Exams

Introduction

For many learners, exams often cause the most worry of any type of assessment. However, most learners discover that sitting an exam is rarely as difficult as they had expected.

In order to maximize your chances of passing exams, you will need to:

prepare for the exam
develop appropriate strategies to use when sitting the exam

Exam Preparation

The first step in preparing for your exam is to overcome exam anxiety. This should involve developing some specific strategies to deal with stress, and knowing what is being assessed and expected by examiners.

Inspiration and luck have very little to do with passing exams. Rather you will need to pay attention to a number of key areas:

time management
motivation
revision

Click on each area in the diagram below to find out some tips for preparing for examinations.

Another thing you can do to reduce the anxiety of sitting the exam, is to familiarize yourself with module objectives and expected learning outcomes of the program and self-assess your competency. For any areas of identified weakness, focus your revision on the corresponding module in the program and repeat it until you can confidently answer the types of questions used in the end-of-module quiz.

By following these simple steps, you will be well prepared for the exam and will maximize your success.

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