WHAT ARE THEY? • A TEACHER LED EXAM WHERE THE STUDENTS WORK THROUGH THE QUESTIONS – AT THE PACE SET BY THE TEACHER (NORMALLY A MARK A MINUTE) • EACH QUESTION IS PUT UP ON THE BOARD AND THE TEACHER HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY PARTS OF THE QUESTION • NOT GIVING ANY ANSWERS, JUST ‘UNPICKING’ THE QUESTION WITH THEM WHY? • TO SHOW THEM HOW TO APPLY EFFECTIVE EXAM TECHNIQUE • THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR SCORES SHOWS THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF EXAM TECHNIQUE AND HOW WELL THEY CAN DO! • AS A DEPARTMENT WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE GAPS ARE IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE = INTERVENE IN THE RIGHT AREAS
COMMON MISTAKES WE SEE. . • NOT ENOUGH EXAMPLES FOR THE AVAILABLE MARKS • MISS-READING THE TOPIC • NOT QUITE ANSWERING WHAT THE QUESTION IS ASKING • LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMAND WORD
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WHAT NEXT? • HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR SCORES IN THIS PAPER TO THE PREVIOUS ONE • EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF EXAM TECHNIQUE • NEXT MOCK – REDUCE THE LEVEL OF TEACHER TALK BEFORE THE NEXT MOCK: • TEACH THEM THE COMMAND WORDS! • USE CHK IN CLASS QUESTIONS/HOMEWORK/EVERY EXAM QUESTION!
Year 11 Exam Review and Analysis My mark /90 Percentag e How I lost marks WWW? Silly mistakes: Not knowing the answer: 9 8 7 6 5 5 4 3 2 1 Not understanding the question: Running out of time: Lack of revision: Things I know but need to make “stick”. % What steps can I take to achieve my SMART targets? Things I don’t know very well SMART Targets I will set myself are: 1) How did you revise? 2) Mr Chaplin GCSE PE