Important Topics For December 2017 exams

Syeda, tipping topics was always a thankless task and only coincidentally were we correct with our tips

Kaplan tends to achieve an accuracy ratio of 75% – 80% when suggesting topics for inclusion within the next exam

However, their technique appears to be “tip the syllabus but exclude those topics that appeared 3 months earlier”

Instead of me tipping topics for you to focus on, let me assist you in (what I consider) a better way

Try this:

– hide your study text in a place that you can forget about

– open a revision kit / exam kit from a reputable publisher and read it, from start to finish, question, answer, question, answer, question, answer, question, answ…. and keep doing that, reading the book from start to finish

– when I say “read” that’s exactly what I mean. Don’t try to learn. Don’t try to memorise. Just read

– pay attention to the way in which the specific question requirement is addressed

– notice how many different points are raised in the answers

– reflect upon the professionalism of the answer

– and read too:

examiner’s reports

the last 10 technical articles

my exam technique article on the P7 home page

the exam technique article on the P3 (yes, P3) home page “From a marker’s perspective” – this article repeats the advice from my own article but it may reassure you to know that the advice is not mine alone but is supported by no less a person that a member of the P3 marking team

And, whenever you hit a wall of non-understanding, post on this forum again and I shall get back to you

– but, most of all, read that book over and over again and again until 3 weeks before the exam and then post again for the remainder of the advice on how to tackle P7

OK?