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Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This free course, Revision and examinations, will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Revision and exams
  • 1 Revision and exams
  • 2 Identifying key concerns
  • 2 Identifying key concerns
  • 3 Revision
  • 3 Revision
  • 3.1 Stage 1: Finding out about the exam paper
  • 3.2 Stage 2: Gathering the course material together
  • 3.3 Stage 3: Deciding what to revise
  • 3.4 Stage 4: Making a revision timetable
  • 3.5 Stage 5: Understanding and learning the course material
  • Making summary sheets or cards
  • Making learning posters
  • Making audio tapes
  • Using a computer
  • Self-help groups - revising with others
  • Teach to learn
  • 3.6 Memory and Understanding
  • 3.7 Stage 6: Rehearsing answering exam questions
  • Play the examiner
  • Analysing and answering essay-based exam questions
  • 3.8 Understanding process words
  • 3.9 Thinking about the exam
  • 3.10 Other ways to practise for the exam
  • 3.11 Stage 7: Checking and making arrangements - a week before the exam
  • 4 The exam itself
  • 4 The exam itself
  • 4.1 The exam paper
  • 5 Managing exam anxiety
  • 5 Managing exam anxiety
  • 5.1 Anxiety management techniques
  • 5.2 Technique 1: Self-talk
  • Turning the negative into the positive
  • 5.3 Technique 2: Relaxation
  • A relaxation exercise
  • The emergency stop technique
  • A breathing exercise
  • 5.4 Technique 3: Visualisation
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Using visualisation
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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    Enrique Enriquez @EEnriquez
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    I found this course on revision and examinations to be a methodical and intellectually sound framework for mastering exam preparation. The descriptions were accurate, and I appreciated its holistic strategy that integrated active learning, time management, and anxiety control into a coherent system. The procedural breakdown, from analyzing exam formats to rehearsing answers, was profoundly practical. It encouraged a Socratic self-examination of my own learning processes. The stated time commitment was truthful, and I received the certificate of participation as promised. Ultimately, it succeeded in transforming a often stressful endeavor into a manageable, skill-based discipline for me.
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