How to use GradePod's Magic Marking Grid to Improve Your Exam Technique
GradePod's Magic Marking Grid a special tool designed to help you identify weaknesses in your concept knowledge and exam technique and help you improve your IB Physics grades quickly.
If you make mistakes when completing past paper questions, it is really important that you learn from those mistakes. It’s not enough just to chalk up your marks and hope that you’ll do better in the next paper.
There are three mind shifts required to be a successful physics student:
- Learn to love problem-solving
- Be resilient
- Become an independent learner
It is help if you start to think like a physicist too and embrace these three mindsets. If you're interested in other ways to change your study habits to get a 7 in IB Physics, I highly recommend one of my most popular articles, How to Study IB Physics.
To help you move quicker into this way of thinking, I like to introduce GradePod's Magic Marking Grid. It's a tool that will help you embrace all three of these mindshifts AND help you improve your exam technique in IB Physics in the most effective and efficient way.….
This is my magic marking grid and it will help you improve with every past paper (or class test) you complete. It is a tool you can use to receive personalised feedback on your performance in topic tests and past papers.
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Watch the ☝️ video ☝️ for a quick demonstration on how to use GradePod's Magic Marking Grid
I guarantee this marking grid will will:
- Provide outstanding, individualised feedback on your performance in tests
- Improve your exam technique
- Engage you in your own learning and self-development
- Encourage you to self-analyse and improve.
Take a look at the example below. The question numbers are along the top row. The concept of each question is listed in the associated column heading. Each row lists a reason that you lost the mark.
You can see from this example the the students needs to work on the following areas:
- Practice answering “explain” questions
- Familiarise themselves with the data booklet to help work out which formula to use
- Practice diagrams
- Get better at judging how reasonable their answers are
- Revise topics of double-slit interference, circular motion and capacitors.
So often we’ll complete a past paper and focus only on that final grade, without really analysing the exam technique and subject knowledge thoroughly enough. By taking time to complete this grid - a visual strategic plan has appeared allowing you to focus on the areas that need to be improved.
NOTE TO IB PHYSICS TEACHERS: This grid can help you write reports! Simply hand it to your students after their mock exams, collect them all in and you have instant, personalised and focussed feedback for each student.
Magic Marking Grid Instructions
I encourage you to use my “Magic Marking Grid” after completing your next topic test or past paper.
Here’s what you do:
- You complete the past paper to the best of your ability
- You use the marking scheme to correct the past paper
- You get a clean copy of the marking grid and place a cross in the box that identifies where you lost your marks.
You can then get a clear trend of what areas your exam technique is lacking and you can focus on improving these areas.
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GradePod's Magic Marking Grid will help you quickly identify any exam technique weaknesses and gaps in your subject knowledge - allowing you to focus your revision better.
Question:
How to use IB Physics Past Papers to Improve Your Exam Technique?
Answer:
Use GradePod's magic marking grid after completing any past paper. Then follow the step-by-step instructions above to identify areas of weakness in exam technique and subject knowledge. SORTED!
Get Your Magic Marking Grid HERE!
Hope this helps
