Post Exam Analysis 2025
Here is a collation of useful links for exam analysis.
On One Hand
This support sheets helps students structure an answer…
Exam Time Clock
Resources:Examination Paper(s)What to do:Get students to complete an ‘exam time clock’!They must section off from a clock how long they have for each question in their paper.They should write in the question, the marks its worth, what ‘type’ of question it will be, what usual command words arise and some key principles in answering that […]
EXAMiner Reports
Resources:A knowledge of your examination board.Click here to view an example!What to do: After marking any mock examinations. Ask staff to send their comments regarding the strengths, weakness or trends and patterns they found for each question (much like exam boards do after marking for any exam). Then write an internal examination report, replicating the […]
Glass Half Full or Half Empty.
Resources: An image of a glass! What to do: Nice and simple! Provide some typical examination questions. Ask students to write exam questions that they are comfortable with in the glass half full section. In the glass half empty section ask them to write questions they are dreading or worried about. Take these in, then […]
Books? Ready?
Resources:Click here for an editable template!What to do:The activity is part of a difference a day and ensuring that students are ‘revision and exam ready’. It encourages students to reflect on what their learning in their books looks like. E.g. Can they revise from it? Do they have everything ready for their exam? Guest Post […]
Walking Talking Mock
Resources: PowerPoints x4 (AQA Higher, AQA Foundation, Cambridge IGCSE Core, Cambridge IGCSE Extended) Past Papers x 4: (AQA Higher: Jan 2011; AQA Founation: Jan 2011; IGCSE Core: Specimen Paper [School in Botswana / Wild Dogs]; IGCSE Extended: Specimen Paper [Beast of Bodmin Moor / Unicorns and Yetis]) Click HERE for a folder with all of […]
Rotation Squares
Resources:Click here for examples of these Rotation Squares.and here for more examples! What to do: The squares are an adaptation of my concentric squares idea. Click here. The question must be placed in the middle of the page. Around the question are prompts explaining what must be done. Students then rotate around the square completing […]
Exam Revision Mat
Resources:Download a template from HERE Download the EXAM Mentor Mat from here too! What to do: Create an exam revision mat (and laminate!) for students using the key content from the Specification. Add questions to generate deeper understanding and evaluative knowledge as well as stretch and challenge. Allow students to answer exam papers with the mat to […]
Getting it wrong
Resources: Past exam papers or exam style questions (1 between 2). (Optional – Large sheets of paper for making posters if you wish). What to do: Students work in pairs on past exam questions, to consciously but CONVINCINGLY get the wrong answer. The idea is that they are to consider what mistakes could possibly have […]