How to prepare and face final exams

Posted by: Mohammed Shamil Posted date: 10:17 / comment : 0 EXAM TECHNIQUES, STUDY TECHNIQUES

How to prepare and face final exams ?
Parents a few tips for you too!

Exams look very horrifying and scary (both for the student and the student's parent), but they are actually preparing you and sharpening you for all the different types of exams you will be facing later in life. The more you learn to master tests and exams, the more you will enjoy the challenges of life.

Here are a few practical tips on how to prepare well for the exams, and not allow the tension to pull you down

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Keep track of the likely exam dates and mentally become comfortable with the idea of facing them, long before the dates finally arrive.
Keep giving yourself mock exams periodically so that it becomes a habit. When the school or college gives your Preparatory or Preliums, take them seriously, not only in terms of how many marks you can score in them, but also the time you take to complete the answers. Time management is a very integral and important part of preparing for exams.
Check out where you have lost marks in the preparatory exams, and why. See if your handwriting is legible and clear
Keep marking off the portions you have already studied and are ready to answer in the exam (like in the Mind Mapping explained earlier). This will give you the confidence that you are covering more and more ground.
A simple rule that you know very well, but often forget to practice, is to space out your studies through the year, instead of waiting to cram up on the last few days. This by itself is the greatest insulation against exam tension.
As the exam date approaches, do not give up your extra-curricular activities completely – just keep reducing them. Taking breaks from studies and doing activities that you enjoy, reinforces your will to get back to the challenge.

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Make sure that your physical activity does not come to a stop. Brisk walk, jogging, quick exercises, yoga and pranayamas, choose whatever suits you most. Don’t think of this as time lost from studies, because they will improve your intake when you get back to study, and reduce your stress levels to help you face exams better.
Reduce your sleep hours slightly, but never drastically. Also, do not change your sleep timing significantly, because your body clock has got used to a particular time of sleep. Reducing sleep time in a 24 hour cycle by about 20-25% should be the maximum. If you reduce your sleep further, it will have an adverse effect.
Strictly maintain food habits. Never postpone breakfast, lunch or dinner just because you are deeply involved in studies. Take food breaks at the right time, have the right quantity of food, avoid snacking with junk food, and try to supplement with nutrients like milk, fruit juices etc.
As far as possible avoid tea and coffee. If you are already used to it, make sure your intake does not increase as the exams draw closer, and particularly avoid them near your sleep time.

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Don’t neglect your personal hygiene. Bath on time, fresh set of clothes, periodically washing your face, help not just your body but also your mind.
If you feel the tension of the exam creeping up on you as the dates approach, keep talking to one or two trusted persons (preferably elders) about how you feel, what your symptoms are, what you fear is the worst that can happen, and how you are coping with it. Writing a diary also helps some of us.
As the exam date approaches, go into the mode of survey and revision rather than reading a few chapters in detail. If you find particular chapters or topics have just not got into your head, trying to mug them up at the last moment never helps. See if you can strengthen the other chapters sufficiently to compensate for the marks you will lose.

What do you do on the day of your exam?

Tips for parents whose children are writing final exams

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Don’t stay awake the previous night. Give yourself sufficient sleep
Go through the morning routine of bath, dressing up well, and having a reasonably leisurely breakfast. Don’t skip any of your usual activities.
If prayer or meditation helps you, put aside some time and do so.
Check all your belongings, pens, ID card etc., and put them away in a firmly closed bag. See that you have the Hall Ticket, instrument box, spare pen, and whatever else is required for the exam.
Reach the venue of the exam well in advance. Don’t try to keep reading when you are traveling. Enjoy the fresh air or the passing view, and keep your mind away from the exam.

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On reaching the exam site, run through a quick revision of the main topics or the Mind Map. Don’t try to do detailed reading.
Avoid speaking to friends about the exam. A chance remark from a classmate about some likely question or particular portion may send you into a panic.
Do some deep breathing, sip water.

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When you get the question paper, read it carefully and slowly (if necessary, more than once), and make out a time schedule. Attempt easy questions first, but see that you don’t get carried away writing too long.
Keep track of the time. Finish writing a few minutes before the final bell, and run through what you have written. You may find a crucial point missing here and there, and you can add it.
Come out of the examination hall, and do not discuss answers with your friends particularly if you have other exams to go in the remaining days. Take a short break, get some fresh air or entertainment, and then get down to studying for the next subject.

