re done . Give yourself a few minutes before the exam ends to make sure you’re happy with what you’ve written. Even if you don’t change anything, you’ll feel better having checked. And if you do change something, you’ll be happy you spotted it. Either way, you win. Present your work neatly. Don’t rush your writing so it can’t be read by the markers! And if you need to make additions or changes, make sure it’s clearly set out. credit: ANDY BEMMAH wish you success in your exams
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:26:08 +0000
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