Some tips for getting the best of your exams and study times.

Be confident. confidence comes with preparation. so prepare well, get your syllabus book in hand and get going. i missed some topics in my exam days and had to re`-give the exams just because i missed parts of the syllabus.. learn from it.


The best advice my mom gave me was to study regularly and not keep thing till the end and i have applied it in my days of aesi. But if that is not the case with you and you see a heap of syllabus staring at you,then begin with small steps. Break the whole syllabus up in topics that you already know, the one that you have studied, the one that you consider easy, the one that is small, the one that is big, the one that come in exams most of the time. Then begin doing the easiest one. This is the technique of picking the low hanging fruits. See your syllabus as a tree,before you begin to climb get the low hanging one. Then prepare for the other one. Make a list of topics in a paper, keep it always in front of your study desk, strike off the topics as you do.

Everyday schedule a time for revision. one hour everyday. As exam approaches this time should increase.

your study time should always be divided into 2, New study hours and Revision time. Just at the beginning of the semester new study hours will dominate your total study time but then also always have at least 1 hour revision time. This is must as this enforces you to recollect what you have already learnt.In the revision hour you recall what your are learning in your new studying time. As your semester progresses, new study time decreases as more and more syllabus i covered, and this time begin increasing your revision time. And just before the exam time the time of revision should be the max.

Best memorization and retention occurs when you discus the topics. In your spare time discuss the topics of you have studied with friends and if no friends in interested, take a virtual class in your imagination. Use your imagination. Image you are taking a class, you are the teacher and teach that topic. See yourself drawing and explain the topic in detail in blackboard, See yourself answering the doubt of your students. I bet you will remember the topic for life.

Groups study are famous, Well they are good but do them only for new study time. New study time is when you are learning or reading a new topics. But revision should be alone. Revision time is the time when you recapture what you have learnt in your new study time, so keep the distraction to minimum and do it alone.

For maths revision follow the earlier post. I hope this few simple methods will help you in your exam studies and in your study.

Best of luck for the exams

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Tips for getting the most out of revision - from OUAeSI

Examinations are round the corner. By now most of you have completed your classes and are on your way to revise the whole thing that u have gathered and learnt. so here's an article i got long time ago for getting the most out of revision.


What is revision?
Revision is the process of looking over past work as a preparation for examination. It is an activity which can produce very good results - and reduce 'exam nerves' if it is carefully planned and carried out in a systematic way. Black coffee and sleepless nights just before your exams rarely allow you to do justice to your talents!

What revision can do for you
* Extends your ability to assess your own knowledge and understanding.
* Provides an opportunity to analyse this in relation to the requirements of the examination board.
* Enables you to pass examinations and gain recognition for your talents.

Towards the end of a course, a review of your completed written work and of past examination papers will often indicate the existence of close links between examination questions and essays, assignments and project work. On this basis, you select your own best work and use it for revision. Work which has been less successful should contain advice for improvement from a tutor and this can be followed up. For example, additional reading may be required to fill in gaps of understanding or errors of fact or interpretation. This can be done and recorded briefly in the form of notes, or in a fuller addition to the original piece of work.

When you have assembled, in this way, the body of your own work upon which you can reasonably expect the examination to focus, you are ready to begin the next stage of revision.

At this point, the selection and condensation of the key ideas and information contained in your work must be undertaken. The reason for this will be clear if you remember that the time allowed to answer an examination question cannot be compared with time needed to prepare an essay, assignment or project. Again, even if it were possible to commit to memory every word you have ever written, it would not lead to success. This is because examinations are designed to probe your understanding of various aspects of a given subject and not simply to test the memory of the written work completed on a course.

Guidelines for successful revision

* Make sure you know well in advance when and where your exams will take place.
* Keep copies of all course documents, essay questions, titles of assignments, projects and reading lists on file.
* Make this the basis of your revision. Resist the temptation to try to start your course all over again from the beginning!
* Review your own assessed work, making a selection of that with the best grades.
* Compare your own work with the questions asked on past examination papers.
* At this stage, it is vital to make sure that you will have enough material to answer all the likely questions.
* If you decide to expand on what you have already got, look at less successful papers and see if you can improve them by careful editing, filling in gaps, correcting errors of fact or understanding.
* If you are really desperate for additional material, look back through your lecture notes or your class papers and build up from them bodies of knowledge relevant to examination questions.
* Reduce each piece of work to note form .

