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Leevan asked:
"Thanks a lot Mr Harris. Fortunately I realize my main reason for scoring bad marks during the exam is due to bad time management. Is there any advice you can give on managing my time effectively in the exam hall?"
Running out of time, at the end of the exam, is only part of time management. The trick is to allocate an equal amount of time (on a 'per mark' basis) to each of the requirements and questions. I have two pieces of advice:
Firstly, you have to be disciplined. If you find a question that you like, the temptation is to spend far too long writing about things related to the question. This leads to two probems - you are less likely to stick to just answering the question, and you won't have enough time left to answer the rest of the questions.
Secondly, you must practise answering exam-standard questions under timed exam conditions. It's too easy to say "just another few minutes won't hurt", but it will. Writing answers under a time constraint is a skill that needs to be developed and practised.
If you want more information on time management, there's a Learning Burst here. There's also one on using past exam questions here.
Leevan asked:
"Thanks a lot Mr Harris. Fortunately I realize my main reason for scoring bad marks during the exam is due to bad time management. Is there any advice you can give on managing my time effectively in the exam hall?"
Running out of time, at the end of the exam, is only part of time management. The trick is to allocate an equal amount of time (on a 'per mark' basis) to each of the requirements and questions. I have two pieces of advice:
Firstly, you have to be disciplined. If you find a question that you like, the temptation is to spend far too long writing about things related to the question. This leads to two probems - you are less likely to stick to just answering the question, and you won't have enough time left to answer the rest of the questions.
Secondly, you must practise answering exam-standard questions under timed exam conditions. It's too easy to say "just another few minutes won't hurt", but it will. Writing answers under a time constraint is a skill that needs to be developed and practised.
If you want more information on time management, there's a Learning Burst here. There's also one on using past exam questions here.
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