Parents: Examination fever hits parents as much as it hits students. Dear parents, here are some coolants:

YOUR OWN ANXIETY shows on your face, even if you do not express it, and the child gets more scared, disturbed and even guilty. Relax, show your confidence in him.
BALANCE EXPECTATIONS AND MOTIVATION : Sensitive children are almost always aware of their insecurities in facing board exams. Do not aggravate these feelings. Be specially careful with a high performing child, because he is made to feel very anxious whether he can live up to the expectations of his parents and teachers.

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BREATHING SPACE : Encourage physical and recreational activity interspersed with studies. Help him develop study techniques, proper habits and a structured time schedule.
PROVIDE SILENT EMOTIONAL SUPPORT : Repetitive reading of "boring" topics does not help comprehension or recall. Repeated verbal reminders and questioning only lead to more anxieties or fear. Develop confidence level with the message "I know you can do it".
NEVER COMPARE with siblings or others (definitely not with "When I was your age"). Give the message "I understand what you are going through".
PROVIDE PROPER ENVIRONMENT : A quiet space, free from disturbances and environmental distractions, taking care of his basic needs, and removing any other anxieties which may be bothering him at that time. The parents' physical presence, a pat or hug, or a walk with him, is important.

FOR THE COOLANT TO BE REALLY EFFECTIVE, tell him that regardless of how he performs in the exams, he is still your child and your love for him is unconditional.

How To Study For Exams

Posted by: Mohammed Shamil Posted date: 04:58 / comment : 0 EXAM TECHNIQUES

1. Find out about the exam

Know your enemy - find out as much as you can about the exam.

How much is the exam worth to your overall mark in the subject?
What type of exam is it? Is it a multiple choice, essay, open-book or take-home exam?
Will there be a choice of questions or tasks?
How much will each question or task be worth?

2. Ask for help

Don’t feel bad if you need to ask for help. Talk to your teacher or lecturer and pick the brains of other students. If you’re feeling really stressed you might also find it helpful to speak to a counsellor.

3. Sort out your subject material

Check that you have all the relevant handouts and get all your notes together from the subject. Read through the course outline or subject guide (if there is one) and use it to organise the information you’ve collected.
It might help to write your own summaries of each textbook chapter or section of the subject guide. This will make it easier to find what you need while you’re studying.

4. Check past exam papers

Get your hands on any old exam papers from the subject and familiarise yourself with the structure and format. Your teacher or lecturer should be able to let you know where you can get your hands on some. Your school or university library might have past exams on file, too.
Practise answering the questions within the specified time limits and check your answers against your notes to make sure you’ve got them right.

5. Know where to go

Check your exam timetable for details on when and where you’ll be sitting the exam. Make sure you have everything you’ll need to take with you (e.g. calculator, pencil, ruler, etc).
Try to do some study at the times your exams will be on. If you have an early morning exam it’s a good idea to practise getting up and doing some study earlier in the day.

6. Don’t cram

Stick to what you already know when studying the night before an exam. You’ll only make yourself nervous if you try to learn new information. Review your notes or test yourself on key points.

7. Keep your cool

Don’t talk to other students about the exam before the exam. It could confuse you or make you lose confidence in yourself.
The same goes for after the exam. Don’t hang around talking about what was on it or you’ll start to doubt yourself and stress out if you think you made a mistake.

8. Use your reading time

The way you use your reading time could make or break you in the exam. Use it to plan your writing time and start thinking about some answers.
Read the instructions very carefully then scan the whole exam paper. Be sure to check how many pages there are and how much each question is worth.
Plan how much time to spend on each answer and the order in which you’ll answer them. Start with the questions you’re most confident with.

9. Break the questions down

A great tip for any exam is to break the questions down to make sure you really understand what you’re being asked. If you don’t answer the question properly you won’t get full marks for it.
Look for the key parts in the question and these will give you clues on how to answer it. For example, for the question, "Explain the difference between study and revision", you can split this question into four parts:

Explain - give reasons to show how or why something is the way it is
The difference - what are the distinguishing factors between study and revision?
Study - what is study?
Revision- what is revision?

10. Review your performance

While there’s no use stressing out over an exam you’ve already done, it does help to look at what you can improve on. If you didn’t do as well on an exam as you would’ve liked, ask your teacher if you can go through it with them and find out what you did wrong.