This is the material which you need to keep in mind for use in the examination room.

* Take time to practice answering examination questions.
* In the later stages of your revision, choose a question from a past paper and time yourself to answer it in one hour.
* Build this up because most exams require you to write for up to three hours at a stretch. This places great demands on your physical and mental stamina


I could have given u the link but unfortunately i don't have the link. so guys and gals best of luck for your exams and enjoy the exams!!!!!

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Four things to remember for effective revision.

   Revision is important part of exam preparation and after completion of syllabus every student does this. Some do it many times , some just manage it one time before the D-day. So which ever group you are in, this tips from my own experience will surely help you and increase revision effectiveness.

 

1.  When revising make it a point that u do it thinking that this is the last time you are revising before the D-day. This helps as it accelerates you and your minds takes extra effort to remember the stuff that you read and works better as it removes the sense of monotomy that comes while revision. If you can truly believe that this is your last revision then your mind reacts favourably and achieve more.

 

2. To keep the matter fresh in your mind, repeat the thing in mind after you have done the revision. Remind yourself what you read. Don't  go in to specifics and don't  torcher you mind just remember what you can and most importantly relax and do it.

 

3.  Another step that I use while revising is the use of a copy and pen and I begin explaining the stuff I read. This way I teach myself and this works fine for me as I cover all the important points and also notice what are the places where I need more effort.

 

4. More the time that you spend thinking of the topic you have read and what it means to you in the big picture, the more easily u will remember it so after the detail do look into the big picture and  revision time is the right time to do so.  For example reading and learning about cam and how to derive velocity, acceleration is great all great  but when you see the whole picture as to where the thing is used and why the calculation of this acceleration and velocity is important, you will truly grasp the subject and your interest will be piqued and which in turn will translate into good memorisation and understanding.

 

so  this  are some of the tips I use.  Use them and all the best.

 

Exam stress busting tips.

Exam times are here and i have seen from my experience that we, the students, often panic before an exam because we are so worried about our performance. This makes it even harder to do well. What should we do? This is the topic i wanted to explore/ Though in my previous post "de-stress before you the examination hall" i have highlighted some of the tips that i had from my experience of taking AeSI exams.




Today i went to net for the tips and i found an excellent resource for fighting pre-exam stress. The tips are arranged in three categories, general exam tips, tips for revision and tips in the examination hall. you can read them here. This is the high light of the page.

General exam stress-busting tips:
Believe in yourself.
Don’t just worry – take action!
Talk to a friend
Don’t put yourself under too much pressure


Tips for the revision period:
Time is of the essence!
Play is as important as work.
Take a break.
Another cuppa? Don't think so.
Eat some ‘superfoods’.
Give your body a workout (as well asyour mind).
A change is as good as a rest.
Experiment with several alternative revision techniques so that revision is more fun and your motivation to study is high. Check out these revision techniques:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision/



Tips for keeping calm during the exam:
Try to avoid panic.
Breathe deep.
Blankety blank?
If your mind goes blank, don't panic
Don’t dwell on past exams.

A unique revision system i learnt from my school teacher

Since exams i the focus of this month, so here's one more exam tip. This one related to revision. In my school days i was influenced by my science and math teacher Mr. Neogi. His teaching style was uniques and i have picked up a great revision techniques that he instilled in all his students. I wrote about it in OURAeSI long back and here again i am reprinted it as i think it will be helpful for students of Aeronautical society of India for their exams.

So this is what i wrote back then in OURAeSI

With exam just around the corner, I thought of sharing a great way of revision that Mr Neogi, my class 10's science teacher taught us.

Well how many of you have seen index on the back of any standard book. I am sure no one missed it but have you ever thought that this index can be a great tool for revising particularly when your course is complete and you want to concentrate on some important topics.

