Module 5
Time, planning and structure: time follows marks, a five-minute plan, the shape of the whole answer and what to do when things go wrong
Two students know the same law. One finishes every question, with the main issues done well and the minor ones done briefly. The other writes a brilliant first answer and runs out of time on the last two. The difference in their marks is the difference between a plan and a hope. Time in an exam is the scarcest resource and the one students manage worst, partly because the pressure of the moment pulls toward the question that interests you. This module teaches how to divide time by marks, how to spend five minutes planning so that the next forty go well, how to give the whole answer a shape that a marker can follow, and what to do when something goes wrong.
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