Controlled Assessment

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This essay will look into the pros and cons and techniques involved in preparing for a controlled asssessment. It will also overlook how certain revison strategies worked in an actual exam, and how indviduals can cope with the stress of preparing for and sitting an examination. (1.1) 'Exams are considered as a source of grading the capabilities of students. It is a standard system to test knowledge which is being practiced in almost all schools. It is the fear of both, bright and weak students' (Online;www.wortharead.com) as it states here even the 'bright' students can develop an anxiety around exam times but are controlled assessments a positive way of monitoring the knowldge of an indivdiual? Exmas often provide an ideal way of broadening …show more content…

An Open book exam is where the examinee is able to bring in a certain amount of notes that they are able to refer to throughout, this can encourage more understanding of the critera rather than the mezoristaion or recall of said criteria. Some open book exams also allow the questions to be handed out before the actual date of the exam so that the students can collect all relevant information, the actual exam itself may also be sent home for the students to complete in their own time. The advantages of using an open book exam is that it allows less regurgatation of information and can help to see if the examinee can truly understand and synthisize a subject, the idea that notes or refernces are allowed inside the examining room can also help to put students at ease as majority of the information is already there, so they can truly focus on getting what they understand wrote down. Open book exams also help to enhance a students note taking skills as they will require a comprhensive list of notes, leaving out all unnessercary information and focusing on key points. On the other hand by allowing students to bring in their own notes, there might also be a chcance that they will focus too much on searching for the correct answers in their notes, or second guessing their own knowledge thus wasting valuble time on questions they may already know the answer to. 'Students may believe …show more content…

Emotion focused Coping is the idea of coping with the psychological stresses of an exam, the kind of stress that this method deals with is a stress that is out of an indviduals control, and is often anxiety related. An example od Emotion-focued coping is 'Emotional disclosure. This involves expressing strong emotions by talking or writing about negative events which precipitated those emotions (Pennebaker, 1995)' (online:www.simplepyscology.org) the idea of talking through ones emotions can prove extremely beneficial to an individual experiencing an episode of stress, it can often help to vent and verbally say what their thinking, it can also be reassuring to know that others feel to same way. However speaking about an indviduals fears over an exam can somtimes make the anxiety worse and even spiral on to more concerning fears, also their piers may not recipicate the same fears which can be disheartening and make the fear more

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