This is how i do it. Lets say my flight course is completed and i have throughly read the whole syllabus!. Then what do i do. Do i continue to browse through all the notes every time i read. Well no. I just go to the index and take a topic randomly and start writing about it. This serves 3 purposes.
1. I am strengthening the concepts in that particular topic.
2. By writing i am getting my speed so that i won't grasp for speed in exams. and in my case i am getting used to the spellings for which i can put a 4th Std student to shame!!
3. Just choosing and getting to write about any randomly chosen topic give a feeling of being in exams. It not only test my preparedness but also helps to gather some extra points which i might have missed when i was having a thorough study.

Well these are the primary advantages of the system that Mr. Neogi taught us. Its great and what more it works and i don't have to depend on others for this system. Kind of a self-study ! So guys if you like it, just make it yours.

Wishing you all the best !

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Revision time for AeSI exams

AeSI exams are upon us. In next few days exams will be the primary
attention of an aesi students life.

It's so intriging to see how like a major sports event, the attention
of the whole aesi shifts to exams during this time of the year.

But does anyone know when aesi exams are actually starting. I have no
idea. I am hoping perhaps someone will fill me in with this information.

Meanwhile it should be revision time for you guys and gals.

Revision is all about review. It's asking question on what you have
already studied. It's giving yourself a short focused quiz on a
particular topic. It's about doing numerical problems randomly from
various topics without looking at the answers. It's about checking
your understanding of the topic.

So go revising. Idealy this should be the bulk of your study time.

I have been ranting about revisions a lot in this blog, find more by
clicking this link http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=revision

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HOW TO FAIL YOUR EXAMS !!!!!!

Well sometime you get great post from someone in OURAeSI and vladimir mclousky was one of them who has posted some good things in OURAeSI. One of the gem that i enjoyed while in my aesi days is the one i reprinting it here. Its great.

With AMAeSI examination just right the corner, all those who are giving exams do read how to fail your exams!!!



Play it by the ear : No need to plan for the exam.

Don’t revise : If you don’t know it, revision is a waste of time. If you do know it, why bother to revise.

Aim to just pass : No wasted effort needed.

Don’t learn exam techniques : Exams are bad enough without learning techniques as well.

Do not anticipate questions : You may be wrong and just waste time.

Don’t read previous papers of examination : Why burn the midnight lamp and waste your oil!!

Just do first five questions : The format hardly matters, all questions are bad anyway.

Don’t worry about the actual questions : Its more interesting to write what you want, and show the examiner, you know the subject what its all about.

Ignore the instructions : They only put you off.

Don’t check the time : You could write a few more words instead.

Never check answers : There will only be a few minors’ errors.

Always start with introduction and end with summary : That way you can forget about the middle.

If in doubt, waffle : The examiner will probably think you know it all and have done it all.

Be disorganized : You can always get a pen from invigilator.

Don’t bother with question numbers : It will be obvious which question you are answering.

Have a little drink just before the exam : it helps you relax and prevent you from over stress.

Include a note to the examiner wishing him/her happy year and explain how pressured you have been : examiners are human and a bit of flattering never goes a miss !!!

cheeeeeeeers and all the best to all of you...

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'Keep in touch' Study technique

Keep in touch. It's as simple as that. If you keep in touch with what
you are studying and is being taught in the class, you don't have to
toll hard during exam time.

By this i am reffering to follow active revision policy. Revise
everytime. Revise at the start of the study session, revise at the
end of the study session and setup a revision day.

So make a revision centric timetable. Sandwich your study hours with
small slices of revisions. Do recall and summarize session for 3
minutes before every study hour.

This simple change in your study routine can help you leapfrog way
ahead of anyone.

Try it!!

More study technique tips can be found at http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=study-tips

6 lessons from this semester

1. Always revise what Sir has taught in class. The more you revise the more  u will grasp. And this semester I am more confident on the topics that I had revised than the one I neglected. So don't  forget to revise what you learnt in class and do it within 24hours of the class!

 

2. Out of the seven days a week always set one day for revision. This is the day u will revise all that you have learnt in that week. This is important as this will classify all the information you were collecting all week and will give you a proper broad perspective of things you have learnt.

