Exam Techniques

EXAM TECHNIQUES


All students harbour exam phobia in their hearts and it is due to wrong study habits. Normally students read books or notes and it will not help them to retain the learnt materials int heir memory. Group Discussion, going through model question papers,
Note-making, quick drawing of pictures, use of memory techniques and developing
Good Handwriting are some of the basic ideas students should have in their minds. All the students should be aware of their Mark Scoring Curve. That means the students’ marks should not go down in their exams. Poor HM will heavily bring your marks down.

Good handwriting: some students regret that their HM is very poor and it cannot be improved. This is WRONG notion and anybody’s HM can be improved at any time. Only thing is that they should not write more than five words in a line. The letters should be bold enough to read without any difficulty.
Time Management in the exam hall is another important factor. Many students how to manage their time in the exam hall. To overcome this problem divide the time by marks and find out how many minutes you can use for one mark. Suppose you have write for 100 marks and the allotted for you is 3 hours, you have 1.8 minutes per mark. If you answer a big question of ten marks you cannot write the answer for the question for more than 1.8 minutes. If you write the answer for 20 minutes for the same question, you cannot answer the other questions.
The next most important factor is the facing the answer paper. Most of the students keep their note books not facing them. They should face the answer paper and read the answers while they write. When the students read their own answers, they can correct their careless errors and rectify them. This will help the students to score 5 to 10 marks extra in each paper. This will provide the students with mind-hand coordination.

Underline the key words

Try to please the examiner and write neatly and legibly.

Use separate sheet for rough work.

Don’t write anything on the question paper.

Write the question numbers correctly.

Don’t write excess questions and repeat any question again.

When you commit errors strike them out neatly.

Diagrams should be drawn wherever possible.

Show your creativity and originality.

Read the instructions in the question paper carefully and strictly adhere to them.

At the higher education level group learning based on the syllabus will yield fruitful results.

As soon as you receive the question paper, read it carefylly and without stress.

Answer all the questions without leaving out anything.

Don’t indulge in malpractice.

Don’t try to help your neighbors.

While preparing for the exam, expect the unexpected.

Language teachers are carried by good handwriting.

In all papers avoid spelling and grammatical errors.

To score good marks, write apt quotations in your answers.

Provide more examples.

Show your creativity by writing how the theory part can be useful in a practical way.