MBEYA REGION
Form Four Pre-Necta Examinations 2021
All Subjects
The exams have been combined in one
package
Make Confidence in Exams
Positive
Imagery
Visualising successful performance has been found
to increase confidence. Spending time imagining a positive
experience will also help students manage nerves. Pictures are better than
words. Picturing yourself doing well has been found to be more effective at enhancing mood and reducing anxiety than
telling yourself you will do well. It is worth noting that there are some
potential downsides to daydreaming about your future success, as
discussed here,
but these relate to behaviour and self-control strategies over a long period of
time. Thinking positively for a few minutes the evening before an
exam (and once you’ve put in the hard work) shouldn’t affect this, and it
will help boost your mood.
Remember
Your Previous Best
Thinking about previous positive experiences will
help improve confidence. Students should remind themselves of a successful exam
to help them feel more confident about an upcoming one. They should think about
what helped them do well in this previous exam and how they can apply that now.
This is a metacognition exercise
that is also a good skill to develop throughout the year.