 

3. revision is not only of the theory but also of all the numericals. Don't neglect them. Only seeing won't do. Do it on paper. You are not here to save paper so do it on paper and with pen just seeing it won't do any good.

 

4. And always be at par with the things that are going on in class. That is don't lag behind on what the faculty in class is doing. Stay with him. If you missed a topic, work hard give some extra effort and study along with him. This helps tremendously as you will see in the end of the semester you won't have to run fast to cover the topics.

 

5. Keep a log book of the things you have learned or the topics that you have studied and covered so that  you can revise it latter by seeing that log. This also helps in boosting you confidence to see all the topics you have covered at one place. So maintain it. Its sometimes boring but  very useful tool of motivation and revision.

 

6. And above all stay focussed. I read somewhere and it applies her too. Passion can motivate you towards your goal, its only hard work that will yield it. So work hard. There's no substitute to it.

 

AeSI exam schedule of june 2008 and aesi new website

Thanks Aaditya for the update about the AeSI website.

Rejoice folks AeSI has a new website and from the looks that i had right now. It looks professional. It is also maintained by a private company. Hope now all aesi info's will be available there.

the link to the website is http://www.aerosocietyindia.com/

Well write more on this as and when i get the time. For now enjoy.

And for those looking for exam schedule of june 2008. Look no further...

SECTION – A (MODIFIED SYLLABUS)
DAY         DATE         TIME                 SUBJECT
Monday         16 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Electrical Engineering
Tuesday         17 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Workshop Technology
Wednesday 18 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Engineering Drawing & Design
Thursday 19 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Strength of Materials
Friday         20 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Introduction to Aeronautics
Monday         23 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Basic Electronics
Tuesday         24 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Engineering Thermodynamics
Wednesday 25 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Applied Mathematics – I
Thursday 26 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Fluid Mechanics
Friday         27 June 2008 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Microprocessors & Software Engg.

SECTION – B (MODIFIED/UNMODIFIED SYLLABUS)
DAY/DATE 
Monday
16 June 2008 
Maintenance of Avionics,
Instruments & Systems Airplane Performance,
Stability & control

Tuesday
17 June 2008 
Mathematics – III 
Applied Mathematics – II
Airframe Power Plant and Systems 
Aircraft Materials
ATC Aerodromes and Air Routes 

Wednesday
18 June 2008
Aerodynamics – I
Aerodynamics
Electronics
Aircraft Production
Industrial Management & Engineering Economics
Aircraft Instruments

Thursday
19 June 2008
Aircraft Structures – I
Aircraft structures - I
Propulsion – I 
Aircraft Electrical Systems 
Quantitative methods 
Air Navigation 

Friday
20 June 2008
Advanced Strength of Materials
Propulsion - I
Control System Engineering 
Quality Control and Metrology 
Meteorology 

Monday
23 June 2008
Vibration and Aeroelasticity
Propulsion - II
Propulsion – II 
Aircraft Production Processes 
Airworthiness & Air-regulations 

Tuesday
24 June 2008
Aerodynamics – II
Aircraft Structures - II
Aircraft Structures – II
Avionics - II
Propulsion - III
Production Planning and Control
Avionics – II 
Advanced Aircraft Materials 
Production Planning and Control for Maintenance 
Air Transportation (Operations) 

Wednesday
25 June 2008
Aerodynamics Design and Testing 
Structural Design and Testing 
Measurements 
Production Management 
Maintenance of Airframe & Systems 
Vibration and Machine Dynamics 
Aircraft Evaluation 

Thursday
26 June 2008
Avionics – I Avionics – I
Maintenance of Power Plant & Systems 

Friday
27 June 2008
Management of Systems

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Revision technique to boost your studies

Today learnt a great revision technique from one of my teammate in
office.

We are all attending 5 days training on some new technology and today
was the second day. Yesterday, we began at 8 and finished at 5 with
some good topics and hands on. Today morning he entered and he took
out a sheet of paper and rerun all the things that we did last day.

So how can you apply it in studying for aesi.

Take a paper, and before you begin to read new text, new topic or new
material. Write on the paper all the things that you have learnt the
previous day on the same subject. Ask questions on what you read and
answer them. No need to be clean, concise or correct, just write.
Write whatever you remember. Imagine the terms and get them on paper.
Run through the topics one by one.

