Secrets Of Successfully Sitting Exams

By Author: A K Whitehead
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Many people work hard studying various subjects to sit for
examinations in them. Fine. Hard work is usually a necessary
condition for passing exams. Unfortunately it does not follow that it is
a sufficient condition! Exam technique can be almost equally as
important. It can make all the difference between success and failure
or between poor grades and good grades.

As students, we often complain about the examination system. That is
usually because we feel the pressure of an uncertain outcome. But
like all systems we need to understand its mechanics in order to make
it work for us.

What follows is largely concerned with exams needing written
answers, rather than mathematically-based subjects.

Frustrating Examiners
This section applies as much to writing course work as to examination
answers

When you consider writing essays, also consider the person who
will have to read them. He/she has a psychology. Make it work for
you, not against you. Most examiners do their job well and
effectively ...
... but...

Exam assessors usually have a mountain of scripts to wade through.
They like to get through them faster rather than slower, with relative
ease rather than difficulty. When they find a script which facilitates
the two former objects, they are delighted and their disposition
towards the writer soars.

A great frustration is caused by having to