How to Pass in any Examination and Test Using Checklist Tool: 4, #1

By Gitonga. B. A. Israel

About This Book

        The book How to Pass in any Examination and Test Using a Checklist Tool is a realistic guide. It helps you in planning, organizing and tracking your progress against study and examination preparation objectives.

 

       In a simple, clear and logic structure, the book guides you on how to apply a checklist technique for study and examination preparations.  It articulates how you can do self strengths, weakness, opportunities and threat (SWOT) analysis, break down your study work (SWBS) and develop effective study schedule. Using this guide, you get focused to your study and examination preparation objectives. It help avoid wasting time and resources in unnecessary study work.

 

         By applying guideline in this book, you can pass in any examination and test with ease. This guideline helps you get focused to contents within the course and  topics objectives.

 

          The book is ideal for anyone studying for an examinable course whether short or long term. It can also be a good companion for training facilitators and teachers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: PSI Consultants
• Release date: Jan 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224667925

Gitonga. B. A. Israel

Gitonga.B.A.Israel is consultant, trainer and author in project and community development. He has authored more than twenty two books. Some of the books include college, university and self help titles. Gitonga has more than twenty years of experience involving private, public and personal projects. He is a Ph.D cadidate in Monitoring and Evaluation. He hold masters degree in Project Planning and Management, Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Diploma in project management and several professional certificates. Gitonga is also an entrepreneur, environment impact assessor, member of project management proffessionals, evaluation society of kenya and professional trainers association of kenya.

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About This Book

In the current information era, the challenge we have is not lack of information. The greatest challenge is how to filter the right information from the ocean of information around us for the right purpose. That challenge extends to the learners and other people on their study programmes and examination preparation journeys. Due to the flooding of varying information about almost everything, learners and other people preparing for their examinations are likely to lose focus.

To remedy the challenge we mention, the book "How to Pass any Examination and Test Using a Checklist Tool" has been designed. The book development is based on project management principle of planning, organizing and structuring using a checklist tool. The purpose of this book therefore is to help learners and other people studying and preparing for their examinations and tests to maintain focus. The book provides a simple, clear and logical guideline for using checklist in a study, examination and test preparation.

Using this book, learners and other people studying and preparing for examination can apply checklist technique to plan, organize and structure their study work. That way they become focused to their study and examination objectives.

The book is built on four chapters. Chapter one includes a brief history of examinations and tests, evolution of examination and challenges in preparing for examinations and tests. Chapter two highlights the purpose, scope, benefits, beneficiaries and when to use this book. Chapter three is a clarification of key issues in examination. This include; examinations preparation meaning and need of a checklist, the purpose of examination, myths related to examination, difference between a test and examination, examination setting, examination grading standards and assessment criteria, reasons for passing and failing examination, key elements of examination and different levels of examinations.

Chapter four guides the user on how to apply checklist. The key elements covered include; introduction to checklist and application in curriculum, syllabus and course outline, SWOT analysis, course objectives and outline, learning materials, study and revision plan, questions structure, time management,  self-testing and competence tests. It  also provide guideline on how to develop study checklist, working with the checklist, self SWOT analysis, developing active learning skills, breaking down study work, schedule and example of a course outline.

Finally the book includes reflection and suggestions for the training facilitators.

Contents

About This Book

Contents

Chapter One: Background Information

History of Examinations and Tests

Evolution of Examination

Challenges in Preparing For Examinations and Tests

Chapter Two: Introduction

The Purpose of This Book

What is and Not Covered in This Book

How to Benefit from This Book

Who Can Benefit From This Book

When to Use this book

What Topics Are Included in This Book

Chapter Three: Clarification of Important Issues in Examination

Preparing for Examinations and Tests

What is a Checklist Tool?

Why You Need a Checklist

The Purpose of Examination

Myths Related to Examination

Difference between a Test and Examination

Who Set Examination or Tests?

Understanding Examination Grading Standards and Assessment Criteria

Why some People Fail and while others Pass their Examinations

Key Elements of Examination

Different Levels of Examinations

Chapter Four: Applying Checklist Tool

Introduction to Checklist Tool

Checklist and Curriculum, Syllabus and Course Outline

Checklist Tool and SWOT

Checklist Tool and Course Objectives

Checklist Tool and Course Outline

Checklist Tool and Learning Materials

Checklist Tool and Your Study and Revision Plan

Checklist Tool and Questions Structure

Checklist Tool and Time Management

Checklist Tool and Self-Testing

Checklist Tool and Competence Tests

How to Develop Study Checklist

Understanding Your Course/Subject

Break Down Your Study

Conducting Self SWOT Analysis

Documenting a Checklist Items

Using a Checklist in Your Study

Table1. Example of a Study Checklist

How to Work With the Checklist

How to Do Self SWOT Analysis

Example of Solutions Identified Weaknesses and Threats

How to Apply Active Learning Skills in Your Study

How to Break Down Your Study

Example of a Course Outline

Study Work Break down Structure

How to Develop a Study Schedule

Reflection

Suggestions for Training Facilitators and Teachers

Chapter One: Background Information

The 21st century comes with great opportunities and challenges. First there is availability and access of diverse and varying information on almost everything. Although we can consider this as an opportunity, the challenges attached to this are the difficulties we encounter trying to filter relevant information for the right purpose, time and place. People that have enrolled for examinable courses are prime candidates for this challenge.

Due to availability and access of diverse and varying information on any given subject, learners have high chances of losing focus.  Therefore to address this challenge, project based principles of preparing for examinations and tests may be helpful for the learners. Following that, the focus of this book is to provide guidelines of using checklist as one of the tools in managing course work, preparing and revising for examinations and tests.

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