Undergraduate IR & Politics BSc Exam and Study Skills Building Toolkit TM

The Exam Success Formula TM

The Exam Success Formula TM must always be applied to all your topics and subjects, whether in lessons, homework, revision or exams

•             To build up your knowledge you will review your content and make it manageable, bitesize and accessible, so you can remember it for the exams, you will need to use the following tools which will be discussed more fully when we review your homework, next week.

1.            Key (terms) concept diary see exemplar

2.            Topic Map/Poster for each topic see exemplar

3.            Mind maps, summary sheets/bullet points/cue cards

4.            Assessing tables are particularly significant for your assess essay question, however can be used in all essays.  You can produce a assessing planning table where you will outline different theoretical perspective and also relate to the key studies for example Realism or Liberalism etc..  Then provide a briefly mini-conclusion/evaluation of the view.

5.            Topic Criticism Table.  Then provide a briefly mini-conclusion of the view.

6.            Evaluation/significance grid

7.            Pool all your information and research together in a bundle with an overview and summary list at the beginning and the end of each topic.