How to Pass The Exams

A student at any level or stage of education is afraid of examinations. Be it a primary class or a Xth examination, students have this examination phobia. Even after preparing well the student feels nervous and insecure. Examinees need not remember everything verbatim. Only the salient points of each chapter or lesson should be clear which could be elaborated as required. Which implies that it is imperative to comprehend rather than to cram. To pass an examination whatever one reads and learns has to be reviewed and analyzed as per the questions asked in the examination.

Making Notes

It is a very good habit to make notes of what you read. Newton, Einstein, R.L. Stevenson, Charles Darwin, and other great people prepared notes for their studies. The advantages of making notes are

1. This is a condensed form of the matter studied and can be used to read, understand and revise.
2. Notes are an expression of the matter studied, in one's own words.
3. With the help of notes one can easily remember the main ideas and important details.

It is processed, cooked form of the whole material ready for digestion. Therefore, do not miss making notes of what you can hear or read.

When To Use Notes

1. Try to understand the study matter especially its implied principle or theory.
2. It is not proper to read again and again at a time, you must read at intervals. Fifteen minutes of regular study is far better and effective than doing nothing throughout the week and then reading for hours together.
3. Instead of reading again and again and trying to cram things, it is better to read carefully once and then recapitulate it. Research has proved that reading a thing immediately again gives only 7% more understanding and reading it the third time increases the understanding by only 1%. It means the achievement is not commensurate with the time consumed.
   Therefore it is better that:
   • You become clear about the subject/topic.
   • You question yourself on the topic or about which you have to answer.
   • You make brief notes.
   • You test yourself.
   • You apply the knowledge gained.
   • You try to visualize everything, recollect all the important points and comprehend it not partly but wholly.
   • You do not try to finish up the unit forcibly. Read as much as you deem proper and then stop.
   • Having read the chapter you revise it again within the next 8 hours.
   • If possible do not change the place of study.
   • Keep your back straight while studying. Sit erect. Do not resort to easy postures.
4. It is essential to solve old question papers.
5. Answers should be properly arranged, neat, clear and only conceptualized and not at all irrelevant.
6. While answering the paper always answer those questions first which you can handle well.

Important Advice

Prepare fully. "What to read and what to leave" is a wrong attitude. Do not leave or set aside the question asked in the previous papers. Take care of small things, like your pen, pencil, and ink/refill. Your ink must be brilliant and you must have an extra pen. Your writing must be clear and legible. A bad handwriting annoys the examiner. Keep your watch well set and in order. Take care of your handkerchief, spectacles etc. Every small thing has its own importance. Take care of everything, God is always willing and keen to grant you success. Only you must be sure how keen you yourself are!!


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Teaching Guided Reading

What is guided reading?

What are some guided reading activities?

How about guided reading demonstrations or guided reading lesson plans?

Using guided reading as a teaching strategy has become more and more popular as the emphasis in education continues to focus on how to increasing reading comprehension As a teacher mentor, I often have teachers ask me questions about guided reading similar to those above. However, as with any other reading strategy, increasing reading comprehension depends highly on what the teacher does “before” the reading assignment.

First, though, what is guided reading? Simply put, in guided reading students are placed in small groups with similar reading levels. Children read either silently or aloud to themselves, but they do not read in unison. In early guided reading groups books are chosen based on a 90% accuracy level. Books should also match a child's interests and knowledge base.

Of course, two problems exist. First, to do all that guided reading suggests can be quite challenging and maybe even impossible since kids with similar reading levels do not necessarily have similar interests or knowledge bases. And second, the teacher still needs to tap into and build upon the student’s prior knowledge of the subject matter (before reading) if the teacher truly wants to increase reading comprehension.

A great teaching strategy to overcome these obstacles and improve guided reading instruction is to do a three to five minute book introduction as a scaffold for the first reading of a text.

Here is an example from an historical fiction guided reading lesson I did with 8th graders during our unit on World War II. Eve Bunting's book, “So Far From the Sea”, is a beautiful story about the Iwasakis, a Japanese-American family that goes back to visit the "relocation" camp where the father was interned for three and a half years during World War II. While the content is serious, the book is actually a picture book written on a second grade level. Nevertheless, an introduction to the book is necessary to scaffold learning, clear up any comprehension concerns, and ultimately make the guided reading instruction more successful. I would start with the cover, both the title and the illustration. I would point out the mountains in the background and explain that the family is clearly very far from the sea. I would then ask a series of questions: Is the family happy or sad? Why are they standing next to a monument? What are monuments for? Why is the mother holding flowers? By answering these questions, the students conclude that the Iwasaki family has brought flowers to some solemn place, and at least one reason they are sad is that they are “so far from the sea”. Students can then predict where they think the Iwasaki family is on the cover and the goal of the guided reading can then be to discover if their predictions are correct.

