{"id":819,"date":"2011-06-20T07:13:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/?p=819"},"modified":"2011-06-20T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T19:13:53","slug":"examination-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/examination-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Examination advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Before the exam<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Check the time and place for the exam.<\/li>\n<li>Do not cram at the last minute.<\/li>\n<li>Put your equipment in a clear plastic bag the night before.<\/li>\n<li>Get a good night&#8217;s sleep.<\/li>\n<li>Eat before the exam but not junk food.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid people who make you feel nervous.<\/li>\n<li>Stay calm and confident. Breathe deeply.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget your equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Be early for the exam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>In the exam<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay calm. Relax. Stay focused.<\/li>\n<li>Have confidence in yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Answer the easy questions first.<\/li>\n<li>Do not spend too long on each question. If you have extra time at the end return to the question.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use twink, pencil or red pen.<\/li>\n<li>Cross out mistakes with a single line.<\/li>\n<li>Use diagrams to support your answer. Label clearly.<\/li>\n<li>Read questions twice. Circle key terms.<\/li>\n<li>Do not bulk up an answer. Keep to the point!<\/li>\n<li>Proof read answers. Ask yourself \u2013 Have I written a complete answer? Have I answered the question that was asked?<\/li>\n<li>Match the length of your answer to the space provided.<\/li>\n<li>Watch out for plurals in questions. For example, &#8216;Name features of graphs&#8217; means that you are required to write at least two features.<\/li>\n<li>Label extra pages clearly and attach them to your exam booklet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the exam Check the time and place for the exam. Do not cram at the last minute. Put your equipment in a clear plastic bag the night before. Get a good night&#8217;s sleep. Eat before the exam but not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/examination-advice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5731,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[556,555],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-exams","tag-stress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/ouassa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}