Appx.B (p.A13 - 22) Post #13

Summary:
After reading writing effective essay examinations I better understand how to write an essay exam paper. Writing an essay examination paper is different in several ways from writing an academic paper. When writing an essay exam you will rely on your memory, you will not have much time to figure out what you would say, you can’t get feedback from your peers or teacher, and you usually do not have much time for revision. To write an effective essay exam paper you will need to know and understand the information it will cover, be able to relate that information to other topics and ideas you have read about and discussed in class, analyze and understand the question(s) that you are asked, construct a thoughtful answer and get ideas down, deal with pre-exam stress, and deal with the examination scene. Getting ready and gathering information requires taking notes and reading chapters from the book. When considering and analyzing questions think back to class discussions and lectures and try to answer them as efficiently and effectively as possible. While in the constructing thoughtful answers process you should quickly jot down main ideas and then think of a way to organize them. After all of these steps comes the main drag, the examination scene. Here is where you will be given a time limit to write an essay examination paper. Some people do not perform well on tests. You should try to act as normal and comfortable as possible. You know the material and you shouldn’t freak out about. Just write the paper as you would normally do.

Reaction:
My first reaction to this reading was that it was informative about what it takes to write an essay examination and a way to deal with the examination scene. I myself have a hard time with taking tests and writing papers in a short amount of time. The page and a half about the examination scene was definitely a huge help.

3 Questions:
1. When gathering information, are their more ways then just taking notes and reading the book to gather information?
2. While writing this essay examination paper how much time should you use for each part of the paper?
3. When dealing with the examination scene, how should you approach the essay?