How to get the best stuff from Mock?

Every year schools or districts organise Mock for candidates. Though a powerful tool, most teachers and Candidates do not pay special attention to it.

In this write up, we are going to discuss some simple steps to get the best from Mock Exams.

Mock Exams provide us with an opportunity as teachers to assist our pupils prepare for an impending external exams.

1. Use different teachers to invilate.
Do not use the regular teachers the children are used to invigilate Mock examinations.  You can also hire The M2 Examiners - Ghana to invigilate and assess your candidates.

2. Use standard or examinable questions.
Purchase or get Mock questions from the M2 Examiners - Ghana or other professional exams bodies.

3. Always produce candidates results on time.
All Mock results should be accompanied by a Comprehensive Examiner's Report stating clearly,  candidates strengths and weaknesses,  recommendations, etc.
Discuss candidates results. Take critical look at the shortcomings and then learn from the recommendations.

4. Display Mock Results on the notice board.
Candidates should go to the board to check their results.  Result Slips should be forwarded to parents or guardians to know the performance of their children.

5. Provide remedial classes for non - performing candidates.
Candidates who perform below the average mark should be counseled, motivated and assisted to improve upon their performance.

Examination Fever, is it real.

Examination shock or fever is the sudden feeling of uneasiness that most candidates go through before, during and after an examination. Some of these include headache, fever,  diarrhoea, vomiting,  uneasiness, menstruation, blackout,  uneasiness, fidgeting, frustration, etc.

Examination Fever or Shock is real.  It can cause serious health issues to the candidate. It can even cause the candidate to forget what he or she had already learnt. 

Examination fright or fever is on the ascendancy these days. This I believe is as a result of our overeliance on examination as the yardstick for success. Most people believe Examination Fever is only for candidates who have not learn prior to the examination. That's a lie. Even the brilliant or even those with high IQ have been experiencing Examination Fever.

Examination Fever can attack anybody. Yes everybody. The only difference is how one handles it. We all have our own way of handling issues.


How to cure Examination Fever?

But,  one truth is that Examination Fever can be cured. Prevention may be difficult, but curing it is easy.

Firstly, the candidate should get rid of fear. Fear is the greatest cause of Examination Fever.  The fear of failure is a great ingredient for Examination Fever. Candidates should be counseled and motivated before examination. This can be done by bringing expert in solving examination fever.

Secondly, candidates should be allowed to participate in several MOCK examinations. MOCK examinations help candidates learn the skills needed during an external examination. MOCK examinations should not be treated as a normal examination,  but rather as a preparatory ground for learning about an examination.

Finally, examination fever can be reduced by advanced preparation.  Candidates in an impending examination should start preparing for the examination long before registration, and the examination itself.  This will save them the stress they go through prior to the examination.

Examination Fever is real, cure it!

Long Sentences Versus Short Sentences

Below is an excerpt of a letter written by a candidate in an examination.
Read it and judge for yourself.

Nana, I am by this letter wanting to express by deepest and most profound gratitude to you for the wonderful reception you bestowed upon me and my family and my family when we paid an unannounced visit to your house on the sudden demise of your father during the yulitide.


A sentence is a group of meaningful words . Simply put a sentence is the group of words which has meaning.

There are three kinds of sentences. These  are Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences.

There is yet another type which most students prefer which is a group of words which make no sense or meaning. These type of sentences also attract low marks.

Candidates who prefer long sentences or complex sentences have the following to contend with.

1. High rate of grammatical errors.
Most of the candidates who like writing long sentences or complex sentences usually have high rate of grammatical errors.  Some of them include wrong punctuation, wrongful amalgamation of words, wrong use of Subject - Verb Agreements,  etc.

2. Break in thought.
Most Of the long sentences identified by Examiners contain disconnected thought or meaningless thoughts. This is due to the inability of candidates to maintain the thought process contained in their sentences.

3. Spelling Errors.
Most candidates have difficulty spelling some words. So the use of long or complex sentences will reveal most of these words and therefore cause the students to loose more marks.

What is not taught in Classroom?

There is great difference between what teachers teach in the classroom and what is required in the Examination HALL.
Examiners require different things from candidates which class teachers do not teach.

For instance, in our schools teachers emphasise on the use of preamble in answering questions.
Examiners however see preamble as a waste of time and unnecessary.

Also, when answering Comprehension Questions, teachers encourage students to Write long sentences. This is however, not important in the Examination Setting. Examiners sometimes accept one word or phrase as an answer to a Comprehenshion Question.


5 things candidates do in school which is punishable in the examinations hall?

