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6.5 Exam preparation
The responses to the question, “What do you think you will need for examinations?” were interesting in that the majority of the students (75%) stressed more study time and enough time for revision (58%) were necessary. However, more than half did not feel that they needed good teaching (56%) and/or good notes (64%) to prepare them for exams. This is perhaps a reflection of how they have learnt in the past and also how they conceptualise learning. A similar question was posed in the exit questionnaire, namely, “What would help you do better for your examinations?”. As can be seen from Table 24 below there was very little change between the views of the students at the beginning and end of the course.
Table 24: What students feel that they need in order to prepare better for exams
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Need to prepare for exams: |
entry questionnaire (N = 178) |
exit questionnaire (N = 48) | ||||||
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
No | ||||
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N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
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Enough/more time for revision |
104 |
58.4 |
74 |
41.6 |
25 |
53.2 |
19 |
40.4 |
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Good/better teaching |
79 |
44.4 |
99 |
55.6 |
20 |
42.6 |
24 |
51.1 |
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Good/better notes |
65 |
36.5 |
113 |
63.5 |
16 |
34.0 |
28 |
59.6 |
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Enough/more study time |
133 |
74.7 |
44 |
24.7 |
34 |
72.3 |
10 |
21.3 |
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