EXAM TIPS
Below are some of the advice for you who are taking exams!!!
Studying Methods
hiee!
here's some exam tips i found online..i'm not gonna recommend mystudy in tips coz its all warped and wrong..like coffee and latenights =X so erm, IDEALLY, this would be it:
Students with better study methods and strategies score higher ontheir exams.Everyone is different, different methods work for different people the following are only suggestions on improving upon your currentstudying techniques.
It is best to review the material right after class when it's still fresh in your memory.
Don't try to do all your studying the night before the test, instead space out your studying, review class materials at least several times a week, focusing on one topic at a time.
Have all of your study material in front of you: lecture notes,course textbooks, study guides and any other relevant material.
Find a comfortable and quiet place to study with good lighting and little distractions (try avoiding your own bed; it is very tempting to just lie down and take a nap).
Start out by studying the most important information.
Learn the general concepts first; don't worry about learning the details until you have learned the main ideas.
Take notes and write down a summary of the important ideas as you read through your study material.
Take short breaks frequently, you memory retains the information that you study at the beginning and the end better than what youstudy in the middle.
Space out your studying, you'll learn more by studying a little every day instead of waiting to cram at the last minute. By studying everyday, the material will stay in your long-term memory but if youtry to study at the last moment, the material will only reside inyour short-term memory that you'll easily forget.
Make sure that you understand the material well, don't just read through the material and try to memorize everything.
If you choose to study in a group, only study with others who are serious about the test.
Test yourself or have someone test you on the material to find outwhat your weak and strong areas are. You can use the reviewquestions at the end of each chapter or practice tests the teachermay give out as well as other materials.
Listening to relaxing music such as classical or jazz on a lowvolume can relieve some of the boredom of studying.
Don't study later than the time you usually go to sleep, you may fall asleep or be tempted to go to sleep, instead try studying in the afternoon or early evening. If you are a morning person try studying in the morning.
Contributed By:
Ng Lee Huan Geraldine
Accounting/2
MCQ Exam Tips
Thought this might be a good read for those mcq papers you have to tackle. =)Multiple choice exam tips
General Rule: Break each question into the stem and the alternatives.Get an understanding of the stem before looking at and choosing analternative. Underline key terms and clue words in the stem. When yourun into vague terminology, define in your own words. Think of the correct answer and then look for it among the alternatives.
1. Don't guess too soon! You must select not only a correct answer,but the best answer. It is therefore important that you read all of the options and not stop when you come upon one that seems likely.
2. You must select not only a technically correct answer, but the most completely correct answer. Since "all of the above" and "none of the above" are very inclusive statements, these options, when used,tend to be correct more often than would be predicted by chance alone.
3. Be wary of options which include unqualified absolutes suchas "never," "always," "is," "are," "guarantees," "ensures." Such statements are highly restrictive and very difficult to defend. They are rarely (though they may sometimes be) correct options.
4. The less frequently stated converse of the above is that carefully qualified, conservative, or "guarded" statements tend to be correct more often than would be predicted by chance alone. Other things being equal, favor options containing such qualifying phrases as "may sometimes be," or "can occasionally result in."
5. Be wary of the extra-long or "jargony option." These are frequently used as decoys.
6. Use your knowledge of common prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to make intelligent guesses about terminology that you don't know. Aknowledge of the prefix "hyper," for instance, would clue you that hypertension refers to high, not low, blood pressure.
7. Be alert to give-aways in grammatical construction. The correct answer to an item stem which ends in "an" would obviously be an option starting with a vowel. Watch also for agreement of subject sand verbs.
8. Utilize information and insights that you've acquired in working through the entire test to go back and answer earlier items that you weren't sure of.
9. If you are not certain of an answer, guess... but do so methodically. Eliminate some choices you know are incorrect, then relate each alternative back to the stem of the question to see if itfits. Narrow down the choice to one or two alternatives and then compare them and identify how they differ. Finally, make an informed guess.
