Showing posts with label Exam Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exam Tips. Show all posts

Exam Preparation Tips

Monday, July 6, 2009 0 comments

 

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Get Enough Sleep:

For Students 6 hour is enough for sleeping. College students who get a full night of sleep are more alert, more focused and learn things easier than those who are sleep deprived. specially during the weeks preceding exams keep your sleep schedule as consistent as possible.

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Complete you syllabus:

Ensure that before you start really studying for your exams you have done all the readings, practice problems, and homework assignments complete!

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Make Study Guides for Each Exam:

Know what class content will be covered on the exam and then go through the textbook, your class notes, and any other material and write down any information that you think may be on the exam (including: important concepts, definitions, and formulas). Reading and writing all of this information will help you memorize it faster.

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Make Single Page:

Making single paper for your each topics be time consuming, but they are helpful tools in remembering vocabulary, formulas, and key concepts. They are also easy to carry around with you so you can review them anytime.

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Make Notes:

Using your lecture notes as a guide, refer to the relevant chapters of your text

book and make your own notes

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Test Yourself with simple mock test:

To ensure that you are prepared for your exam, make a mock exam to test how well you know the material. Write down a list of keywords or questions and make sure to leave room underneath each one. Then, pretend that you’re taking the exam and write down as much as you can.

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Set Exam Preparation Goals:

Setting goals for yourself will help make sure that you stay on track with your exam preparations (especially when you have more than 1 exam to study for). Be sure to print out your schedule for the weeks preceding your exams and plan out when you are going to study! You’re more likely to be productive if you have goals to achieve.

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Remember to Take Breaks:

Studying for exams can be hard. You need to take short breaks to allow your brain to process and retain the information. Be sure to take short breaks, otherwise, it may be hard to go back to studying. When you begin studying again, review the material you have already studied, then, move on to something new.

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Group Study:

Studying with other people can be a great way to enhance what you learn while studying on your own. Not only will you learn new material with but also new ideas and way to solve any problems.

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Exam Paper Attempting Tips

 

 

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Free Your Brain:

When you first get your exam, write down any information that is difficult to remember such as formulas, dates, keywords, etc. on the back of the exam. Then, you can reference

it while you’re taking the exam without worrying if you’ll remember it correctly.

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Carefully Read All of the Directions

Most students lose points on exams because they were careless and didn’t fully read all of the

directions; don’t be one of them!

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Read the Entire Exam Paper:

When you first get your exam, read through the entire exam paper and mark the questions you know that you can answer or questions that you don’t know right off the bat.

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Skip the Questions You Don’t Know

Don’t waste time on questions you’re unsure of. Mark them with question marks and move

on; you can go back to them later.

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Double Check Your Work

Use any extra time you have to double check your answers, make sure you’ve followed all the directions, and haven’t skipped any pages.

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Look Elsewhere on the Exam for Answers

Sometimes the answer to one question may be found on another section of the exam worded differently.

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Pace Yourself

Being able to take an exam quickly yet carefully is essential. If necessary, wear a watch or periodically keep your eye on the clock so you are aware of your time left. Also, don’t get

anxious if you hear other students finishing their exam early.

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Ask Questions:

If you are confused about the wording or meaning of a question, ask your professor. Don’t risk getting a question wrong because you misunderstood it.

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Write answers of skipped questions:

After completing the answers try to solve/write the answers of the questions that you have left them earlier.

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Relax you mind:

When you have finished your entire exam paper be sure that you haven’t left answering any question. Relax your brain and be happy.

Good Luck!

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Hand writing tips

 

(1) With the pressure of exams and the need to write quickly, the handwriting of many turns from something that is readable to a totally illegible scrawl.
(2) The solution is to practice writing at speed before hand so that you can still get good writing at speed, and also to choose the best pen for you.
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You will want one that can glide over the page with little resistance, therefore use something like a biro rather than a fountain pen unless you are comfortable writing at speed in fountain pen ink.

(4) Remember then that being legible is more important than having a good writing style, perhaps with the one exception of English.
(5) If examiners find it hard to read your writing then it makes it a lot slower to mark a paper (they are only human!), and they may even be less inclined to give you marks

Good handwriting always gives an upper hand to a student, but that doesn't mean that poor handwriting always costs. Actually what matters is writing neatly, make sure that examiner understands what you have written.

  • Use Black pen to write title and subtitles.
  • Give diagrams wherever necessary.
  • Always start a new question on a new page.
  • If there is any mistake don't make it look shabby by scratching it many times; just put a line over it.
  • Wherever possible use scale for drawing.
  • Underline the key words.
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