Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This free course, Revision and examinations, will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Revision and exams
- 1 Revision and exams
- 2 Identifying key concerns
- 2 Identifying key concerns
- 3 Revision
- 3 Revision
- 3.1 Stage 1: Finding out about the exam paper
- 3.2 Stage 2: Gathering the course material together
- 3.3 Stage 3: Deciding what to revise
- 3.4 Stage 4: Making a revision timetable
- 3.5 Stage 5: Understanding and learning the course material
- Making summary sheets or cards
- Making learning posters
- Making audio tapes
- Using a computer
- Self-help groups - revising with others
- Teach to learn
- 3.6 Memory and Understanding
- 3.7 Stage 6: Rehearsing answering exam questions
- Play the examiner
- Analysing and answering essay-based exam questions
- 3.8 Understanding process words
- 3.9 Thinking about the exam
- 3.10 Other ways to practise for the exam
- 3.11 Stage 7: Checking and making arrangements - a week before the exam
- 4 The exam itself
- 4 The exam itself
- 4.1 The exam paper
- 5 Managing exam anxiety
- 5 Managing exam anxiety
- 5.1 Anxiety management techniques
- 5.2 Technique 1: Self-talk
- Turning the negative into the positive
- 5.3 Technique 2: Relaxation
- A relaxation exercise
- The emergency stop technique
- A breathing exercise
- 5.4 Technique 3: Visualisation
- Method 1
- Method 2
- Using visualisation
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
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