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Revising and preparing for exams
Study development advisorsInstitute for Academic DevelopmentUniversity of Edinburgh
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What bugs you about exams?
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Can’t control
Could but don’t…
Can and do take control
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Taking controlIn the run-up….
• Look after yourself• Start preparing early• Find out what’s required• Make a timetable (plan and prioritise) • Ask staff and students for advice• Double-check times and locations• Revise actively
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http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/registry/exams
Registry: Exams
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Planning and prioritising
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Prioritisingimportant
urgent
Do this now Start it before it becomes urgent
Do it if you can
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Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
9 - 10
10 - 11
11 - 12
12 - 1
1 - 2
2 - 3
3 - 4
4 - 5
5 - 6
6 - 7
7 - 8
8 - 9
9 - 10
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Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
9 - 10 Work Work
10 - 11
Tutorial
11 - 12
12 - 1 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1 - 2 Lecture Lecture Lecture Lunch Lunch
2 - 3 Swim Swim Swim Work Work
3 - 4
4 - 5
5 - 6
6 - 7 Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
7 - 8 Club/Society Club/Society Friends Friends
8 - 9
9 - 10
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Planning Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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How much time do you have left to study?• Do you think this is enough time? • Do you need to rethink your other
commitments?• The amount of study time you need each
week may vary.• Actively prioritising or creating a ‘To Do list’
will help you plan your study
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Review your plan:• Review how realistic your plan was• What worked well and what didn’t? • What can you do differently?• Don’t expect your plan to work perfectly the
first time
• Don’t give up!• Seek help or advice if you need it
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Revising actively• How do you revise now?
• How can you make your revision more active?
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Revising Actively• Organising and structuring notes:
– Thinking about inter-relationships– Relating what you are learning to ‘real-life’ situations.– Organising material into a meaningful structure.
• Creating a diagram or chart to represent a topic.• Looking for similarities or differences.• Looking for points for and against an argument.• Trying to really understand how formulae work.• Critically evaluating what you are learning.• Discussing topics with a friend.
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Mnemonics
Emergency - Medical history (AMPLE)
AllergiesMedicationsPast medical historyLast ate/drankEvents
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Key diagrams
• Look• Cover• Draw and annotate• Check
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Just before the exam
Preparation• Check venue, times and so again• Equipment, water, matriculation card etc.• Looking at notes ?
Routine• Sleep• Food
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Equipment examples• Only a calculator from the list specified by the College
of Science and Engineering may be used in this examination.
• Calculators may not be used in this examination.
• Candidates are permitted to make use of foreign language dictionaries.
• Candidates are not permitted to take any statutes, notes or other materials into the examination hall.
• Copies of the English Bible (RSV) will be supplied.
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On the day…
The exam
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Your mind goes blank?
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Your mind goes blank? • Leave a gap and carry on if it is a small section• Move on to another question and come back later• Find a space and scribble down words connected to the
topic – you can mind map this• Do a one or two minute free write - let your mind go
anywhere writing whatever comes into your head • Picture a time when you were studying this (seminar,
lecture, in your room) and focus on details (sounds, sights, smells, colours, actions)
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Stop! and relax…• Silently, tell yourself Stop! • Breathe in gently • Breathe out slowly, relaxing shoulders, arms and hands • Pause • Breathe in again • Breathe out slowly, relaxing forehead and jaw • Sit quietly for a few seconds • Continue what you were doing, deliberately moving
more slowly.
Edinburgh University Counselling Service booklet, Stress, a short guide for students available at: http://www.docs.sasg.ed.ac.uk/StudentCounselling/SCSbooklets/SCSstressbooklet.pdf
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Have strategies worked out• Reading• Question choice• Time – planning and writing – write
down when you aim to move on to the next question
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The instructions
BIOINFORMATICS 116th December 2010, 09:30 to 11:30
• Answer QUESTION 1 and ONE other question.• Question 1 is COMPULSORY.
All questions carry equal weight.
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Answer the question
Read the question and answer the question, the whole question, and nothing but the question.
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The question asked
Describe three different models of…
Compare and contrast different models of…
Discuss the different models of…
Evaluate three different models of…
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What examiners say
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Poser
Suppose you've got time left to do one question, but two questions left to do. Which one do you choose?
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ACUTE: Checking at the end
• Assumptions - have you explained them?• Calculations - have you checked them? • Units - have you written the units down?• Take stock - have you done all parts? • Explanations - have you explained fully?
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Summary1. Take control by:• planning • prioritising and • preparing
2. Revise actively3. Rehearse scenarios (prepare strategies)
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Afterwards…
relax andtreat yourself
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LearnBetterFor advice on revision and exams go to LearnBetter.
• LearnBetter is available on the Learn VLE• Access via MyEd• You will need to self enrol
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