Come up with your own strategies

Remember - these tips are only some of the things that you can do to get the most out of your exams. There might be other things that work even better for you.

Ask around - find out what your friends do for their exams - maybe some of their tricks will work for you too! Maybe your teachers have some good recommendations too.

Whatever it is, whatever strategy when you find something that works for you, put it into practise and good luck!

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28 Top Tips for exam writing

Posted by: Mohammed Shamil Posted date: 04:56 / comment : 0 EXAM TECHNIQUES

Practical Exam Tips

1) Pens and Pencils: Some exams require the use of PENS, while others have to be completed in PENCIL. Make sure you know what you should be using in every paper before you go in.
2) Websites: All the major examination boards have websites these days, usually with sample papers and examiners' reports that you can download. These sites are well worth a visit as they may offer a lot of sound advice. The examiners' report, for instance, can give you an idea of exactly what it is that they are looking for.
3) Take Spares: Take spare pens and pencils just in case the one you are using stops working.
4) On time not In time: Allow for problems, hold-ups and traffic jams on the way and make sure you arrive with time to spare so that you can go in calmy rather than in a frantic rush.
5) It may sound stupid, but ...: Don't forget to read the instructions and make sure you know what you are being asked to do. You should go into the exam well aware of what is expected of you, but you should always check. Don't, however, waste a lot of time on this.
6) Honesty- 1: A language exam is not a test of honesty and you will not be penalised if you tell the examiners that you are CANCER rather than SAGITTARIUS in a written question simply because you are sure of how to spell it. Language Tests are quite simply that; they are designed to test your language and not your honesty- don't worry about lying or being economical with the truth in order to show off your accurate language use.
7) Zzzzz: Try to get a good night's sleep the night before any exam.
8) Hangovers: Try to avoid alcohol the night before an exam, especially in quantity, as a bad hangover is among the very worst things to be suffering from in an exam room.

Writing Tips

9) Writing- 1: Don't carried away and overload your writing with too many obvious connectives and contrastives; if every sentence has two or three such words or expressions, then the writing can seem strained and artificial. Remember- you can try too hard as well as not hard enough.
10) Writing- 2: Write on alternate lines (leaving every second line blank) so that you have space to make changes when checking through your work.
11) Writing- 3: Always credit your sources in academic writing, even when you are referring to ideas rather than actually quoting.

Multiple Choice Tips

12) Psychological Warfare: Examiners can choose the same letter successively for the correct answer. After three consecutive answers with the same letter, many students may well start to feel confused and worried. Eventually, many candidates will start changing their answers simple because they don't believe that examiners would have half a dozen of more questions with the same letter one after the other. They can and sometimes do; this is a real test of your comprehension and reduces the possibility of scoring by guessing.
13) Right word, wrong answer: With multiple choice comprehension questions based on a text, a simple trick is to take obvious and prominent words from the text and put them in an incorrect option. Seeing a word or phrase from the text is not enough; these questions are designed to test comprehension not recognition of a word from the passage.

Speaking Tips

14) Speaking- 1: Don't bother learning speeches and trying to say them verbatim (word-for-word) in interviews; examiners will usually spot this without too much difficulty and mark you down for it. It is very hard to do this and sound natural.
15) Speaking- 2: Do think over your answers to common questions about yourself. This an opportunity for examiners to get a general picture of your language level, especially your ability to talk about past, present and future experiences, so run these thing over in your mind and try to include corresponding verb forms accordingly.
16) Speaking- 3: If you are asked to talk about or describe a photograph, don't get too hung up on describing every visible detail. Instead, be prepared to speak in general terms about it and how the theme it illustrates affects you.

Listening Tips

17) Listening- 1: You are often given false information first that sounds as if it could be the answer to the question. An instance of this is where the information given matches one of the answers, but does not fit the criterion given in the question- the person could be talking about last week, say, when the question asks about next week. The correct information usually, but not always, comes afterwards.
18) Listening- 2: Nearly right is not the same thing as right; examiners often give information that sounds more or less correct, but is in some way unsatifactory. Adverbs and modals are often used to send you the wrong way; the listening text might use 'She may well be late' and the question 'She will be late'- this is not an exact match and consequently could easily be the wrong answer. It has to be 100% accurate to be right.
19) Listening- 3: In longer listening passages, they often try to lull you into losing concentration by having quite long sections where no information relevant to the exercise is given, then out of the blue they hit you with a couple of answers in quick succession.
20) Listening- 4: Although most longer listening passages begin with an introduction that lets you get into the flow before they start testing you, you cannot depend on this; the first word could in theory be the answer to the first question.
21) Listening- 5: Examiners will often place a word directly from the passage in a wrong answer and use a synonym *[syn.] in the correct answer; check the meaning and do not rely on word recognition to get the right answer.

