In the education system, we learn and grow, along with teaching and learning, exams are also conducted for proper academic growth and development of the students. To analyze students’ knowledge and understanding of their course, exams are conducted by the teachers.
To track one’s performance, work for improvement, and get promoted to the next course or class, exams are conducted in schools, colleges, and other educational institutions. To score well in exams, along with effective preparation, attempting the paper properly is equally important. Let us discuss some effective tips that students can follow to attempt the submit the paper properly and ensure high scores for them.
What makes students lose marks in the exam?
- Poor time management
Students who don’t manage their time well, are not able to attempt the paper properly. Consuming too much time in attempting a single question, facing difficulty in recalling the answers, writing slowly are a few reasons behind poor time management.
- Panic
During an exam, when students are not able to understand and answer a few questions they feel panicked and pressured. Also with less time and more questions to answer, a state of panic is created. This leads to more mistakes and poor exam performance.
- Practicing cheating means
In a classroom, many students sit for the exam together. Telling others the exam answers can make you lose the time which you could have utilized in framing our answers. Also, if caught cheating, students are debarred or strict actions are taken.
- Not reading the questions properly
When students do not read the questions properly, they don’t get what is asked to answer. With poor reading skills, students frame the inappropriate answers. When accurate answers are not written, students lose marks in the exam.
Tips for students to attempt the exam properly
1. Read the questions well and maintain the right answering speed
To attempt the paper properly, the foremost important thing is to read the question paper properly. Many students have poor reading skills, they read in such a hurry that they skip or don’t understand what is asked in the question. This makes them frame the wrong answer.
To overcome this issue and score well, make sure to read the questions carefully. The first fifteen or twenty minutes you get to read the question paper, utilize that time properly. Figure out what is asked in the questions and think for accurate answers. Secondly, maintaining the right answering speed is very important. Don’t write slowly. From the beginning itself, be fast so that you can wind up the whole paper timely.
2. Stay calm and concentrated
In an exam, there will be many questions that you are well aware of, and along with that, there can be some that are difficult for you to recall and write. In such cases, students start panicking. They feel stressed and anxious about how they will attempt the paper and also they have fear of losing marks. This state of panic affects students’ exams.
This can make you feel blank out, cause time wastage, and also affect the quality of other answers you know. Instead of worrying about what you don’t know, focus on the questions you can attempt properly. Stay calm, think positively, and keep attempting the questions you know first, later in the remaining time you can think properly and write for the questions you left earlier.
3. Keep a check on the time
Whether giving exams via an online live class or in conventional classrooms, time management is very important. Many students don’t keep a track of the time, keep writing slowly or spend too much time attempting a single exam section. This leaves them with minimum time to attempt the further questions. Avoid this happening with you, and divide the time available effectively. Also while framing the answers, keep checking the time so that you manage it well to attempt the maximum number of questions possible.
4. Make sure to revise what you have written
To attempt and submit the paper with accuracy, revision is very important. During the exam, students are in a rush and also feel panicked, and among all this making silly mistakes are common. However, these mistakes can be corrected by revising the paper. With effective time management skills, ensure to make out at least fifteen minutes to revise at the end. Read the answers that you have written carefully. And make necessary corrections wherever required.
Conclusion
To score well in exams, effective preparation and practice are very important. Along with it, using the gained knowledge to attempt the paper properly is equally important to score well in the exams. By following the above-mentioned tips, students will be able to attempt the paper properly, submit it timely with accuracy. This will help students to score high and achieve academic success.
