If you have exams this afternoon, there isn’t much more revision you can do. What is important now is the right exam technique. These tips may sound like common sense and stating the obvious, but, every year a significant % of candidates make these mistakes and so reduce their grade. Although they may sound obvious tips, make sure you implement them!
Answer the Question.
This is the biggest cause of doing badly. You write brilliant economics, but, it is not relevant to the question. One tip is at the end of each paragraph, write one sentence to summarise how you have just answered the question.
- For example, if you are asked - Discuss how to reduce poverty? Don’t write what causes poverty or whether we should be concerned about poverty.
- Another example. One year there was a question. Discuss whether higher taxes will reduce consumption of cigarettes. Alot of candidates started talking about demerit goods, social efficiency and why we should reduce demand for cigarettes. But, this doesn’t gain any marks because it is not relavant to the question.
Evaluate where appropriate.
If you have questions which start with these keywords, then you will need to add evaluation to the answer: See: Tips for writing evaluative answers.
- Discuss
- Evaluate
- To what extent
- Assess
Note: Evaluation can give 40% of the mark so give it importance.
