• STUDYING TECHNIQUES
• EXAM TECHNIQUES
• THINGS TO REMEMBER
• OVERCOMING EXAM ANXIETY
• HOW TO PASS THE EXAM
• IMPORTANT ADVICE

TEN TIPS - STUDYING TECHNIQUES
Make Studying a part of your everyday school routine

• Establish a routine: Set aside a particular time each day for study and revision and stick to it.
• Create a study environment: This should be away from interruptions and household noise, such as the television. Ensure there is an adequate lighting and ventilation, a comfortable chair and appropriate desk.
• Set a timetable: With a timetable you can plan to cover all your subjects in an organized way, allotting the appropriate time for each without becoming over exhausted.
• Look after yourself: Drink plenty of fluids,especially water,� and eat healthy foods to a minimum. Make sure you get enough sleep each night. Regular physical exercise makes you feel great, boosts your energy and helps you relax. So try to keep up regular sporting activities or at least fit in some regular exercise as often as you can.
• Reward yourself for studying: Watch your favorite television program, spend time with your friends, walk to the park and play sport throughout the week.
• Have Variety in your study program: Study different subjects each day and do

Different types of work and revision in each study session.

• Avoid interrupting your concentration: Have all the appropriate material with you before you start a session of study to minimize distraction.
• Test yourself on what you have studied: Ask your parents or family members to quiz you on what you have learnt, use draft question from books, past assessment or major exam papers.
• Don't panic at exam time: If you have followed a study routine and have been revising your class work, there should be no need to worry. Try to keep yourself calm, positive and confident.
• Ask your teachers for guidance: Especially if you are having trouble- whether it's grasping a new concept or understanding something you learnt earlier in the year. They will be happy to help.

Balancing Commitments:
School is more than books and assignments.

It is important to maintain balance. Balancing commitments is especially important to senior high school students. Being able to balance your school commitment with social, recreational and family life is important for a happy and healthy lifestyle.

Key ways for student to achieve this balance include: Having a set of priorities and goal; being as positives as you can; having support networks of people you can talk things over with; and being prepared to tackle problems early and work out ways to manage them. There is no perfect way of `doing the Board Exam`. Each student needs to be supported to find their own way managing their lives at this stage. If things are not going as well as planned, it is useful to know that there are other pathways for the Board preparation.

Remember that while you are at school and studying you are gaining life experience as well as building and making a positive contribution to your future life.

TEN TIPS - EXAM TECHNIQUES

Tests and exams are a regular part of the school environment. It is important that exams be kept in proportion. - they are important, but not the end of the world. Some things can be done to make exams a more valuable, worthwhile and less threatening experience for students.

• Have all necessary material with you

You can't borrow items such as pens, pencils, rulers or special equipment while in an examination.

• Have a relaxing night before your exams

Have an early night, and try to have a healthy breakfast.

• Read the entire paper

Where you have choices, decide which ones you plan to answer.

• Plan your time

Spend some time drafting a plan for the questions you choose to answer.

• Jot down ideas as they come to you

While you are answering one question, information about another may suddenly occur to you. Jot it down somewhere because when you come to that question perhaps an hour later, you may have forgotten it.

• Don't leave any questions unanswered

If you are short of time, use note form. Remember, you can only be marked on the answers you give.

• Never leave the room early

If you have the time at the end, go over your work, add information (eg., in the margin) You can't return to the class room if you suddenly remember a fact after you have left.

• Multiple choice questions

With multiple choice questions it is best to cover the answers and work out your own before looking at the choices on paper, if you can't answer the question come back to it later-have a guess.

• Never Omit an entire question

�No matter how well you can answer other questions, you must leave time for all questions - a perfect answer can still only earn a certain number of marks. If you write nothing, you can't receive any marks and you have lost all your marks for a particular question. Write something - it may at least give you a few points.

• Maintain a stable energy

Eating foods such as chocolate bars before an exam might give you an energy boost to begin with but your blood sugar levels will drop within an hour and your energy will plunge dramatically, making it hard for you to concentrate.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

• Time management

Planning your time will allow you to study as well as take time off to others the afternoon or night. Try to make this study time when there are fewer distractions around you.

• Planning and Discipline

Select a time for study when you concentrate the best and develop a habit of studying at this time.

• Keeping fit

Exercise and keeping fit are something's that many students worry about as it is time consuming - but don�t put this off because of a lack of time. A fit and healthy lifestyle helps you feel more positive and have more energy. It also helps concentration. Play a sport, get outside for fresh air and exercise and try to do this on a regular basis. Even 10 min of fitness activity each day has benefits. Don't forget, relaxation exercises are also helpful.

• Manage your stress

It's the rule rather the exception for student to feel nervous before exams. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Aim to keep your routines as normal as possible during exam periods. On the day before an exam, stick to your revision plan. On the night before, have an early night, so that you give yourself the opportunity to get plenty of sleep and wake up alert.

• Learn to say no

Your friends want to go out on Wednesday but you're committed to studying for that physics exam Or you're not allowed to go out on weeknights so you get the weekend free, then say no. it's the only way your plans for the rest of the week will stay in place.

TIPS TO OVERCOME EXAM ANXIETY

• Make a time table for a regular study or revision of minimum6-8 hrs daily. Do not study at a stretch, take a few minutes break.
• Time management is very important. Learn to time yourself, simulate examination situations while practicing
• Writing practice should be done by solving different questions.
• Relaxation- practice deep breathing, yoga or any other relaxation technique to improve concentration.
• Quickest and the most effective way of eliminating stress is to shut down your eyes and take deep breath