Managing Exam Technique

30 exam-preparation worksheets with accompanying teachers’ notes in a 63-page PDF for mixed-ability KS3 and KS4 students.

Activities cover both practical organisation and the emotional aspects of exams: understanding a syllabus, transferable skills, assignments, gathering information, presentations, time management, revision, past papers, exam nerves, reading instructions, planning answers and timing. Practical and oral exams, expectations and reflecting on results are also explored.

Use individual worksheets in PSHE, careers or subject lessons, or link related sheets into a sequence. Teachers’ notes give aims, preparation, classroom management and answers, with differentiation and extension activities where relevant.

The pack addresses general study and exam skills and includes material on continuous assessment. This is the original 1995 publication; exam-process examples and terminology reflect its period. It is not presented as guidance for a current exam-board specification. Teachers should use the relevant current requirements when discussing a particular qualification.