Examiners & Exam Myths

22) Examiners- 1: Examiners are, by and large, sadistic so-and-sos. Their sole aim in life is to trap you and catch you out.
23) Examiners- 2: In multiple choice exercises, examiners have been known to use the same letter for the correct answer several times in succession (a, a, a, a, a, etc). This is unsettling and can make students worry that their answers must be wrong; it does not. I once gave a Cambridge Proficiency group an entire Reading Comprehension exercise (25 questions) with the same answer for all. The students started changing their answers and choosing wrong ones because they couldn't believe that this was possible. While I have never seen it, there is nothing to stop them doing it. They are there to test your understanding and will play psychological games to make you doubt yourself, and this is one little trick they use. It also has the advantage of reducing the possibly of inaccurate scores achieved by guessing, as few would guess in a regular pattern, but would try to vary their answers across the range of possibilities. From their perspective, grouping a few consecutive answers with the same letter makes sense.
24) Examiners- 3: Many students and teachers try to analyse exams and work out patterns. In one Cambridge First Certificate exercise, there were usually between four and six correct sentences. Then one year there were only two. Patterns may help, but beware of relying on them; examiners will change them without warning.
25) Exam Myth 1: Apparently, a philosophy student got a first class grade for a paper which had "Is this a question?" as an essay title. Instead of going into the nature of questions, etc, he or she simply wrote "Yes, if this is an answer." Perhaps you should read Exam Myth 2 before feeling encouraged to do likewise.
26) Exam Myth 2: When asked "What is courage?", another philosphy student wrote "This." He or she failed; even though it was, indeed, courageous to stake their degree on such an answer, it was not held to have answered the question. The answer was an example and not an explanation.
27) Exam Myth 3: An Oxford undergraduate, or so the story goes, discovered an ancient regulation that allowed a gentleman to send the invigilator to buy a quart (Two pints or 1.14 litres) of ale (beer) during the exam for the student's refreshment. He duly ordered it and produced his evidence and was bought the beer. The following day, the invigilator approached him with a hat, gown and sword, which another old regulation stipulated had to be worn at all times. So, the student had to to sit through the exam in a stuffy hall on a hot day in a heavy hat, etc.
28) Exam Myth 4: A student used amphetamines (a chemical stimulant) to stay awake to study all night in the days leading up to an exam, hoping to make up for lost time. Feeling shattered on the morning of the exam, they took a huge dose to make sure they were bright and alert and didn't fall asleep halfway through. Throughout the exam, they scribbled away frantically; writing page after page. Unfortunately, they'd taken so much of the stimulant that they failed to notice that they had written everything on the same side of paper, which meant that instead of handing in a dozen sheets of paper, they had one so covered in writing that it had turned black.

How to Get Rid of Fear of Board Exam

Posted by: Mohammed Shamil Posted date: 02:58 / comment : 0 EXAM TECHNIQUES

How to Get Rid of Fear of Board Exam? - Experts Tips

1. As your Board Exams are fast approaching you mustn't waste single minute of your time. Spare most of your time on studying your academics. Study well so that you get good score which in turn helps you to get admission in reputed university or colleges. All the students have equal talent but the fear of exams disturbs their preparation and finally they get bad results in the exam. Average students are the major victims of this exam fear, keeping them in view , we have mentioned some expert tips that helps you to get rid of Board Exam.

2. Experts Tips for Board Exam:
1. Practice makes a man perfect, so practice as many times as possible to get confidence. Attempt the exams with this spirit and find better results.

2. Manage your time, divide your time into study hours, relaxation and other activities. This kind of effective time management gives you greater grip on the subject and will enhance understanding of topics. Take break after every 40 minutes to relax your brain.

3. Avoid shortcuts and work hard to achieve your dreams.

4. Never ignore any subjects, give equal importance to all the subjects to get better results.

5. Avoid wasting your time in involving in useless activities such as TV, Computer games, mobile phones as they may divert your mind. Listen to inspirational music in your free time to boost your confidence.

