Exam Technique

[Gina]

Year 11, first exam is tomorrow. And yeah I know it's not great, after these exams I will try to change but there's not time really now. I think GCSEs are alright anyway and (im guessing) the difference from GCSE to A-Level will require new skills.

yes same here! igcse english? igcse is great n so much easier yesss praise igcse
i dont have any techniques which is bad cos i havent even revised

if its biology i do some word association if i dont know the answer n write down jibberish so im POSITIVE that ive answered every question
physics if i cant remember the units for something just put in an N in the units somewhere

[James]

I literally make it all up as I go. (not literally make stuff up, but I mean I just write it down as it comes to me)

[Earthquake]

I use to start from the back to the front rather then the latter.

[Aiden]

yes same here! igcse english? igcse is great n so much easier yesss praise igcse
i dont have any techniques which is bad cos i havent even revised

if its biology i do some word association if i dont know the answer n write down jibberish so im POSITIVE that ive answered every question
physics if i cant remember the units for something just put in an N in the units somewhere

yeah haha. it is pretty easy. in all the mocks ive done alright so hopefully tomorrow will be no difference. good luck!

[Phil]

I always read the whole paper before starting and then just get stuck into it. If I don't know the answer or I'm unsure or stuck I'll skip it and come back to the end. I NEVER make plans for like essays and never will I'm just not able! Any time my gf does an assignment she spends like three hours doing a really elaborate planand stuff and it's like if you just spent that time doing the essay you'd be done ;ll

[Aiden]

How did it go @Yuxin;? The common lands were quiet a controversy! (hope we did same paper otherwise that's embarrassing)

[Elegance]

I always make notes around the questions I will be answering and quickly jot down points I can make because usually when I read the question I will get ideas but when I come to writing them off the top of my head I begin to forget after writing the first few sentences.

In English Language exams I always start at the back because there are most marks available (like 36 marks I think for the final question) in the last 2 questions than anywhere else and I always spend way too much time on the questions that only have a very small amount of marks

In Maths, I start at the front and just work my way to the back, if I'm stuck or know for a fact I've never been taught how to do something I'll go back to it if I have time left at the end and make an attempt