Effective A-level exam strategy - 5 tips - General tips [Psychology focus]

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This video includes:A big part of getting that high grade is not only effective revision and content knowledge, it’s how actually go about putting that together in the exam. Failing to plan is planning to fail, so here is some ideas of how to plan out your approach to these next few weeks of exams.

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[fisherfisher]

Definately agree. I've found that it usually works out better to spend only 28mins on each sec, just finishing off the sentence when time is up and moving on. Also, at no point should you ever think you're completely finished until time is up (no matter how perfect you think an essay is - another 'perfect ao3' can only work out for the best).

[laurat]

Thank you so much for making all these helpful vids!

[Whimsicalwoods]

Now I think I might not do Baddeley on my exam (oi oi)

[tobygarrick]

You said about 16 markers being either at the end or beginning. Do you recommend NOT just attacking the paper in a chronological order where you’ll have similar questions to get you in the mindset for that topic?