- Since 1983 -

PERFORM in Exams

Exams SKILLS

Exams are challenging and can be very stressful.  Reliably good Exam SKILLS are needed to PERFORM well in exams, meeting whatever challenges the exams present.

How Can We Help ?

PERFORM’s Exam Fit courses and Exam COACH sessions are proven to build effective and reliable Exam SKILLS and the resilience to succeed with all exam demands.

Our Passion

With 35+ years experience of helping students through exams, our passion is all about you and your success in preparing for and performing well in exams.

Your Exam Success

Exam SKILLS can be learned, practiced, and improved to make them more effective and robust when the exams challenge you to get your targeted exam results.

Your Skills at Exams

All students take exams.  But some students have better Exam SKILLS and PERFORM better at exams than others!

Every student has his or her own individual Exam SKILL set profile.  Good exam performance requires knowledge of your Exam SKILLS set strengths and weaknesses. 

Students need to ensure that their Exam SKILLS are effective and robust and that they do not make avoidable mistakes while doing exams.

Our Exam SKILLS Quick Self-Assessment Test allows you to profile your key Exam SKILLS.


Exam Skills - Quick Self-Assessment Test

Managing Time

Do you sometimes run out of time and not complete all the questions on an exam paper?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Reading Questions

Do you sometimes misread questions on an exam paper and present and incomplete or wrong answer?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Experiencing Exam Blocks

Do you sometimes experience ‘Exam Blocks’ and struggle to settle and continue your exam?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Answering All Questions

Do you sometimes choose to answer some questions well rather than attempt all questions required?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Picking Up Marks

Do you sometimes feel uncertain about what marks are on offer or how to pick up marks for your answers?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Leaving Exam Early

Do you sometimes leave the exam room early owing to exam anxiety or difficulties with the exam?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Performing as Expected

Do you sometimes leave the exam thinking that you did not perform as you were expecting?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Achieving Results

Do you sometimes get poorer results than your study preparation and school and mock exams indicate?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Preparing Properly

Do you sometimes fail to prepare properly for exams, only to appreciate that when the exam starts?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Thinking Positively

Do you sometimes struggle to think positively about your exam ability and your exam performance?

YES ? . . . NO ?

Answer YES to Any Questions ?

If YES, then you can improve your exam management skills and your exam performance!

If you answered YES to more than one or several, there is definite room for improvement and you can improve the way you approach and engage with exams, leading to better and more consistent exam performance!

Exam SKILLS can be learned and improved!


Keys to Exam Success

Reassuring yourself that you can do it!

Competence . . . knowing

Exams test knowledge and students are expected to prepare well for exams to allow their knowledge and competence to be assessed.

Confidence . . . Believing

Students need to know that they have prepared well, that they know their subject material, and that their reading of how well they know their material is accurate and realistic.

Composure . . . Delivering

The key to delivering in exams is to be able to remain composed no matter what questions are asked or what happens during the exam.

I Can EXAM √

  

Delighted to be Able to Help You !

Over many years, our work has spanned Junior and Leaving Cert, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and professional institute exams.

We are delighted to have been able to help many students improve their exams skills, build their confidence and composure with exam challenges, and deliver on their performance targets in exams !

The coaching support I received allowed me to change how I reacted to my anxiety with exams and made the difference in getting me through my BComm finals.
A, Dublin
BComm
My ambitious targets for my Leaving proved too demanding and I benefitted greatly from the support, drills, and coaching - and got the results I needed !
J, Dublin
Leaving Cert
Failing exams had become too frequent an experience. I was delighted to break this cycle and, with great ideas and drills, managed to complete my finals.
A, Dublin
Accounting

Your Exam Community

Students sit alone at exam desks.  Yet every student can benefit from the support available to them from their family, their friends, their fellow students, their teachers, and their school.  Your community is there for you. 

Be brave enough to ENGAGE and ASK!