It’s unavoidable. Exams follow teaching as surely as night follows day. Educational authorities at all levels have tried many ways to check if their students have actually absorbed what their teachers and lecturers told them – such things as face-to-face interviews, assignments, group activities and the like.

But there’s forget about certain, universal and “controlled” approach to working this out than getting students to sit down at a table for a restricted period and respond in writing to pre-set questions without to be able to reference notes or some other memory aid. This really is an event many people would like to complete without but ultimately, in one situation or another, each people will need to take action if we’re to accomplish anything.

In its crudest essence, an examination is just a memory test. Sure, you can find many different types of exams but all of them require the student to consider things jamb runz. As an example, a history exam usually involves remembering historical dates and characters; a design or business exam often involves remembering formula and how they’re applied. Even an essay requires that you remember how to actually write one or something more physical, such as a driving test, requires that you remember how to use what you’re taught.

So how can we get our memory to work for us when have to do an examination? I believe there are a lot of methods, but one that’s worked well for me a lot of times (I have inked a lot of exams) is the One-Page Memory-Jogger. It sounds crude and simple and it is actually – and it doesn’t take that much time, but there’s a little science behind it. Let me explain the steps:

Step 1 – Get your notes together. This really is pretty self-evident. Most courses involve some written notes, often ones you have written yourself. Get them into the exact same chronological order as they were taught, if possible. A few of these notes could be messy and parts might be missing, so you might need to fill out the blanks one way or one other to create as complete a set as you can.

Step 2 – Get the key points sorted. Select the important thing things you have to consider and write them out as “headlines.” This could take some effort and practice. As an example, there isn’t much point remembering a mathematical equation in the event that you can’t remember how to use it, so you might need to complete a bunch of examples to get the method right and then jot down the items you have to consider about that.

Step 3 – Get the key points onto one A4 page. Sounds impossible, but trust in me, it can be done and it’s worth the effort. You may want several attempts, but each time you take action, you begin almost subconsciously setting up reference connections or “hooks” that your mind uses to jog itself into remembering what those points mean.

Step 4 – Understand that page! Remember all of this page and write it out a few times from memory. Making little sentences which includes “jogging” words is certainly one of several simple techniques you should use to consider areas of the page. You can find others that you’ll find in just about any simple memory training course in a library. Little rhymes, numbered lists, even pictures can help. And its only 1 page – so you can certainly do it!

Step 5 – Write it out in the Exam. When the exam starts, grab one of many exam pages and write out your “one-pager” on the rear of it. In the event that you can’t take action on the exam paper, then write it on something official – anything, as long as it’s not something that looks like you could have brought it in with you. Strangely, you may find that you won’t have to reference it frequently as you will most likely remember the important thing points anyway.

Additional Tips – Remember to make sure you actually find and answer all the questions you have to. Sometimes they’re on the rear of the exam paper. And read each question carefully so that you understand exactly what they want.