Exam skills
Examination Skills Centre
Command words, AO1 and AO2 technique, timing, question choice, and annotated sample responses.
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- EXAM-00 How the examination works: two papers, five questions, choosing your two
- EXAM-AO1-01 What AO1 rewards: recall, selection and relevance
- EXAM-AO1-02 Developing a point: from statement to detail to evidence
- EXAM-AO1-03 Using Qur'an and Hadith evidence accurately
- EXAM-AO1-04 Structuring a 10-mark answer
- EXAM-AO1-05 Avoiding narrative drift and irrelevant storytelling
- EXAM-AO2-01 What AO2 rewards: understanding, significance and reasoned opinion
- EXAM-AO2-02 Writing the 4-mark understanding answer
- EXAM-AO2-03 Connecting belief with practice, and teaching with modern life
- EXAM-AO2-04 Giving supported reasons and handling different viewpoints
- EXAM-AO2-05 Beyond the obvious: finding the second and third point
- EXAM-SKL-01 Command words and what each one is really asking
- EXAM-SKL-02 Planning an answer in ninety seconds
- EXAM-SKL-03 Managing 1 hour 30 minutes and choosing your optional questions
- EXAM-SKL-04 Checking and improving your answer in the last five minutes
- EXAM-SKL-05 Choosing your two passages, and why Question 1 is marked as a whole
- EXAM-SKL-06 Staying inside the question: boundaries, relevance and the cost of extra detail
- EXAM-SMP-01 Annotated responses: the 4-mark passage answers, weak to top band
- EXAM-SMP-02 Annotated responses: the 10-mark answer, weak to top band
- EXAM-SMP-03 Annotated responses: the 4-mark AO2 answer, weak to top band
- EXAM-SMP-04 Improving a weak answer: a rewriting workshop