However, I would not start the guided reading just yet. First, I would take the students on a "picture walk" through the book. The pictures in a book can go a long way towards increasing comprehension. In this particular book, the father often reflects back to his youth when he and his father were interned in the prison camp. This reflecting, however, can create problems for some readers. Fortunately, the illustrator, Chris K. Soentpiet, has drawn pictures in both color and black and white. The color pictures are present day (1972) at the abandoned prison camp. The black and white pictures are during World War II when 10,000 Japanese-Americans were interned at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in eastern California. The "picture walk" also provides a great opportunity to point out any words that the students may have trouble with. For example, I would certainly point out "Manzanar War Relocation Center" written on a sign in an early illustration in the book. These words come up often and the pictures provide a great opportunity to explain their meaning.

By "walking" through the pictures to introduce the book, a teacher can tap into students' prior knowledge and also have students predict what the text is about. Furthermore, teachers can clear up any comprehension concerns they may have about the book, such as "jumping" back and forth between 1943 to 1972. The "picture walk" will, in turn, increase students' interest in the book and therefore increase students' motivation to learn. This is all done prior to the actual guided reading. Remember, guided reading is a great reading strategy, however, teachers must still activate prior knowledge and clear up any comprehension concerns if they really want to increase reading comprehension and get the most success from their the guided reading.

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Student - Tutor Relationships

The Student-Tutor Relationship

The student-tutor relationship is a very important one. Nowhere is this more true than in e-learning. Yet students are often unsure as to how best to take fullest advantage of the unique access an e-learning course can provide them to a qualified expert/tutor.

The best tutors will guarantee a full response to a student's questions or queries within 24-48 hours. This is good, because it means that the student can feel the tutor is really there for them. Make sure that any e-mail is addressed directly to the tutor or expert concerned. Though length of query is not an issue, clarity is. Ensure that you use punctuation, and paragraphs. If you are asking multiple questions, consider numbering them or using headers. Spell-check before you send, to avoid potential misunderstandings that might delay a response.

Don't feel shy about sending a number of e-mails to your tutor. This is common practice, and it demonstrates your proactive engagement in the course. The more you ask, the more guidance you will receive back in return. For example, lessons with assessment tasks or questions can be answered and sent back for marking. Don't be afraid to make mistakes - the tutor will not only correct them, but show you how to get it right in future.

To save time, start each e-mail to your tutor with the number of the lesson (and, where applicable, the task or sentence) in question.

E-learning tutors are experts in their respective field, and often qualified and experienced teachers. The opportunity to have one-on-one, direct access to them and their expertise and knowledge is an exciting and extremely empowering one for the student.

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Useful Tips to Prepare for Cbse Exams

Student and examination- well this combination does not go well for many. Yes students love to bunk class and enjoy and loath to give exams. They often pray to God that they be spared from the evils of the exams and their consequences on their academics. Yet alas! Nothing can be done other than to face the exam and its dire consequences on their poor heart and even poorer academics! Well now that there is no get away so it’s better not to sit and sulk rather follow some interesting tips of how to prepare for CBSE exams and win the battle.

About CBSE

Before spilling the beans regarding the precious tips of how to prepare for the CBSE exams, come and lets know a bit more about CBSE. CBSE or the Central Board of Secondary Education is one of the two most important boards of education prevailing in India with more than nine thousand schools affiliated to it both in India and abroad. CBSE lays down the syllabi for these schools according to the World Class requirements of the Education System. CBSE also conducts several important exams like board exams of 10th, 12th and medical, engineering and dental exams to enlist a few. CBSE evaluates these exam sheets and gives out marks to the appearing candidates that have worldwide acceptance in all the major institutes and work places. Scoring in CBSE can be difficult for some and easy for the others all depending upon how they prepare for CBSE exams.

How to prepare for CBSE exams

CBSE exams can be prepared by following certain simple rules like scheduled method of learning and revising and daily basis study etc. Yet apart from your classroom study, the tough competition requires much more in today’s world. So to compliment classroom study, other mediums such as online and the on air syllabus wise studies through various TV programs have come. These TV programs are scheduled in many repetitive telecasts for the better understanding of the concepts by the students. Along with the TV programs there are respective websites that compliment the TV programs with respect to the tutorials that you can access anytime and with the query solving sections you can discuss your academic problems. These query solving sections are maintained and administered by experts available round-the-clock. Also the mock tests will help you access your preparations anytime you wish. To know more about how to prepare for CBSE exams online, kindly surf the net and find several websites providing necessary information.

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Tips to score good marks in English Exam

1. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions

2. Strictly adhere to the word limit given with each question. Marks will be deducted for exceeding the word limit.

3. Attempt all questions in each section before going on to the next section.

4. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you.

5. Before answering reading questions, carefully read the whole paragraph.

6. You need not to write entire sentence in answer sheet for fill in the blank questions.
For example :
The course of our life is largely determined .............................

You can just write answer as "By Decision Making"

7. Make sure your spelling's are correct. 

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