Tips to TOP Performance on The EXAM Day!
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Get a
good night's sleep:- While the temptation is to stay up half the night
'cramming' in more facts and figures, the evidence suggests this approach is
counter-productive. In the context of a two-year course, an extra night's
studying can make very little difference to your knowledge. However, having a
mind that is refreshed, alert, and ready to respond to circumstances will
obviously be of far greater benefit.
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Arrive
in plenty of time: To perform well on the day, you need to be relaxed
and to feel in control of the situation. This is difficult to achieve if you
have missed breakfast and are stuck on a bus in traffic or standing on a train
for 45 minutes as the exam time approaches. You will need about 15 minutes
'quiet time' to mentally rehearse your exam and run through your 'game plan'
for the final time.
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Have your
equipment ready:- Each exam has its own requirements. Apart from
properly functioning pens, pencils, rulers, etc, you may need a calculator for
the Maths or Science exam. Drawing pencils may be required for diagrams in some
subjects. A lot of nervous energy can be expended on last-minute hassle if
these items aren't checked in advance.
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Think
positive:- On
the day of the exam, remind yourself of the good things (the material you know
well, the revision you have completed, all the past exam questions done, the
good grades achieved) rather than dwelling on areas of weakness. Having that
self-belief will give you the confidence to trust your judgement within the
exam hall and 'hit the target'.
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Maintain
your focus:- There
can be a lot of tension, drama, and hysteria in the air on the days of an exam.
You want to keep the balance between maintaining your focus and interacting
normally with your friends and classmates. Try finding a quiet spot far from
the madding crowd to 'warm-up' before each exam and 'warm-down' afterwards.
Surround yourself with people who are likely to add to the calm rather than add
to the clamour.
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Beware of
post-exam analysis:- The more you participate in the exam post-mortem,
the more confused and disheartened you are likely to become. You can't change
what has happened, you can only focus on the present and this will need your
full attention.
And inside EXAM Hall!
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uccess in exams
involves two ingredients - having a thorough knowledge of the subject matter
AND making the most of your knowledge in the exam through effective answering
technique. Two students with identical knowledge and attainment levels can sit
the same exam and their final grades can differ by as much as 25%. The
difference is down to having an effective strategy and exam technique.
Here are four golden rules to apply to all your EXAM papers:
Here are four golden rules to apply to all your EXAM papers:
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Allow
time to read the paper carefully:- The importance of reading the paper
carefully and choosing your questions wisely cannot be emphasised enough at
this stage. The natural inclination is always to start writing immediately and
launch into a favoured topic. Resist the urge. Take your time. Be smart and
size-up the paper before answering.
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Stick to
your game plan:- An overall strategy should have emerged from your
revision and exam preparation in each subject. This covers the areas you will
tackle, the topics you will avoid if they appear on the paper, the sequence in
which you will tackle the various sections, the style of answering you will
employ in each subject, the amount of time you will allocate to answering each
section. In some cases, this plan will work like a dream but there will always
be surprises to deal with in some papers. Don't get flustered. Stick to your
game plan, trust your judgement, and move on.
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Sweep up
any mistakes:- In
the pressure of the exam hall, it is easy to make elementary errors. These will
sometimes have the potential to lose you a lot of valuable marks. Misreading
the instruction on a question can render an entire answer invalid. You might
have known the correct answer, but you didn't put it down. A simple
miscalculation can lose you valuable time as you try to figure out the
balancing item. Be disciplined with your time. Always leave a few minutes at
the end to tidy-up errors. Simply changing a definition / formula / calculation
at this stage could be the difference between a good and an average grade.
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Attempt
all questions:- It
is amazing how many exam scripts are handed up unfinished. Every year, capable
students who just didn’t get time to finish the paper lose easy marks. Don't
fall into this trap. Work on the basis that you will get an answer written for
the required number of questions. Remember that it is much easier to get the
first 20% of the marks for any question than the final 5%. You can always
polish an answer further but, if there is no attempt made at part of a
question, the examiner can't give you any marks.
Culled from: Skool Nigeria
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