10. If you have absolutely no idea what the answer is, can't use any of the above techniques, and there is no scoring penalty for guessing, choose option B or C. Studies indicate that these are correct slightly more often than would be predicted by chance alone.
11. When you get "all the above," "none of the above," or "a,b, not c" type questions, treat each alternative as a true-false questionand relate it back to the question stem.
12. Think the answer is wrong? Maybe you should change it? Studies indicate that when students change their answers they usually change them to the wrong answer. Therefore, if you were fairly certain you were correct the first time, leave the answer as it is.
MCQ Exam tips contributed by:
Ann Gomez
Bio-Chem year 1
Secret Concortion(Try this!!!)
hy guys..here's my exam tips...
if u feel dizzy after reading your lecture notes for the whole day,
do not consume medicine like panadol or ect...
isotonic drinks can help you to reduce those dizziness...
mix 100plus or pocari sweat with water (1:2),
and drink it,and take a rest for 30min or take a nap...
u'll get better after that..
dizziness can be caused by losing too much ion when you are studying
(sometimeswe force our brain to think right??)...
the isotonic can help you regain thoselost ions...
and it won't give you any harm because it will become less carbonated after you mix it with water..
having panadol to overcome the dizziness may cause a kind of "addicted" because you tend get dizzy easier later and you will need another panadol...
do not drink "red bull" or energy drink, because it contains lots of caffein and will disturb your brain schedule..
because after you drink it, you are fully energized,
too much ions will be drawn from your body,
causing less focus to study for the next module...
do not suddenly change your daily schedule during your exam period because it will mess up your brain schedule...
if you are used to sleep late at night, do that during exam...
if you do not eat breakfast before morning lecture,
do not eat too before your morning exam...
cheers...happy exam....
Secret Concortion contributed by
Stellora Sunyobi
BIE year 2
Above are some of the Exam tips from the Publicity Subcomms.
Good Luck and All the best for your exams!!
Alex
To Uphold God's Image with Creativity and Love.
Studying Methods
hiee!
here's some exam tips i found online..i'm not gonna recommend mystudy in tips coz its all warped and wrong..like coffee and latenights =X so erm, IDEALLY, this would be it:
Students with better study methods and strategies score higher ontheir exams.Everyone is different, different methods work for different people the following are only suggestions on improving upon your currentstudying techniques.
It is best to review the material right after class when it's still fresh in your memory.
Don't try to do all your studying the night before the test, instead space out your studying, review class materials at least several times a week, focusing on one topic at a time.
Have all of your study material in front of you: lecture notes,course textbooks, study guides and any other relevant material.
Find a comfortable and quiet place to study with good lighting and little distractions (try avoiding your own bed; it is very tempting to just lie down and take a nap).
Start out by studying the most important information.
Learn the general concepts first; don't worry about learning the details until you have learned the main ideas.
Take notes and write down a summary of the important ideas as you read through your study material.
Take short breaks frequently, you memory retains the information that you study at the beginning and the end better than what youstudy in the middle.
Space out your studying, you'll learn more by studying a little every day instead of waiting to cram at the last minute. By studying everyday, the material will stay in your long-term memory but if youtry to study at the last moment, the material will only reside inyour short-term memory that you'll easily forget.
Make sure that you understand the material well, don't just read through the material and try to memorize everything.
If you choose to study in a group, only study with others who are serious about the test.
Test yourself or have someone test you on the material to find outwhat your weak and strong areas are. You can use the reviewquestions at the end of each chapter or practice tests the teachermay give out as well as other materials.
Listening to relaxing music such as classical or jazz on a lowvolume can relieve some of the boredom of studying.
Don't study later than the time you usually go to sleep, you may fall asleep or be tempted to go to sleep, instead try studying in the afternoon or early evening. If you are a morning person try studying in the morning.
