Showing posts with label syllabus. Show all posts
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24 February 2013

WHETHER YOU PASS WAEC OR JAMB STARTS FROM HERE AND NOW! (2)

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WHETHER YOU PASS WAEC OR JAMB STARTS FROM HERE AND NOW! (1)

50 SELF-REVIEW QUESTIONS BY STUDENTS FOR WAEC / NECO / JAMB EXAMS (2)




26.HAVE YOU CHOSEN A STUDY PARTNER OR STUDY GROUP?

27.HAVE YOU ENGAGED YOURSELF IN BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS ABOUT LIKELY QUESTIONS?

28.HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLE-PLAYING IN PREPARING FOR EXAM THROUGH A GROUP?

29.HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNIQUE SEMINARS IN PREPARING FOR AN EXAM?

30.HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM JAMB SEMINARS THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE EDUCATED   GUESSES?



..mason college queen…

31.HAVE YOU MASTERED HOW TO UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD FACTS TO YOUR PAPER IN THE EXAM HALL FROM YOUR EXAM SCRAPBOOK THROUGH YOUR BRAIN?

32.HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHY THE TIME YOU USED IN PRACTICING PAST Q/As SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY LESSER THAN THE REAL EXAM?

33.HAVE YOU MASTERED THE 6-STEPS ANSWER PLAN FROM MATHS THEORY PAPERS?(THESE ARE STILL TO COME FROM EDUPEDIA) DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN STILL GET A REASONABLE GRADE WITHOUT GETTING THE REAL ANSWER IF YOU FOLLOW THE 6-STEP PLAN? HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHY ALL ROUGH WORK IN MATHS, PHYSIC & CHEMISTRY THEORY PAPERS HAVE TO BE TAGGED TO THE REAL ANSWERS?

34. HAVE YOU LEARNED THE ETIQUETTE OF MATHS?

35. HAVE YOU PRACTICED RELEVANT EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES?



…our beautiful, brilliant,entertaining senior prefect girls…an all-rounder!…now a medical student…

TO SATISFY WAEC/NECO/JAMB EXAMINERS

36.HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF EXAM INSTRUCTIONS?

37.HAVE YOU KNOWN HOW TO START RIGHT IN THE EXAM HALL AFTER READING THE INSTRUCTIONS? HOW TO SELECT AND ALLOCATE TIME THROUGH PROPER PACING OF YOURSELF?

38.HAVE YOU KNOWN HOW TO INTERPRETE QUESTIONS PROPERLY? DO YOU KNOW THE VOCABULARY OF QUESTION TYPES? (TO BE PROVIDED LATER BY EDUPEDIA)

39.HAVE YOU KNOWN HOW TO PRESENT YOUR ANSWERS NEATLY, TO MAKE THE EXAMINER FAVORABLE TOWARDS YOUR WORK?

40.HAVE YOU BELIEVED THAT THE QUANTITY OF ANSWER YOU GIVE IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE QUALITY?



…singing or praying?…very talented summer school student…

41.HAVE YOU MASTERED HOW TO PRESENT YOUR WORK THROUGH THE HANDOUT TITLED ‘HOW TO PASS EXAMS BY RELEVANT PRESENTATION OF WORK?’(STILL TO COME FROM EDUPEDIA)

42.HAVE YOU LEARNED HOW TO KEEP AN EXAMINER HAPPY BY NOT IRRITATING HIM THROUGH ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING,WRITING IN THE MARGIN, ROUGH WRITING, INCORRECT NUMBERING, USING INK FOR DRAWING DIAGRAMS, HALF-FINISHED OR VERBOSE SENTENCES ETC?

43. HAVE YOU MASTERED THE RULES OF DRAWING DIAGRAMS IN AN EXAM? HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT YOUR DIAGRAMS SHOULD BE LARGE AND NOT SMALL MAY BE UP TO HALF OF THE PAGE? DO YOU KNOW THIS IS APPLICABLE TO GRAPHS TOO?

44.HAVE YOU LEARNED TO KEEP A RULER AND A COIN OR MATHS SET WITH YOU? WHAT ABOUT YOUR WRISTWATCH?

45.HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT ALL OBJECTIVE PAPERS IN WAEC OR NECO HAVE GOT TO BE ANSWERED USING SAME JAMB TECHNIQUES?



…because she was soooooo involved…very funny though…

46.HAVE YOU REALIZED THAT MATHS, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKED OUT IN THE HEAD AS OBJECTIVE EXAMS IS ALL ABOUT SPEED. DURING THE EXAMINATION, EXPECT TO  GRASP  RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FIGURES AND MANIPULATE THEM WITHOUT PUTTING PEN TO PAPER

47.HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT IF YOU FEEL CERTAIN ABOUT AN ANSWER YOU DON’T NEED TO PONDER FURTHER ON IT? YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT YOU GOT IT RIGHT AND MOVE TO THE NEXT. THIS IS MORE FOR MATHS, PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY QUESTIONS.

