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.
Table of 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
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