Well that's it, once this is done, turn the paper down and get back to
study the new stuff.

There are 3 distinct advantage of this technique.

1. You poke your mind and exercise it to get active and retrive the
information it received earlier. Just by remembering and writing it
out you strengthen the ties.

2. This exercise at the start of your study session sets up the mood
to study further, to learn more and to dive deep.

3. The old things and topics that you bring forward by means of that
paper creates additional pegs that you can hook the new informations in.

Well I believe if you follow just this method, you are well ahead in
your studies. Try it!

More study tips here
http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=study+tips

4 reasons to follow revision centric routine

1. It takes time. 2. Its not fun. 3. We assume no one else does it.
And 4. We feel its silly. Well these are the four reasons you have to
overcome for starting a revision centric routine. But if you can do
all this now, you are on the way to a successfull semester and career!

Locate your examination center for AMAeSI exams

AMAeSI exams are getting close and knocking the door. Everyone student by now must have received there admit cards and the information about the examination centers.

Here is a google map of where these examination centers are. If you haven't been to your examination center then check them out on this map.








You should see the map above if you are not able to see it click this link. Zoom in by clicking on the "+" sign, Clicking on the blue sign will give you the address.

Address of the examination centers is given below.

Technical Training Centre HAL service division Vimanpura Post, Bangalore –560 017.

Madras Institute of Technology Chromepet Chennai – 600 044.

JVSD Girls Senior Secondary School, Near Bagga Petrol Pump, (Opposite Hanuman Statue) D-2 Link Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi –110 005.

Government Institute of Electronics, 10-3-60, East Nehru Nagar, Secunderabad – 500 007.

Holkar Science College, Agra Bombay Road, Indore –452 302.

Air Force Station, Chakeri, Kanpur – 208 008.

IIT, Kharagpur – 721 302.

Academics Section, IIT Powai, Mumbai – 400 076.

Headquarters, Maintenance Com mand, IAF, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur – 440007.

Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Karvenagar, Pune – 411 052.

Central Polytechenic, Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 013.

Of all these centers i couldn't locate the centers og Kanpur and indore, if anyone does that please do tell me in comment, i'll add it.

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Results.

Stop thinking about results now.

In a weeks time AeSI exams wil begin so concentrate on your revision
and review.

Don't fuss over the results, stop all your mental calculations about
which paper you need to pass, what will be the question paper like
this time. Stop all this loop thoughts.

Concentrate on your review and revision. Let you mind go though all
the material and believe in it. It will supply all the required
information when you need it.

So that's it.

Best of luck!! Go out and shine!!!

How I used to setup a study routine for next semester

Setting up a routine was the first step that I took when I was in aesi?

Just before the announcement of aesi results, I used to sit and take
stock of my time and subjects and made a routine for the upcoming
semester.

I didn't follow the routine always but most of the time routine gave
me the ability to just begin. It automated many of the decisions I had
to make when sitting to study.

Since I had already assigned fixed hours to a particular subject, so I
didn't had a dilemma of what to study next? All I needed was a glance
at the routine, and I knew where my next hour is going to be utilized.

Here are some of the points that you might find useful while making
your own study routine.

1. Decide how much time you have per day. Keep it modest. Early
enthusiasm points that we can should alot the maximum hour available,
but the best strategy that I found is set a resonable minimum hours.
Set the number of hours that you are sure you will put into study no
matter what.

2. After the hours, decide on the subjects. Ponder on the lengh and
the structure of the subjects? Are they all theory or all numerical or
which section dominates

3. After deciding on the hours and the subjects, now is the time to
fit the subjects to the time available.

4. But before that, set the first half hour or an hour, whichever is
convenient to revise what you have learnt the day before. Yes revising
should be a part of your study routine. Begining early will enable you
to keep everything fresh. As the semester will progress the lengh of
revision hour will increase.

5. After the revision hour, set 30 mins a day ( any time you like) to
do exploration. This is the time when you just explore any topic that
you studied that day. It's not study but a time when you can dig
dipper and learn about a topic more deeply. You might want to use
wikipedia or google or a magazine or off course book for this kind of
exploration. This enables you a fresh prespective and keeps the
interest alive.

