Examinations - Performance Preparation

Avoid common mistakes

Answer the correct number of questions

Allocate equal time for equal marks

Never leave the exam early

Examination taking strategies

Be clear what your exam is about

Turn up in plenty of time

Equal time for equal marks

Only answer the questions asked

Rehearse performing at your personal best.

Practice questions using a prepared format

Practice writing answers using prepared answer formats

Mark your own answers as critically as possible

Practice – un-timed and timed

Making the best of what you know Maximum gains for

time are in the early stages of your answer

Deconstruct the question

Use words in the question underline key words

Say how you are going to answer the question

Which question first? Select the questions

you want to answer Do the question you

know best first Build up your

momentum dot points rather

than going back Do the question you

know least well last

Develop strategies and rehearse techniques for performance anxiety

Visit the exam venue and get comfortable in it

Avoid stress out friends Know your potential

examination anxiety Simulate coping with exam

anxiety at home Practice “time out” in place Maintain your physical and

mental health

Performance on the day

Avoid common mistakes

Stay focused Recall the rehearsed

processes for your answers

Manage performance anxiety

Avoiding Common Mistakes Not reading the paper correctly. Not finishing the paper. Ignoring the marking scheme. Repetition Missing part of a question Irrelevant quotations Rough work