How to succeed in Exams and Assessments

Description

How to pass exams & assessment provides everything a student is likely to need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examination.

Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction

1. Succeeding in exams and assessments – understanding the processes involved in revision and exam-sitting

What markers are looking for

2. Assessment at university - How tests and examinations work

Physical & mental preparation

3. Physical and mental preparation – How to gear up for assessment and exam-sitting

Study styles

4. Your learning personality - How to identify and capitalise on your preferred learning style

5. Studying independently - How to organise yourself and develop good study habits

6. Study buddies - How to work with colleagues to improve the revision experience

Time management

7. Time management - How to balance study, family, work and leisure when revising

8. Creating a revision timetable - How to get yourself organised for exam study

Revision strategies

9. Focussing your revision - Making full use of learning objectives, past papers & other assessment information

10. Exploiting feedback - Understand and learn from what lecturers write on your work

11. Revision tips- How to use your time effectively through active learning

12. Memory tips & techniques -  how to develop tools and strategies to help remember information and ideas

Stress Management

13. Dealing positively with stress – How to cope with the pressures of university life

14. Combatting exam nerves - How to reduce anxiety and perform well under pressure

As the exam approaches

15. Exam strategies - how to ensure you have the appropriate tactics

16. Improving your exam performance - How to avoid common pitfalls

Tackling specific types of exam & assessment

17. Multiple-choice and short-answer questions - How to tackle short answer formats

18. Numerical questions - How to approach quantitative problems

19. Essay-style assessments - How to maximise your marks

20. Tutorial Assessment – How to make your contribution count

21. Assessments of practical and laboratory work – How to improve your marks

Features

This book provides tried and tested and advice on getting the most from exams. It guides students through careful preparation and asks them to consider:

• How to prepare mentally & physically to get in top shape for exams
• How to use your revision time to best effect
• How to assess your learning personality and work out the best form of revision for yourself
• How to ensure that you have the best exam strategies and avoid common pitfalls
• How to avoid and deal with stress and combat exam nerves
• How to perform well in MCQ, numerical and essay questions, and in tutorial & lab assessments