Excel in your exams
Examinations are always a cause of anxiety for students. However, with planning and preparation, you can ace your exams with flying colours. Where studying and revising your class lectures on a daily basis are imperative to achieve good grades, you need to create the mindset of a champion student to excel in your studies.
This article looks at the different ways you can get good grades in all your subjects.
These tips are those that most of you may be already following, however, reinforcing their importance when your mid-term exam are around the corner is vital.
Be attentive in class
There is nothing second to being attentive in class. If you miss out on the class lecture, no one can repeat the same words to you.
your mid-term exam are around the corner is vital.
Be attentive in class
There is nothing second to being attentive in class. If you miss out on the class lecture, no one can repeat the same words to you.
Therefore, sit in the first two or three rows of the class and give your complete attention to what the teacher is saying. Jot down all the important points of the lecture and focus on the topics the teacher has covered in the class.
Participate in class discussions when the lecture is in an interactive mode, it will enable the teacher to know what and how much you have understood. He can then sort out any confusion that remains. Also ask questions when the teacher has finished speaking and allows you to speak. Always remember that no question is a stupid question, so don’t feel that you will appear silly and stupid if you ask something that everyone else probably knows.
Homework is important
At times students ignore the importance of homework and think it to be a waste of time. Students also copy their classmate’s homework rather than doing it themselves, and submitting it to the teacher.
This must not be the case. Homework allows you to revise the topic you studied in class so it can remain in your mind. It is also a way for the teacher to check your understanding of what was taught. If you haven’t understood something and you just copy someone else’s work, your teacher will never know your problem and will never get to help you.
Prepare notes
Prepare notes for yourself at home. This includes rewriting in detail in your notebook the points your teacher discussed in the class. You should also refer to your textbook to include any relevant point that you may have forgotten or missed in class.
This will help you in two ways. Firstly, you will get to revise the topic discussed in the class. Secondly, you will have all the notes of each subject together in one place, helping you to study and revise during the days leading to your exam.
Discuss with classmates
One of the best study methods is to discuss important and difficult topics with friends. If you have difficulty comprehending mathematics and your friend finds science a challenge, you can teach him science and he will help you in mathematics.
Studying with friends also allows the discussion of topics that initially seem difficult when taught in class. This is also a good way to learn all that you may have missed when you were absent.
You can even test each other by giving questions, either in written and verbal form. This is an excellent way to revise and reinforce any subject.