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I dont know how much your teachers have done with some of you but incase you got really unlucky with teachers or whatever (maybe motivation?? 
) here's some advice.
Multiple choice
- you should be able to define it down to 2 or 3 possibly correct answers... sometimes 1 if you're lucky. but always go with common sense and i find a useful tip is to put yourself in the shoes of the person writing the question. think about how you would trick the person answering and how you would structure the choices.
written answers
- follow the S E E principle, that is:
State: define the term you are talking about
eg: 'frequency' is the first point of the FITT principle.
Explain: elaborate on the point.. this is where you should attempt to drop in all your syllabus terms and descriptions if you can. Examples are really important as they show a subjective understanding of the course.
eg: this refers to how often the exercise is conducted
Example: give an example WHEREVER possible, even if it cannot be a direct one.
eg: for example, a weightlifter may train everyday for an hour and allow himself two days off on the weekend to recover.
A lot of people think you can get through a PD/H exam by simply using general knowledge.. while it helps a little to fill in gaps, you cannot rely soley on that. Try to remember STRONG points of the topic areas and build on them. It's too late now to be trying to learn everything back-the-front.. you simply wont have time. My best advice is to make acronyms of lists you need to remember and spend your study time answering questions (and multiple choice) with your notes open beside you. write your answers off them, then re-read your answers a few hours later... then again the next day.. or if you're reading this the night before - over breakfast!
Take it light but devote all your time to it.. even when you're having a break for lunch or watching the cricket, re-read your notes and keep condensing them down.. this will package them in your head really well.
If you're low on notes, there's awesome course summaries on this site that i've been using.. very helpful thanks BOS team! so if you havent gone and printed all of them out yet - maybe you need to go into the room of mirrors and take a good, hard look at yourself.
) here's some advice.Multiple choice
- you should be able to define it down to 2 or 3 possibly correct answers... sometimes 1 if you're lucky. but always go with common sense and i find a useful tip is to put yourself in the shoes of the person writing the question. think about how you would trick the person answering and how you would structure the choices.
written answers
- follow the S E E principle, that is:
State: define the term you are talking about
eg: 'frequency' is the first point of the FITT principle.
Explain: elaborate on the point.. this is where you should attempt to drop in all your syllabus terms and descriptions if you can. Examples are really important as they show a subjective understanding of the course.
eg: this refers to how often the exercise is conducted
Example: give an example WHEREVER possible, even if it cannot be a direct one.
eg: for example, a weightlifter may train everyday for an hour and allow himself two days off on the weekend to recover.
A lot of people think you can get through a PD/H exam by simply using general knowledge.. while it helps a little to fill in gaps, you cannot rely soley on that. Try to remember STRONG points of the topic areas and build on them. It's too late now to be trying to learn everything back-the-front.. you simply wont have time. My best advice is to make acronyms of lists you need to remember and spend your study time answering questions (and multiple choice) with your notes open beside you. write your answers off them, then re-read your answers a few hours later... then again the next day.. or if you're reading this the night before - over breakfast!
Take it light but devote all your time to it.. even when you're having a break for lunch or watching the cricket, re-read your notes and keep condensing them down.. this will package them in your head really well.
If you're low on notes, there's awesome course summaries on this site that i've been using.. very helpful thanks BOS team! so if you havent gone and printed all of them out yet - maybe you need to go into the room of mirrors and take a good, hard look at yourself.