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0:00 [Music] hey guys it's tassaji academic skills coach here to help you get on track and stay on track with your cape and c-sec preparation today we're going to be covering five study tips and tools for cape and csec exam prep each of the five areas that we're going to be covering will work together to help guide you on your study approach if there's anything you'd like me to explain a little bit further or if you just have any questions don't be afraid to leave a comment or even dm me on instagram and thank you so much to those of you who've been liking and sharing and subscribing and sticking around i really appreciate it the first area that we're going to cover today is mindset do not underestimate the importance of
0:47 having the right mindset for your study process and as an academic skills coach i can tell you this area is probably the most important area that we're going to cover today because without the right mindset everything else about your study process will just fall apart so we're going to be covering three main points on a good study mindset for preparing for exams like c-sec and cape the first thing i wanted to keep in mind is that although exam prep can be tough it is possible it is doable i've worked with a lot of students as an academic skills coach who just don't feel like doing well is possible for them and i don't want you to think that way you can do well focus your mind on doing the best you can identify the weak areas that you need to work on and put the effort and the energy in to
1:35 building yourself up and resolving any of those weak areas it will require work and sometimes it will be really frustrating and you might feel demotivated but keep going keep pushing yourself through alright so next whether or not you think you have a lot of time or a little bit of time focus on making the most of every single day that you have get into the mindset that every single day has value and every single moment is an opportunity for you to improve if you're watching this at a time when your exams are just a few weeks or even just a few days a week recognize that there's still an opportunity to grow there's still an opportunity to learn more and i want to share with you guys a little story from when i was doing
2:21 my biology csec exam and we were all gathered around these tables and the teacher said if you don't know it now you're not going to know it so just close your books and i was there like so she was saying the prayer and i was there like with one eye peeping open looking at the biology book i had just randomly flipped it open to a page in the book and it was all about the fly life cycle and i went inside the exam and i open up that paper and you know first thing on that paper i don't know if it was the first thing but the first thing i saw on that paper was that i had to draw a life cycle of an insect and i chose to fly because i just saw that and like it was something i hadn't refreshed myself on in a long time
3:06 and i just happened to do so right before the exam i say all that to encourage you not to throw in the towel just because you have a little bit of time keep going treat each moment as valuable don't put up your legs and relax because you think you have a lot of time and also even if you know that you don't have much time don't give up keep working the third thing i want you to keep in mind in relation to your study mindset is that you need to keep a balance and this one is really important i do encourage you to push yourself you should set times when you have to study and make sure that you completely avoid distractions during those times make sure that you access some questions you know what else can i do to avoid distractions what else can i do to improve my study process
3:52 hold yourself accountable don't make excuses for yourself and make sure that you're giving your all but at the same time make sure that you're getting enough rest if you have extracurriculars that you're doing and you're able to continue them continue that extracurriculars have value for your mental health and for your future and even if you don't have much time until your exams come around do not run yourself dry make sure you're still getting enough sleep and especially the day before your exam like please listen to this tip it's better that you know 10 things and remember eight things then you know 12 things i remember three things because you were tired and you fall asleep in the exam and your brain is just not functioning
4:37 remember that your body is a machine and you need to treat it with care you need to make sure that you're eating as best as you can and you're getting the right amount of rest so that when you go into your exam you actually are able to perform the best that you can a really common exam sees a mistake is not caring for yourself and if you'd like to see other common exam season mistakes you can check out this video that i made especially if you're in like the thick of the exam preparation then i recommend that video you should check it out so for your study mindset recognize that exam prep is tough but doing well is possible focus on making the most of every moment and also make sure that you maintain a balance and take good care of yourself throughout the entire study process all right so let's move on to number two
5:24 make sure that your study is targeted and here's what i mean by that your study process should not be happening in some random fashion if you are entering a competition for example you will want to make sure that you know the criteria that the judges are using to determine who's going to be the winner if you want to win if you want to do well in the competition so for example i say it's a hat competition and there's a prize for the most colorful hat you want to know okay what do you mean by most colorful are you going to count the number of colors how are you going to judge it if you're in a competition for the best pumpkin are we judging by the richness of the color of the pumpkin are we judging by the size of the pumpkin are we judging by the skin
6:09 like is the skin beautiful like if you enter the competition you want to look at the criteria and see you know what can i do to make sure that i get the most points in this competition and it's the same with your exam you want to make sure that your study process aligns with what the examiners expect you to achieve in the exam and that's an important theme for this video obviously i don't want you to think of your exams as a competition but i hope you get the comparison that i'm trying to make txc has put out a lot of really great resources that you can use to see exactly how they're grading you and even why they've chosen to grade you in that way you can see what they needed to show that you know or what they needed to show that you can do in other words you can see the sort of skills and competencies that they
6:56 expected to show that you have mastered you can see common mistakes you can see max schemes you can see sample answers completely free all you have to do is go to cxe store.com and just click around at the different subjects that you're doing and see which resources are available for free and just download them and i already did a video where i went into detail about the different free tools that you can access to help you with your exam preparation so if you haven't seen that video i really encourage you to check it out after you finish watching this one and in that video i also shared at the end some good tips for last minute prep so especially if your exams are right around the corner i really encourage you to check that one out
7:42 so make sure you have the right mindset make sure your study is targeted and number three all right so that was part one of cape and c-sec tips and tools and if part two is already out it will be linked above my head as well as in the description box but if it's not altered yet it'll be here very soon i really wanted to split this video up so that it could be really easy for you to take in everything i talk about but i hope that you enjoyed it and if you did make sure you like the video and of course if you think that this video will be valuable for someone else who's doing cape or csec make sure you share with them and if you want more videos that can help you stay on track with your academic journey then make sure you hit subscribe thank you so much for watching and until next time stay on track