1. Students are given more than enough time in school to answer simple questions. Examiners have little time for candidate's scripts. They have deadline to meet. They also aim at achieving a lot within the time frame.

You can also read the mind of the Examiner here.

2. Examiners do not tolerate unnecessary preamble in candidate's work. Marks are not awarded to these preamble. However, in our schools,  teachers encourage the use of preamble.

3. Examiners do not encourage unnecessarily long or complex sentences. This is because complex or long sentences are avenues where candidates loose marks.

You can read Long Sentences Verses Short Sentences.

4. Schools do not punish students who mistakenly or internationally remove sheets from their exercise books. This is however, a punishable offence in an examinations. Candidates are warned not to tear or remove any part of the answer sheet or booklet.

5. Schools only give students questions which dwells mostly on Knowledge and Recalling of facts. They do this to make marking and scoring easy. However, most Examiners will give Application of Knowledge type questions. These questions demand more than just mere recalling of facts and figures, but thorough understanding of the facts and figures and how to use it solve a situation.




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Connecting the dots.

Essay type questions demand essay type answers. Essay type answers are usually written in paragraphs.  These paragraphs,  two or three or depending on the question all aim at answering the same question

An essay is a group of well connected and meaningful dots. These dots if disconnected renders the essay meaningless.  Examiners are only interested in how these dots are connected.

Candidates have these dots. They know most a time which dots are appropriate.  The Problem is how to connect these dots.
Most candidates in examination lack the skills needed to connect these dots.

There are words which can be used to connects these dots. Some of these words are Firstly,  Secondly, Thirdly, Furthermore, in addition, Besides,  But, However, Moreover,  etc. 

Another point to consider when connecting these dots is that these dots should be connected both Internally and Externally.  This is what is called Inter and Intra Paragraphs Relationships. A paragraph should connected both Internally and Externally.  This makes the essay meaningful.  On the the hand, disconnected paragraphs will make the essay meaningless.

Remember this "a paragraph is not a group of meaningless words, arranged in a meaningless manner". That is not a paragraph.

Examiners would always give marks to scripts with good and well connected Dots. Remember,  that essays are just Dots joined by connectors.





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Who fails who?

The Examiner has failed me.

This is the most popular statement by candidates when the results are released and did not go the way they had expected.  But, who failed who? Is is the candidate who failed him/herself or it is the Examiner who failed the candidate?
Sometimes, one finds it difficult to either blame the students or the Examiner. 
Well,  examiners only follow instructions. They follow instructions given by their employers,  this the Examination Bodies. They are warned not to favour or punish any candidate based on region, name, ethnicity, class, religion or gender.  They only assess based on merit. Nothing else.
It therefore the responsibility of the candidates to understand the Examiner.
They should learn what is rewarded and what is punished.

Five things candidates do which causes them to fail examinations.

1. leaving out your name and Index number.
Most candidates who fail examination leave out their names and Index numbers. Since, the Examiner does not know you,  the only option is to give you a fail.

2. Churning out meaningless words and sentences.
Candidates who writes meaningless and ambiguous words and sentences usually fail exams. Some scripts are simply unreadable or meaningless.  This usually puts off the Examiner.

3. Failure to understand and follow rubrics.
Most candidates do not take time to read and understand instructions before answering questions.  They rush to answer questions without first understanding the instructions attached to the questions.

4. Copying friends in the Examination HALL.
Copying in the Examination HALL is a punishable offence.  Examiners do not waste time in scripts which have semblance with other scripts. They will quickly mark you down without any delay.

5. Inadequate Materials to support your answer.
Most candidates do not elaborate and give further explanations to answers to a question.  They provide shallow answers. Some even write a word or a single sentence to questions which demands further answers.




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The Examiner's Mind

Essay type Examinations scripts are not marked by machines or computers but by humans. This means that all the necessary ingredients or features should be present before the candidates is given the full marks.

How do examiners think?
Examiners are humans and therefore think just like you. Examiners don't punish candidates for offences they have not committed.

1. Examiners are fair.
They only punish those who wants to be punish. They give marks to those who deserve and deduct marks from those who deviate from the norm.

2. Examiners have no time for meaningless info.
Examiners do not have time to read and mark meaningless words or sentences. Their time is very precious to them and there will not tolerate any time wasting activity by any candidate.

What do Examiners regard as meaningless info?

3. Your scripts is money.
Examiners are paid based on the number of scripts they have answered. This means they will like to mark more scripts within the time available.

4. Examiners have deadline to meet.
Most Examination Bodies give limited time to Examiners within which they must mark the scripts given.


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