The day before the exam

Subject: The day before the exam
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 02:06 PM

How do I behave to students the day before the exam or the last lesson before the exam? I know I cannot make corrections at the last minute. How do I prepare them psychologically? One piece of advice I give them is to always keep going whatever happens. What other advice can I give them?

Subject: RE: The day before the exam
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 02:23 PM

what?

Maybe you should find a teaching Message Board and ask there....

Subject: RE: The day before the exam
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 02:26 PM

Give them a chance to blow steam and relax without making it too raucous. I really was grateful for a teach who said, if you don't know it today, you won't know it tomorrow, so just chill out and do what you will. Most students read something totally unconnected, some revised, others (me included) just caught up on some sleep!!

LTS

Subject: RE: The day before the exam
From: mousethief
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 02:26 PM

Clinton! I'm so proud of you! You spelled out MB without being asked!

Alex

Subject: RE: The day before the exam
From: Micca
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 03:20 PM

teach them relaxation techniques...My lecturer at college said that being relaxed was worth 15% of the marks in the exam... Tension( or too much of it) just mucks up your memory.. stop revising a full 24 hours before the exam.. read through the stuff once, Not concentrating just reading lightly, and most important, READ THE QUESTIONS... sounds silly I know, but not answering what is asked is the most common mistake made under tension ie if it says "state Bloggs Law" state it in equation form or words, and identify the terms and then stop..., do NOT write an essay on Bloggs and his struggles to prove it

Subject: RE: The day before the exam
From: mousethief
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 03:38 PM

stop revising a full 24 hours before the exam

Note for our North American readers: "revising" here means "reviewing." :-)

Alex

Subject: RE: The day before the exam
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 15 Jun 01 - 03:40 PM

*pokes MT in the eye with a sharp stick for being a goof!*