48.HAVE YOU ALSO LEARNED TO LEAVE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HOLD YOU UP OR DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE DEALT WITH THE EASIER ONES?

49.HAVE YOU MASTERED IN OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS HOW NOT TO  PUT THE ANSWER OF QUESTION 22 IN THE ANSWER SPACE OF 21 WHICH WAS DIFFICULT AND WHICH YOU SKIPPED TO ANSWER LATER?

50. HAVE YOU LEARNED NOT TO DISCUSS THE EXAM WITH ANY OTHER STUDENT ON THE MORNING OF THE EXAM OR AFTER THE EXAM ITSELF?



…involved and funny too…nice kids they were…

GOOD LUCK

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13 February 2013

WAEC MATHS:WHY CHEAT AFTER WAEC PROVIDED YOU WITH THESE GUIDES?(2)

WAEC MATHEMATICS:WHY CHEAT WHEN WAEC HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH THESE GUIDES?(2)


General Mathematics Paper 2,May/June. 2008


General Comments


The paper was quite fair and within the reach of any candidate who had prepared well for the examination.  All the questions were within the content of the syllabus and there was no ambiguity of any sort.  The standard of the paper as well as the clarity of the rubrics were maintained.

The marking scheme was as usual, flexible to accommodate various approaches presented by the candidates in solving the problems. Apparently, the performance of the candidates was not significantly different from those of the previous years.

Candidates’ Weaknesses From candidates’ responses, it was evident that questions from some areas of the syllabus were poorly handled.  This may be attributed to inadequate preparation or poor interpretation of the demands of the questions. The identified areas are:
(1) Commercial arithmetic
(2) Geometry – majority of the candidates avoided the question on construction. Some of those who
     attempted it did not go beyond constructing angles 90˚ and <120˚;
(3) Word problems leading to simple linear equations;
(4) Mensuration
(5) Statistics as in question 5.
Suggested Remedies

 Candidates should be encouraged to study effectively and be exposed to mathematical facts, concepts and principles as well as how to apply them accurately in answering questions.   \

Candidates should be taught to adhere to the rubrics, study and comprehend the demands of the questions before attempting them. 

Candidates should be well exposed to past WASSCE questions
Candidates’ Strengths

Many candidates showed a good understanding of the following areas of the syllabus:
(1)  Set theory       -  drawing of Venn diagrams
(2)  Algebra           -  computing the table of values as well as drawing of algebraic graphs
(3)  Arithmetic progression.
(4)  Trigonometry   -          angles of elevation and depression.

The performance of candidates in Geometric Progression (G. P.) was only fair. Furthermore, a good number of the candidates were able to apply the sine rule correctly.  There was also a noticeable improvement in the performance of candidates in problems involving longitude and latitude.

GCE – Nov/Dec. 2008


General Comments


The paper was quite fair and within the reach of any candidate who had prepared well for the examination.  All the questions were within the content of the syllabus and there was no ambiguity of any sort.  The standard of the paper as well as the clarity of the rubrics were maintained.

The marking scheme was as usual, flexible to accommodate various approaches presented by the candidates in solving the problems. Apparently, the performance of the candidates was not significantly different from those of the previous years.

Candidates’ Weaknesses

From candidates’ responses, it was evident that questions from some areas of the syllabus were poorly handled.  This may be attributed to inadequate preparation or poor interpretation of the demands of the questions. The identified areas are:
(1) Commercial arithmetic
(2) Geometry – majority of the candidates avoided the question on construction. Some of those who attempted it did not go beyond constructing angles 90˚ and <120˚;
(3) Word problems leading to simple linear equations;
(4) Mensuration.
(5) Statistics as in question 5.

Suggested Remedies

Candidates should be encouraged to study effectively and be exposed to mathematical facts, concepts and principles as well as how to apply them accurately in answering questions.Candidates should be taught to adhere to the rubrics, study and comprehend the demands of the questions before attempting them. Candidates should be well exposed to past WASSCE questions.

Candidates’ Strengths

Many candidates showed a good understanding of the following areas of the syllabus:
(1) Set theory  -  drawing of Venn diagrams
(2) Algebra -   computing the table of values as well as drawing of algebraic graphs.
(3) Arithmetic progression.
(4) Trigonometry   -  angles of elevation and depression.

The performance of candidates in Geometric Progression (G. P.) was only fair. Furthermore, a good number of the candidates were able to apply the sine rule correctly.  There was also a noticeable improvement in the performance of candidates in problems involving longitude and latitude

 
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