It's time once again for studies, late night note making, early morning revisions and quick tricks to grasp well. No matter how hard you study through the year, with boards around there is a different sense of urgency.
Psychologist, Ms Gomti Dittakavi, spoke to us about how students can tackle their mind while preparing through boards.
Q. How should students look at board exams? What is the right approach to perform well and to reduce stress?
Ans. Students shouldn't see board exams as havoc; they should look at it like any other exam. Take it easy or you could spoil what you have prepared for. Teachers and parents should exactly know what their child is doing.
Q. How can parent support their children at this time?
Ans. Basically there is 3 types of examination:
- State board exams
- CBSE
- ICSE
The Pattern of evaluation of all the three boards is different. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has designed a unique curriculum and systematic evaluation pattern. CBSE evaluation pattern and designing of indicators is not very well promoted in all the schools. Teachers don't know how to mark the indicators and what are the parameters especially in the subjects like Physics and Maths is a language of numbers.
If the parents and teachers understand the conceptual learning rather than the mechanical learning then the last minute hiccups can be avoided.
Q. Can spirituality help students?
Ans. Meditation always helps in learning. One should start his/her day with meditation at least for 20 minutes. It releases huge amount of stress and helps the learning process. It also makes you feel afresh.
Believe in god, pray regularly, and work hard work. Meditation will help you channelize your energies better.
Q. Is it a good idea to study in groups?
Ans. I personally encourage studying in groups as well as independent studies. Three days independent study and rest three days should be a group study. Half of the day's students should study alone and discuss it with friends. In this way, you would be able to clear you concepts.
Q. Is the pressure on students more due to the huge course or is it that we are not able to train them well during the whole year?
Ans. This is the basic reason. We are not able to guide them right from the beginning of the academic year. The curriculum is divided into chunks and each chunk is revised during the UTs, half yearly exams, and annual exams. Students start mugging up the questions without understanding the basic concept. In this case, student wouldn't be able to write the answer in a proper manner because when he'll try to recall the things, nothing will be in his/her mind because he/she has not understood the basic concept.
Q. Last minute study tips to students
- Reading and writing the challenging chapters will help. Identify keywords to make learning process easier.
- Don't try to go after chapters you have not studied thought the year. Last minute mugging won't help.
- Most importantly, don't study on the last day. Don't tire yourself too much before the exam. Take care of food and sleep
- Don't discuss your answers with friends on the last day
- Do some meditation and let the thoughts flow
Gomti is a Psychologist and PG in Physics, Psychology, and education. She has years of experience in the field of education, research, and training.
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