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    This video tutorial from the University of Reading provides strategies for coping in exam rooms. It recommends being well-rested and prepared in the days and hours leading up to an exam. In the exam room, students should listen carefully to instructions, allocate time for each question, and read all questions thoroughly before selecting one. During the exam, students should write structured essays with plans, remain calm if they experience blankness, and focus on basic points if running short on time. After the exam, students should avoid brooding and instead reflect later on their experience to improve for next time.

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    This video tutorial from the University of Reading provides strategies for coping in exam rooms. It recommends being well-rested and prepared in the days and hours leading up to an exam. In the exam room, students should listen carefully to instructions, allocate time for each question, and read all questions thoroughly before selecting one. During the exam, students should write structured essays with plans, remain calm if they experience blankness, and focus on basic points if running short on time. After the exam, students should avoid brooding and instead reflect later on their experience to improve for next time.

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    This video tutorial from the University of Reading provides strategies for coping in exam rooms. It recommends being well-rested and prepared in the days and hours leading up to an exam. In the exam room, students should listen carefully to instructions, allocate time for each question, and read all questions thoroughly before selecting one. During the exam, students should write structured essays with plans, remain calm if they experience blankness, and focus on basic points if running short on time. After the exam, students should avoid brooding and instead reflect later on their experience to improve for next time.

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    Exam room strategies: video tutorial

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    Transcript
    Introduction: Welcome to this tutorial on exam room strategies from the
    University of Reading Study Advice team. The tutorial is designed for you to go
    through at your own pace and you can pause it at any time.

    Slide 1: Strategies for coping in exam rooms begin with the time building up to
    exams. It’s important to ensure that you are physically and mentally prepared for
    the challenge ahead.

    Try to make sure that you are getting enough sleep; you’re eating a well-balanced
    diet and drinking plenty of fluids. These are not only strategies for healthy
    living but will also help your memory and brain power

    Avoid too much caffeinated products, alcohol, junk and sugary food as these will
    likely have a negative effect on your ability to concentrate.

    Slide 2: The day before the exam it’s important that you do what’s right for you
    but make sure you get some time to relax. Don’t over-study and feel pressured by
    others to do so. You need to go into the exam room relaxed, well rested and
    feeling prepared so make sure you get plenty of sleep, you get yourself organised
    for the exam, you pack your bags, and know where you’re going.

    Slide 3: Waiting to go into the exam room can be an anxiety building time. It is
    best to avoid others who are talking about the exam as this rarely helps anyone
    other than the person doing the talking and is more likely to cause you more
    anxiety than to help you in anyway.

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    Slide 4: Once at your table, organise your desk, relax by taking a few deep
    breaths and listen carefully to any instructions.

    Ensure that you know your timings for each question and jot these down
    somewhere before you begin. There are different ways to do this but in essay
    type questions you will want to consider allocating time for planning, writing
    and checking; either a question or a process at a time.

    Slide 5: Before looking at the questions, you may also want to jot anything down
    that you feel you are likely to forget- perhaps some acronyms, key dates or
    definitions that you are concerned you might not remember in the excitement of
    the exam.

    Slide 6: Once you have been told to start, read the instructions carefully on the
    exam paper.

    Slide 7: You should now be familiar with these from your revision but check that
    these are what you were expecting and that you have allocated you time
    correctly.

    If you have choice of question to answer make sure that you read them all
    through carefully before selecting. Mark the ones you think you can answer and
    then re-read them, checking for the context. The main reason why marks are lost
    in exams is because students answer a different question from the one that has
    been set, so it’s important that you don’t rush this stage.

    As for the order you approach them with, this will depend on how you work in
    exams. Many prefer to start with the question they feel most confident with.
    When you start exams you are more alert and able to answer this question well
    which builds up your confidence for the late, more challenging questions. Others
    prefer to get difficult questions out of the way. Decide which strategy suits you
    best

    Slide 8: It’s unlikely that you feel that you are unable to answer any of the
    questions but if you feel this way look for questions where you feel you can offer
    part answers, or the one you feel you know a little bit about. Start jotting down
    some points and this may help jog your memory on other parts of the question.

    Slide 9: When answering an essay based question, don’t forget normal writing
    conventions. Writing a plan before helps ensure that your writing has a structure
    and also helps to stimulate the memory and give you a sense of control. Your
    marker will have a load of scripts to mark, so make it easier for them to award

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    you marks by presenting well-structured arguments and not some jumbled up
    ideas that come to you as you begin writing.

    Slide 10: Don’t panic if in doing this you start writing your answers later than
    those around you. Keep calm and believe in your own strategy

    Slide 11: If your mind goes blank within the exam, don’t worry this is not
    uncommon. Your first aim is to remain calm. Managing your anxiety will help
    you to think clearly. If you’re stuck, move on to another point. Re –read the
    question and jot down some key words, as these might help to trigger your
    memory. If you feel really anxious, try some calm breathing techniques to bring
    your anxiety back in control.

    Slide 12: If you have planned your exam timings out in advance it is unlikely that
    you will run out of time but if you do only have a short time left there are some
    key things that you could do. Most marks in an exam are earned for the basic
    points and concepts so make sure you get these down, even if they are in bullet
    form. You will also want to point out key aspects that you have not managed to
    cover yet. If you have written a plan make sure it is clear, as markers may take
    this into account if your essay is not complete. Finally give your paper a quick
    look over, making sure you have question numbers clearly marked and all the
    required details are legible on your paper.

    Slide 13: When you come out the exam, you may experience a number of
    feelings, from euphoria to exhaustion. If you feel you have failed, don’t worry
    you probably haven’t. It might help you to check out the resit policy if this is a
    genuine ongoing concern. Try not to brood about what you’d written, what you
    forgot to write etc. – it’s not helpful to you at this stage and instead try to focus
    on the points you did get right. A few days later it would be helpful to reflect on
    your experience and think about what you might do differently next time, and
    then prepare for your next exam.

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