{"id":1103,"date":"2024-01-09T14:10:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T17:17:54","slug":"questions-to-ask-your-teacher-before-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/questions-to-ask-your-teacher-before-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask Your Teacher Before Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1103\" class=\"elementor elementor-1103\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExam 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.\n\nBring a marked test and point to the questions you lost marks on. Ask what the examiner was looking for.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">A good question to a teacher is worth more than an extra hour alone with the textbook.\n\n<cite>Pieter van der Merwe, Mathematics Tutor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nAlso ask which sections carry the most marks, which past papers are closest to your school&#8217;s style, and how much working must be shown for full marks.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African maths tutor standing beside a chalkboard holding an open textbook, with clear empty board space on the l\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-a-south-african-maths-tutor-standing-beside-a-chal-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a high-school study desk with past exam paper booklets, highlighters, a scientific calculator and a mug, sho\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/education-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kennispunt-academy-close-up-of-a-high-school-study-desk-with-past-exa-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions about the exam paper<\/h4>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions about your own work<\/h4>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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