Doing revision and knowing the subject is only half the battle, having the right exam mindset will help you achieve the results all your hard work deserves.
Let’s assume that someone in your class is really clever and answers a lot of questions that the teacher asks. Will this person get the best grades in exams? Not necessarily. Being intelligent and good at a subject is obviously advantageous, but if someone doesn’t know how to use their knowledge and skill, then it’s …
What is Exam Technique? I hear it over and over from students that they need help with exam technique. They feel that they are losing marks somewhere in exams that they shouldn’t be. Somehow they cannot get the marks that they deserve. Quite often students can have great knowledge of a subject but still not …
There are people who work hard all year, study well, know everything, revise well and then in the exam crumble. They lose the plot and freeze on the day. This is an extreme case of course, but most students tend to do worse in the exam than they would doing a past paper at home. …
Self-belief is possibly the biggest and most important issue that you have to deal with. It is a difficult one to tackle as it is likely not to just be an exam problem. It is therefore essential to start to look at this as early as possible into the academic year. What is Self-Belief? By …