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Succeeding in exams November 2018

Get ready to succeed in your exams after Christmas! This diary provides dates, augmented reality support, and essay skill development to help you improve your exam performance. Learn how to structure your answers, avoid common mistakes, and understand marking guidelines.

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Succeeding in exams November 2018

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  1. Succeeding in exams November 2018

  2. Wake up call

  3. Why Just 5 months when you return to school after Xmas!

  4. Diary dates

  5. Augmented Reality!

  6. Support as you develop essay skills

  7. Marking reflections

  8. Marking reflections • Many answers aren’t succinct • Unconvincing content • Many longer answers lack a coherent structure and do not flow well • Silly mistakes are common • Many students over engineer answers • Most students would do better with a better understanding of marking guidelines

  9. What will I need? • Syllabus knowledge • Marking criteria knowledge • Familiar with exam paper structure • Read questions carefully without significant misinterpretations • Produce answers that are easy to read and mark • Rapidly read and understand unfamiliar extract data

  10. What will I need to do? • Make sure you produce a supported final judgement • Manage time so answers aren’t rushed or ruined if time runs out. • Develop a discussion that explains, analyses and evaluates different perspectives

  11. Preparation • What are you going to do when you wait to enter the exam? • Time allocation in the exam? • How will you use your time? • Start writing and stop when time runs out OR • Work out how many pages you expect to write and where you need to switch from K/App/An to Ev and SFJ

  12. Create an essay plan Build answer Introduction Build answer Summary and FSJ Build answer Summary and FSJ

  13. What good looks like Introduction Supported Final Judgement

  14. Getting started with essays Make a point drawing on extract or own knowledge Highlight any issues/alternatives and link to the next point Develop with an explanation One paragraph per point, no more than 3/4 sentences Repeat process through each paragraph Refer to extract if extract supports what you have said + use own examples

  15. Getting started with essays Short intro Make a point Explain Make a point Explain Make a point Make a point Explain Explain Make a point Explain Critique Make a point Explain Critique Make a point Explain Critique Summarise & Critique Summarise & Critique Final Judgment

  16. Getting started with essays Make a point drawing on extract or own knowledge Highlight any issues/alternatives and try to set up a link to the next point Develop with an explanation One paragraph per point, no more than 3 sentences Repeat process through each paragraph – gaps between paragraphs Refer to extract if extract supports what you have said + use own examples Question focus always means the answer will be an either/or - you need to state your preference and explain why

  17. Getting started with essays Assess the impact of introducing more ‘on rail’ competition in the UK rail industry. “Overall, the case for introducing more competition into the UK rail industry is persuasive. Despite the fact that the arguments regarding the potential dynamic efficiency benefits of monopolist earning supernormal profits deserve consideration, the current market failure of productive and allocative inefficiency should take priority. This is especially so because long-suffering commuters often have few privately or socially appealing substitutes to train travel and thus their demand is likely to be price inelastic, making the likelihood of monopoly pricing more likely and more important to act against.” “On balance, introducing more competition into the UK rail industry would not be beneficial to the market. The allure of introducing more competition revolves around increasing static efficiency and increasing consumption here and now. Despite the importance of these factors, the most pressing issue for the UK rail industry is its future. Its ability to accommodate increasing demand is a matter of vital importance and can only be guaranteed by incentivising firms to invest in more trains and improving services through the prospect of enjoying supernormal profits as a monopolist now and in the future.”

  18. Getting started with essays Make a point Explain Explain Make a point Explain Explain Explain Make a point Explain Make a point Explain Explain

  19. Developing exam skills

  20. Succeeding in exams November 2018

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