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Questions to Ask Your Teacher Before Exams
Thandiwe Mokoena
- 9 January 2024
- Comment 4
Exam week is a bad time to find out you misunderstood a topic. Walk up to your teacher a few weeks earlier and ask clear questions. Teachers are glad to help a learner who has clearly tried first.
Bring a marked test and point to the questions you lost marks on. Ask what the examiner was looking for.
A good question to a teacher is worth more than an extra hour alone with the textbook. Pieter van der Merwe, Mathematics TutorAlso ask which sections carry the most marks, which past papers are closest to your school’s style, and how much working must be shown for full marks.
Questions about the exam paper
Ask how many marks each section carries and how long you should spend on it. Ask whether the formula sheet is given and which topics usually appear as long questions. Write the answers down so you can build your revision plan around them.
Questions about your own work
Ask your teacher where you lose marks most often. It could be careless algebra, short answers in Life Sciences or weak paragraphs in English. Once you know the pattern, you can fix one habit at a time and watch your marks move up before the finals.
Rajesh Naidoo
I really enjoyed this post. My son has started using past papers every afternoon and his confidence in Maths is already much better.
David Abrahams
Thank you for the kind words! We are glad the advice helped you. Please keep sending your questions to the Kennispunt team.
Megan Fourie
Very helpful advice for matric parents. The tips on planning study time and asking teachers the right questions made our evenings less stressful. Thank you!
Lerato Molefe
Clear and practical article. I shared it with my Grade 11 class group and we are already trying the revision timetable ideas before the November exams.