Now that exams are on, and at the same time, the commencement of the 2nd semester of the Bachelor's Program, there have been some queries as to how to score high marks whether in exams or coursework assignments. Here are some tips for you:
Markers/Examiners love examples from exam candidates. Give at least an example for each point. The example that you give should not be taken from lecture notes or your reading text. It should come from your own observations of the environment. It's your example - not somebody else's example. Given your own version of things, it demonstrates to the marker that you are able to relate what you study to happenings in the real world. You will be given credit for that!!! So remember to give examples to support your explanations.
Knowledge alone will not get you high marks in the exam. I'm taking about courses at higher levels - not first year diploma. You know, those courses with codes starting with 4 or 5 and also those degree ones. You just cannot depend on memorizing your lecture notes and vomit out those points in the exam. The lecture notes are just meant to help you to follow the lecture and act as a guide for you to do additional reading. You need to read extensively (journals, articles), think critically, adapt and apply to the current environment. What you read may have come from research done sometime ago and from then till now, the environment would have changed a lot. Remember we live in a dynamic world - things are constantly changing. Therefore, what you read may no longer be true or applicable in the present circumstances. That's why you need to adapt. Knowledge gained needs to be applied. It's not meant to be kept inside your head or given back to your lecturer. You must know where and how you can apply the knowledge. For example, you study about price elasticity of demand, you know the formula and you can calculate and you can interpret whether it's elastic or inelastic. But where do we apply such knowledge? That's the thing. Application. Knowing that demand is inelastic, and you are a cigarette firm, you would want to pass whatever increase in tax to the consumer through raising prices. You are not going to absorb the higher tax. Do that for a product which has elastic demand and you are a gonna!!!!
Think out of the box - don't be constrained by stereotype thinking. Don't think whatever is written in the text is the gospel truth. Be adventurous and come up with your own unique way of doing things. Your lecturer may not agree with your suggestion, but most probably he will give you due respect. You may be right and lo and behold - you have set the wheel of revolution into motion!!!!
And of course, write with passion. Present with passion. Just write what you think, I always say, write from the heart. Just make sure that what you write is rational, logical and reasonable. When you do presentations, speak with power, authority and faith.
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Nice tips, Mr Cheng.
ReplyDeleteShare out to your students, too? Thanks!!
ReplyDeletethanks so much mr cheng~ i have learn a lot of thing from our blog~ (Y)
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