6. For the Rest of the remaining time, fill in the subjects, mix them
well. Theory with numerical and vice versa. The idea is to keep the
interest alive and not to be burden with studies.

7. Last and the most important point for making your own study routine
is think your week to have 6 days!! Yes 6 days!! Keep one full day
off. No studies on that day. That day is reserved for any hobby,
networking or anything that you are passionate about. This is the day
you test your passion, experiment and just live. An unplanned day
within 6 planned day will help you navigate your study ship to its
correct destination, help you ponder on your progress.

Hope this points will help you write a routine that maximises your
efforts in time for a fruitful next semester.

After this all that is required is execution. So come on execute.
Commit to yourself that you are going to follow this routine for the
next 30 days. And then do it. If you can continue for the 30 days, it
will become a habit.

So after making the routine, commit the next 30 days for following it.

Get the most out of your brain

Exams are round the corner and i guess it won't hurt you if i tell you about 12 brain hacks to improve and help your brain get the maximum out of yourself. This is the list of hacks i read recently in wired magazine

They are listed below.


1: Distract Yourself
2: Caffeinate With Care
3: Choose Impressive Information
4: Think Positive
5: Do the Right Drugs
6: Juice Your IQ Score
7: Know Your Brain
8: Don't Panic
9: Embrace Chaos
10: Get Visual
11: Exercise Wisely
12: Slow Down


According to the article, studying slightly different subjects from the one you want to learn makes your brain work harder to store the original information.

For optimal brain gain, take regular small tea breaks. Sip small quantity for optimum brain activity.

More impressive the information the easier it is to learn than others. So find impressiveness in the things you want to learn.

Learning new things actually strengthens your brain — especially when you believe you can learn new things. It's a virtuous circle: When you think you're getting smarter(that is thinking positive), you study harder, making more nerve-cell connections, which in turn makes you ... smarter

With "Do the Right Drugs" wired is talking about drugs but i'll say eat green vegetables, eat right.

Find all the hacks here

I have highlighted the tips i liked and felt are true for me. What are yours tell us in your comments.

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3 things to remember in the examination hall

Whatever you study, how you study and what part you study doesn't
matter as much the way you spend your time in the examination hall!!

This was very true for me, I lost priciples of flights paper because
of that and got through in workshop technology and thermodynamics and
electrical papers.

Here are 3 things that one should do in the examination hall so that
one can perform well in the exam.

A. Keep calm. Yes the ovious advice but it's the one that is mostly
needed. If the examination paper is easy, don't jump in joy. Keep your
cool and begin calmly, taking one step at a time. If the paper makes
you curse aesi, burn goyal, etc. keep calm and relax. Take a deep
breadth and concentrate on the parts that you know and begin from there.

B. Be in the present. During the exam hall don't go back to the past
or to the future. Stay right there in the examination hall. Don't
think of results, don't think of the next exams. Stay and keep your
mind locked to the exam you are giving. This will ensure you will give
your maximum to the questions.

C. Revise. Revise all that you have written. Read the questions
again and check if you have given the correct answer. Read my previous
post on revision to read more on how to revise.( link given at the end)

Bonus: Time your answers. Yes time management is crutial. Getting all
the answers done in the amount of time alloted always comes as an
advantage. Don't time your individual answers. The best way that
worked for me was deciding on the number of questions that I will do
in 60 mins. It didn't matter how long I took at one particular
question but the aim was to finish alloted number of questions in time.

Have a great exam guys and gals!! Do good preparation and have a
positive and confident attitude and reach for the stars!!!

Some links that you might want to pursue related to examinations.

http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=revision

Http://my-aesi.blogspot.com/search?q=exam+tips

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How i cleared my Workshop technology exams in AeSI

Perhaps in section A of aeronautical syllabus of AeSI,workshop technology is the most feared subjects after principle of flights. Feared in the sense that the passing percentage of this subjects is very low.