Contributed By:
Ng Lee Huan Geraldine
Accounting/2
MCQ Exam Tips
Thought this might be a good read for those mcq papers you have to tackle. =)Multiple choice exam tips
General Rule: Break each question into the stem and the alternatives.Get an understanding of the stem before looking at and choosing analternative. Underline key terms and clue words in the stem. When yourun into vague terminology, define in your own words. Think of the correct answer and then look for it among the alternatives.
1. Don't guess too soon! You must select not only a correct answer,but the best answer. It is therefore important that you read all of the options and not stop when you come upon one that seems likely.
2. You must select not only a technically correct answer, but the most completely correct answer. Since "all of the above" and "none of the above" are very inclusive statements, these options, when used,tend to be correct more often than would be predicted by chance alone.
3. Be wary of options which include unqualified absolutes suchas "never," "always," "is," "are," "guarantees," "ensures." Such statements are highly restrictive and very difficult to defend. They are rarely (though they may sometimes be) correct options.
4. The less frequently stated converse of the above is that carefully qualified, conservative, or "guarded" statements tend to be correct more often than would be predicted by chance alone. Other things being equal, favor options containing such qualifying phrases as "may sometimes be," or "can occasionally result in."
5. Be wary of the extra-long or "jargony option." These are frequently used as decoys.
6. Use your knowledge of common prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to make intelligent guesses about terminology that you don't know. Aknowledge of the prefix "hyper," for instance, would clue you that hypertension refers to high, not low, blood pressure.
7. Be alert to give-aways in grammatical construction. The correct answer to an item stem which ends in "an" would obviously be an option starting with a vowel. Watch also for agreement of subject sand verbs.
8. Utilize information and insights that you've acquired in working through the entire test to go back and answer earlier items that you weren't sure of.
9. If you are not certain of an answer, guess... but do so methodically. Eliminate some choices you know are incorrect, then relate each alternative back to the stem of the question to see if itfits. Narrow down the choice to one or two alternatives and then compare them and identify how they differ. Finally, make an informed guess.
10. If you have absolutely no idea what the answer is, can't use any of the above techniques, and there is no scoring penalty for guessing, choose option B or C. Studies indicate that these are correct slightly more often than would be predicted by chance alone.
11. When you get "all the above," "none of the above," or "a,b, not c" type questions, treat each alternative as a true-false questionand relate it back to the question stem.
12. Think the answer is wrong? Maybe you should change it? Studies indicate that when students change their answers they usually change them to the wrong answer. Therefore, if you were fairly certain you were correct the first time, leave the answer as it is.
MCQ Exam tips contributed by:
Ann Gomez
Bio-Chem year 1
Secret Concortion(Try this!!!)
hy guys..here's my exam tips...
if u feel dizzy after reading your lecture notes for the whole day,
do not consume medicine like panadol or ect...
isotonic drinks can help you to reduce those dizziness...
mix 100plus or pocari sweat with water (1:2),
and drink it,and take a rest for 30min or take a nap...
u'll get better after that..
dizziness can be caused by losing too much ion when you are studying
(sometimeswe force our brain to think right??)...
the isotonic can help you regain thoselost ions...
and it won't give you any harm because it will become less carbonated after you mix it with water..
having panadol to overcome the dizziness may cause a kind of "addicted" because you tend get dizzy easier later and you will need another panadol...
do not drink "red bull" or energy drink, because it contains lots of caffein and will disturb your brain schedule..
because after you drink it, you are fully energized,
too much ions will be drawn from your body,
causing less focus to study for the next module...
do not suddenly change your daily schedule during your exam period because it will mess up your brain schedule...
if you are used to sleep late at night, do that during exam...
if you do not eat breakfast before morning lecture,
do not eat too before your morning exam...
cheers...happy exam....
Secret Concortion contributed by
Stellora Sunyobi
BIE year 2
Above are some of the Exam tips from the Publicity Subcomms.
Good Luck and All the best for your exams!!
Alex
To Uphold God's Image with Creativity and Love.
posted by @lex | 10/31/2007
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