Knowing Your Exam SKILLS
Assessing Your Learning
- 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 as well as possible in your 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 do your best and to get the exam results you are hoping for.
Exam FIT
Workshop Elements
Anxiety Management
Exam Preparation
Thinking Positively
Action Learning
Exam Room Problem Solving
Workshop Modules
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 ?
Having Panic Attacks
Do you sometimes have ‘panic attacks’ in the run up to an exam or during an exam?
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
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 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 !
A, Dublin
BComm
The 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.
J, Dublin
Leaving Cert
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 !
G, Dublin
Junior Cert
The Junior Cert was my first big exam and I enjoyed learning about how to approach and do exams. I coped better with the exams. Thanks for the help !
A, Dublin
Accounting
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.
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!
