rvanmazijk / bio2010f-exam-workshop

My teaching materials from an exam-prep workshop for a second year ecology course at the University of Cape Town

BIO2010F exam workshop structure

Lead by: Ruan van Mazijk (MSc candidate) & Thembeka Shongwe (BSc Hons candidate) 2019

The workshop is intended to be very loosely structured as follows:

(i) Studying for university tests & exams

1. How to study---reading like a parrot vs reading with understanding
2. How much to study
3. What to study---getting bogged down in "facts" vs conceptual understanding

(ii) Reading university text & exam questions

1. Practicing understanding what questions are asking
2. Understanding how to structure an answer

(iii) Practice questions on your own

Some of the practice questions will be left for the students to try on their own. We will go over their answers together in the second session.