Daffodil International University
Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => English => Topic started by: irina on June 18, 2012, 03:28:59 PM
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If you can say this(My Teacher is the best) about your teachers, you are very lucky. And if you can't, then take the help of meditation. The common tendency is to think of the teachers as the enemy, the opponent. Now think, if you consider your teacher as the opponent, then what else he/she will think about you? So stop gossiping or complaining about your teachers all the time like the other students. Change your outlook. Ask questions in the class. You'll find your studies more enjoyable. You'll get maximum help from your teachers.
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Ways to Do Better in the Examination
Take It Easy:
If we get paralysed with fear during our exam and forget everything we have learnt, it doesn't help! Exams should be like ice-cream, they shouldn't make you scream. Believe it or not, there are lots of students who enjoy exams. For them, exams are an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. If you have confidence in yourself and your preparation, then there is no reason why you should be afraid of exams. The best way to be during the exam is relaxed but alert. So change your attitude about exams.
Take a Lot of Model Tests:
In order to do well, in addition to knowing a lot about your subject, you also need to know everything about the exam itself: how many and what type of questions you need to answer, how much time you get for each question, what is expected in the answer, which questions are most likely to be on the test, and last but not least, the exam schedule!
If your course teacher is going to grade your exam, then you can get important clues about what questions to expect in the exam and in what way to answer them from the class. Pay special attention to things s/he gives importance in class or spends a lot of time on. Do not miss the last classes before the exam, that is when you are most likely to get hints about likely questions. Also, look at the past questions.
Make testing yourself a compulsory part of your preparation. Take old question papers and solve them within actual time and other conditions. Use it to find your weakness. How much time are you taking? What kind of mistakes are you making? Find out ways to overcome those weaknesses.
Here is an example of how self-testing helped a group of students in a Cadet college. These students found that they were finding it difficult to finish their geography test on time. After a lot of thinking, they found a solution to their problem.
In their exam, they needed to draw a map of Bangladesh and identify the location of different important places on it. They didn't know which places they would have to locate but they knew they would have to draw the map of Bangladesh. They had some time in between when they got the answer sheet and when the questions were handed out. So as soon as they got the answer sheets, they drew the map. And when they got the questions, they just located the places they needed to! In this way, they saved valuable time!
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Sleep
Why study all night only to find out your head isn't working and you are making sloppy mistakes on the exam? Nobody is going to ask you how much you studied the night before, they are going to look at your answer sheet. So make sure you don't cram before the exam.
There have been several researches on how sleeping the night before helps us perform better in exams. One study found that students who got a whole night's sleep before the exam did 25% better in a multiple choice exam than students who didn't. Another study found that students who slept well the night before their math exam did better than those who didn't. So do not sleep less than you usually do the night before the exam.
Eat
Skipping breakfast before an exam is not a good idea. You don't want to think about food while you are writing do you? A study among students showed that students who drink enough water and healthy food such as fish oil or healthy carbohydrates do better in exams. So eat healthy food. Avoid rich food, sugary food, junk/fast food and other heavy food that are hard to digest.
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Meditate:
If you know how to meditate, do not miss your meditation before the exam. Some top students we know actually increase the number of meditations they do per day before the exam, this helps them get by with less sleep and remain calm and alert.
Organize Your Things:
Organize all the things you will need the night before the exam the night. In that way you won't spend time rushing in the morning.
Be at the Exam Hall Early:
Take your seat at least fifteen minutes before the exam starts. Meditate for five minutes. Repeat the autosuggestion: I remember everything I read. Everything will come spontaneously when I sit down to write.
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Read the Question Carefully
Read the question paper carefully once, paying attention to the directions. Make sure you know exactly what is asked for in the question. Words like, 'define' 'describe', 'compare', 'contrast', 'comment on', and 'explain' all mean different things and need different answers. Resist the temptation to write what you prepared well instead of what is asked for in the question.
Plan Your Time
When reading the question paper the second time, decide which questions you are going to answer and how much time you are going to spend on each of them. Resist the temptation to write everything you know about a topic and move on to the next question when the time is over. Make sure you do not leave any question unanswered because of time constraints. You will get better marks for two short answers than you will get for one long answer. Keeping time for revision is really important. Make sure you have written your name and other information correctly, that the numbering of the answers is accurate, and check for other mistakes.
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Learn How to Think Like an Examiner:
Imagine you were grading the exam. You were checking fifty scripts with the same answers in a short time. What would you like in the answer sheet? You would want to ensure that an answer was accurate, had all the required information and qualities, in the shortest possible time, wouldn't you?
So give your examiner what s/he wants. Make your handwriting clear and legible. Highlight all the key points. Pay special attention to the introductions and conclusions, because those are the parts that will leave a lasting impression. Include quotations etc. to make your answer exceptional. (Ensure everything you are adding is relevant to the question though.) Start with a question you know well, and end with a question you know well. This will leave a good first and last impression with the examiner.
Learn from Your Mistakes:
This is very important. If your results are not satisfactory, do not blame luck or the teacher/authorities, take responsibility for your own grades. Find out what you are doing wrong and avoid making the same mistake in the future. You will get an idea of the possible reasons for poor marks.
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Thanx mam for your nice & innovative advices to make us more Ideal student which can help us to find our lacks.Also u have mentioned some different and effective ways to improve our mentality & maturity.It will be very good if we students can seek lessons from it to improve ourselves.Nobody is perfect,but we should try to walk for perfection.
[Actually I liked "Learn How to Think Like an Examiner" part mostly. ] :)
If it is possible every student can practice the "Mind Map" method which can helps not only for his/her study but also effective for real life every corner.Thanx again. :)
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Thanks Mam, for your essential post. I think this attitude is very important for a student......
Md.Mehedi Hassan (Real)
19th Batch
Dept. of English
Daffodil International University
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Thanks a lot, Raihan and Real.
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Actually I have a best teacher.
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Dear Raihan and Real,
Its very nice to know that you are regular in forum and you are learning wonderful things.I would like to ask you to motivate your friends as well to check out DIU forum as it is such an enriched platform that can help you to enlighten your souls.
Best Regards
Shamsi Miss
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I am also learning like a student
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These post are not only for students, but for teachers as well who are the advanced learners.
Thank you Irina madam.
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Dear Nuzhat and Antara
Thanks for your generous gestures.
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alws my pleasure to have responds
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Madam, Your instructions are very helpful for our students, because I have seen they lack managing capacity and they are very unmindful of time planning.
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Thank you mam for your nice and important advices. It is really very nice.