Preparing for Final Examination
Every student hopes to get high marks in the final examination. Full preparations are essential if you want to pass it successfully.
Preparations for final examinations involve both long-term and short-term preparations. Basic long-term preparations include regular class attendance and consistent, week-by-week completion of all the assignments. Of course, systematic notes of outlines of major points raised in class discussions or in the assigned readings provide a condensed record of the essential facts and concepts. To keep outlines and notes up to date, they should be reviewed and revised from time to time throughout the college year.
Short-term preparations should include knowing the format of examination papers or suggested questions to be studied at least three weeks prior to the examination date. This can guide your intensive review of the ideas that teachers have considered important. Self-confidence in analytical and compositional skills can be increased by actually writing out and checking answers to typical examination questions.
Finally, in addition to preparing the mind, care should be taken to ensure that the body is well-rested and nerves calm at the actual time of examination.
From the foregoing, it can be seen that effective preparations for final examinations is really a year-long process requiring the continuous use of appropriate study techniques.