6. Focus on your diet and have timely food and sleep.

7. Always write your answers in a clear way, do not waste your time in writing irrelevant information.

8. Prepare good timetable, allot more time for hard/long subjects and less time for easy/short subjects. Remember that all the subjects should be completed by the end of the day. will help you.

9. Make easy notes while studying in your own language. This helps to get better understanding of the subject and also to learn things quickly.

Preparation Tips for Written Exam

Posted by: Mohammed Shamil Posted date: 02:33 / comment : 0 EXAM TECHNIQUES

Preparation Tips for Written Exam - :
1. HI Everyone, here is your complete tips for preparing written exams for recruitment,entrance etc. hardwork in preparing will give you the best results, preparation is the key to succcess. careerpsycho can give you free counselling to students who need more techniques other than this

2. Important points to be remembered

Getting ready with your preparation material is the first thing you should take in care. material should be original and it should be the new version which includes all the previous question papers. for collecting good materials contacct us. Collection of good materials can lead you to success so choose the books which is prescribed by your teacher.

3. Be aware of the Exam pattern - Exam pattern is nothing but the number of sections, nature of exam (subjective, objective or both), number of questions in the exam, exam duration and provision of negative marking or not. Knowing the exam pattern before appearing for the exam reduces your tension and helps to fetch good marks. All the candidates are recommended to consider all these factors in mind during their preparation and also while writing the exam.

4. Prepare a Time- Table

Prepare a time-table by diving your time and allotting them to different subjects. Plan in a way that you spend more time on the areas where you are weak and less on others. A dedicated preparation time table will undeniably increase the possibility of success in any kind of exam. So prepare it and study accordingly to do well in the exams.

5. Revision and importance

Revision plays a key role in getting good marks. Revise all concepts, chapters, formulas and definition within ever two months before the preparation. This would definitely help you to get grip on the subject and score good marks.

6. Self - preparatory notes

Prepare notes on your own, this strengthens your fundamental skills and subject knowledge. Your confidence would definitely increase with this practice and you can score well in exams.

7. Expert guidance

Take guidance from experts and ask for tips and tactics to solve the problems easily. Along with this practice mock test papers and solve previous papers to increase your fastness.

8. THE EXAM TIME :
Read the instructions given in the examination paper carefully Avoid estimating the question paper’s complexity. The same question paper comes for all the candidates. If it is easy for you, then rest would also feel the same and if it tough for you then it is difficult for others also. So, don’t overestimate or don't underestimate the exam paper. Solve the questions which you know first and then go with others. Never spend too much time on single question, this may show bad impact on remaining ones also. If you are struck or confused in between any question, leave it and jump to other. Have faith in yourself and believe in your preparation to crack the exam with less difficulty.

Reasoning Preparation Tips - Logical

Posted by: Mohammed Shamil Posted date: 02:15 / comment : 0 EXAM TECHNIQUES

Preparation Tips for Reasoning -:

1. In all kind of exams which is recruitmennt , entrance or competitive "REASONING" has a major role and considered as the important section. In every institutions and Organisations these days are looking reasoning abilities and aptitude skills of a candidate. this is a difficult task for candidates that they need more attention and preparation on this topic

2. you need to practice well in all mentioned topics because you 'l need a pause to solve some questions and here are some topics that you should look thoroughly. You should work hard and you have to be so confident to sharpen your skills. you should solve more and more question papers such as samples , previous ones to catch success. practicing will give you an idea that which section is weak for you and should involve in that more. checking your speed by timer in doing your sample papers will increase your accuracy.

4. The topics you should go through before appearing the exam:

Classification
Mirror-Images
Spotting Out the Embedded Figure
Grouping of Identical Figures
SeriesPaper Cutting
Construction of Squares and Triangles
Figure Matrix
Rule Detection
Dot Situation
Figure Formation and Analysis
Analogy
Analytical Reasoning
Water-Images
Completion Of Incomplete Pattern
Paper Folding
Cubes and Dice

In written objective type exams these are the topics which id frequently asked and if you want seats in reputed organisations then you must work hard in these topics

5. To better resuls follow these simple tricks

Stay healthy by eating good food
Use keys to remember big formula
Prepare a schedule and study according to it
Keep your body and mind fresh by doing some physical activities
Take rest
Keep self confidence
Don’t get tensed
Manage time

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How to prepare and face final exams ?Parents a few tips for you too!