[Year 12 IPM] Exam Prep Activities

[McDonald, Debra A1]

Well, reading all that you do I feel like I don't do enough. 

I mainly do tasks or games like the following:

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	set exams based on a mixture of past exams and current situations; 
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	quizzes: make students give a impromptu speech/instructions on various topics (identifying and the reasons for using the different rollover methods) they have no prep time for this a rewarded if they get it correct and I make then it in writing for homework if they do not get it correct.
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	brainstorms
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	lolly tosses
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	stump the teacher

we have now started to sit outside and to some de-stress techniques then go into the class and to a times work piece as if in the exam. With this I am aiming on giving the kids some techniques to de-stress themselves before and during the exam (all are quick, silent and still) so that they do not freeze. 

Last double did something very different... we roll played a company and it's needs using other students from a business class. the kids enjoyed it and I believe it helped them remember some of the fundamentals when dealing with staff/customers.

anyway that is my 2¢. it would be interesting to see that CD of your. I may make something like it for next year.

Debra McDonald
Network Manager
Lyndhurst Secondary College
Cranbourne
(03) 5996 0144

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of SAMANTHA MITCHELL
Sent: Tue 12/09/06 1:19 PM
To: ipm at fhc.vic.edu.au
Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Exam Prep Activities


Well it's that time of year again!
I was hoping we could share what activities we do with students as preparation for the exam.
To start the ball rolling, this is a list of some of the things I do (in no particular order):

*	Brainstorm all the topic areas covered by the exam 
*	Prepare a CD of materials for them to take home which is also available on the school LAN e.g.: 

		*	past papers 
		*	exam strategies 
		*	key knowledge

*	Utilise Mark exam post mortem's from McKinnon SC which I have reworked into powerpoints 
*	Timed practice exams during class under test conditions 
*	Quizzes online (mostly multiple choice/matching/short answer using MOODLE) 
*	one-on-one appointment times with students to assist them in their areas of need

Can anyone suggest particularly effective techniques they use?
Thanks, 
Samantha Mitchell
Mildura Senior College

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