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Fundamentals to write exams- 19-Jun-2010
First of all, read the entire question paper properly. Provide enough space for the margin. Also provide appropriate space between words and sentences. Clearly write the question number at the beginning of the answer.
Write the correct answer for the question highlighting the important points found in answer. The points should capture the attention of evaluator. If you write more than expected answer the evaluator may get irritated.
Highlight all the headings and sub headings clearly visible for the person correcting the paper.
Next, attempt the answers that you know clearly. Train yourself to have good handwriting so that the person correcting could read easily. In last few minutes if you have too much to write avoid writing elaborately, shorten the answers write the points. Write the necessary things very crisply.
How to study?
Studying involves three aspects like Observation, Correlation and Application.
Observation: Observation is studying carefully on what the particular page talks about? What does it tell about it?
Correlation: When we listen with keen observation about new topics or things we should correlate the subject to a known person to keep it in our memory.
Application: When situation arises we should put into practice all that we study. For example, if you have learned a proverb, apart from relating it to known song, try to use the proverb appropriately in some poems, letters, essays or public speaking competition. It helps you to remember the learned things.
Learning process:
Listening with attentiveness: If you are clear which are the lessons? And know what can be expected from those lessons? It is possible to study easily.
Take notes: Take notes when you are doing self-study and while your teachers are teaching. Go through the notes to understand the subject taught during the lecture. Try to frame in your own sentences to those new things that you learned. Whenever and wherever it is possible try to apply the new things?
We all know that through framing appropriate questions after understanding the headings, we will be able to understand the subject what we are going to study? Try to apply the new thing.
If you analyze and study the subheadings, examples, pictures coming under the main topic it would give better understanding about the entire subject.
Study the first paragraph under an important heading, the small brief up found behind the each chapters and the important questions.
After doing all these it is important to recollect each and everything. Write all you know in small piece of paper. Correct the mistakes and learn the right answer. After correcting, further learn other things that are left out. Make sure to complete the lesson. Repeatedly doing it would help you to cover the entire chapter, like wise the entire portion.
(Source: Extract from the handbook provided during National Service Scheme conducted by Department of Psychology, Madras University along with Dinamalar, Kalvimalar)