In my days of AeSI, after clearing WT and hearing something from our maths faculty at GIE, i wrote a piece on How to pass WT exam. I am reprinting it here as i see that this is still relevant and aesi students will benefit from it applying it to any other subjects of AMAeSI exams.


Last Friday in our maths class, our maths teacher Mr. Sajath, pointed
out that "...the examiner won't take the pain of checking it
again !" He said that if an answer is not clear and not complete or
the answer is one step short of the answer he has in his hand and the
handwriting is not legible, then the examiner who is perhaps checking
100's of copies won't bother but mark the answer incomplete and move
on!. This remark set my thoughts in this direction.

Well thinking from the point of view of examiner, i think i will also
do the same if i am the examiner. Its natural that when he
encounter's bad handwritting, he will get irritated and won't bother
checking it. So what do we do ?

Why not capitalize on this trait of the examiner. I mean why not use
this fact to our favour. Why not aim to submit our answer sheet as
the neatest copy that the examiner receives !! This has advantages.
The examineer will pleased to see a neat copy. It known fact that
good handriting brings good feelings. Ya its true. Observe your
reaction when you see really nice and tidy work. Well the examiner is
also a human, so tidy answer sheet will set the right first
impression on the examiner's mind. Other advantage will be that you
yourself will not have difficulty revising your work if it is well
paragraphed and neatly written.

YA i am not babling i am taking from experience. Now after that
remark when i thought of my exams i felt how true the statement was
because my workshop tecnology exam is an example. I know my friends
who gave exams with me were much more proficient in theory and were
more capable but what cleared me was my neat work. That exams i
conciously made my work neat and loo my WT paper was cleared. Well
another example was Thermo exam!!

As i write this i can see a quote on my mousepad. It says

GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT.
BETTER THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO TRY.

How true. So its your turn now, you can wait for good things or by
trying get the better thing.

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How to study mathematics.

There is a line of thought which says Mathematics is a difficult subject. But it shouldn't be so. In my college days I have so many of my friends squint in the name of mathematics. some loved it absolutely while others just did it because it was part of the course.

For me mathematics has been a favorite subjects since standard 7. It was in this standard that I leant about the beauty of mathematics and the powerful technique of revision that I am going to share with you here.

I have to say that the greatest lesson that I had from my school days sir was about studying maths and about revising.

He made maths easy and as far as I can say he made us understand the importance of revision.

What was his technique? It was simple but elegant. Whenever he came to class, he went for the blackboard and scribbled some numbers like this

exercise 1 : prob 3
exercise 2 : prob 6
exercise 4 : prob 4, 6

and gave us ten minutes to solve the problems he listed on blackboard. So what was unique. He never began teaching us new topic before we had a practice of the what he has already taught us. He never minded if we cheated as he said, do it with open book but learn so you can apply it in exams and in life later.

How can one apply this concept for learning anything?
Maths has problems like this propulsion 2 is a good candidate as it contains lot of problems

so apply this simple method and i know you will excel in maths. I sure did !!

4 tips for handling exam anxiety during the examination

AMAeSI exams are here and here is some of things that I did in my exam time. All of this has helped me in my exams. Hope they will help you too.

Don't get excited. Keep things calm. If the paper is good don't jump. Calmly begin answering. If questions seem to come out of mars don't panic and revolve your eyes in the examination hall. Be calm take deep breath and attempt the next question that you know.

If you get stuck. Pause and then think hard. If this works, good if it doesn't, don't push yourself hard. Pause… leave some space and carry on with the next section or question... this usually does the trick for me. Down the line I used to get a hint of the question I was stuck and I came back to it.

Keep a close watch on time but don't be too tight on it. Time not one question but take a more general approach. Instead of saying “I will answer 1 questions in 20 minutes!!” Define “I will cover 3 questions in an hour.” This works more than keeping a question wise timing. Some questions might take  long while some less time but you should put 1 hr 3 questions as your time target. This enables you not to look at time very often.

Lastly in all examination paper do keep last 30 mins for revision. its must!!

How to revise.

Put the answer sheet back. take the question paper read the questions you attempted and formulate point wise answers. After you covered all question check and optimise any of the answers you might have discovered while revising.

Best of luck!!!

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