How to manage time in an exam room

  

Date Posted: 10/18/2012 7:50:11 PM

Posted By: sashoo  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 382

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Time is almost up, and you’re about to collect your paper. You suddenly feel like you should request for more time. But it’s because you have not answered most of the questions. Unfortunately, your need is not met. Let’s admit it; this happens to most students. Which is why a good number of them, when time is almost up, will try to scribble just about anything, hoping to scoop at least ½ a mark than nothing. Yet, this is a time when you might just prove how dumb you are by writing characters that do not make sense. In fact, you always realize it when it’s almost too late; when the results are, perhaps, out. And you’ll seem to think that you had better written nothing during those final seconds. Which equally is awful.

Time management in an exam room is a crucial factor if you’re looking to answer all questions comfortably. Here’s how to go about it:

Have a timer with you — a watch, for instance. It helps avoid depending on supervisors to announce the remaining time for you, which usually they do at about the 11th hour, when time is almost up. In fact, they might not do it altogether — but some supervisors can be that shady. That’s why you should time yourself. Knowing that you are not depending on anybody should even reduce the panic that usually is not uncommon during an exam situation.

Read instructions before you attempt to note down anything. You never know, but the instructions, maybe, might demand that you answer no question at all, or that you answer only one out of 5 questions — or something of the sought. It could be tricky sometimes. But reading through instructions should help make clear what you are meant to do — the number of

questions that you should answer, and how you are going to answer them.

Assign each question its own time. This helps avoid spending more time on some questions, which might interfere with you answering other questions, as well. That’s not all; stick to your guns. If, for instance, the time you assigned to some question did pass out, just move on to a different question — even if you are not done with the previous question. It goes along the way to help you answer, at least, all questions.

If possible, work on easier questions first. This might just help ease the tension (make you panic less), and gain the confidence you need to tackle difficult questions. Give it a shot, and you certainly should see the results.

I hope the tips help.

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