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Hello mates, happy new month. So sorry it is coming late, i was so busy with other things that it took me far away from the platform. But i'm glad i am back again.

In todays article i will be dwelling on why people fail tests. This was not the topic i work have started the month with, but since nothing came to mind quickly, so i decided to write about this. The inspirational came from the discussion between two students. Failing tests or examination is not only channeled to students alone, some companies give tests to their workers, either for employment, or promotion. To some these tests are hurdles to climb from a lower class to a higher one, some need them to leap from the lower school to the higher school, while some want them for their school leaving certificates thereby ending a phase in their educational ladder.

How do you prepare for your tests? If you have been working consistently all through; your preparation should not be a prolonged agony. Your revision should be without tears. It is not how many hours spent on reading that matters but how much is being absorbed.

When you feel tired and dreamy, weary and worn out, and your eyes goes over the same thing ten times without a trickle entering the brain, you must know that fatigue has set in. The quality of your work is reduced as fatique is increased and you find that you can no longer concentrate.

There are two major causes of failure in tests. The first is your lack of knowledge and the second, your inability to write about what you know. Lack of knowledge is sometimes due to laziness but more often it is possibly the opposite and wrong kind of knowledge.

You can even be gifted that you are able top repeat long sections by heart, but this is good to some extent and atimes very dangerous. The mistake is that you become so obsessed with memories that you give little attention to understanding so when the tests comes, you see a question that reminds you of something you know by heart, out you pour it into the tests script without first considering whether what you know is relevant or not. In nine chances out of ten, you have given the wrong answers and so obtain an unexpected score.

Having examined the causes of failures, what can be done to reduce this to a minimum extent? Firstly, you must read the instructions given to you before you set about answering it. Higher marks will be gained by students who answers five questions moderately than by answering three in detail and leaving two unanswered. Hence you should try yo spread you time over the whole questions and not just waste the whole time on a particular question.

Another important point to remember is reading over your work. Sloppymistakes make a very bad impression on an examination and these are corrected when reading over. See that you enter the test room at least five minutes before the paper is dumb to start. This will help you to get set, arrange your materials and cool down your nerves.

Final Thoughts

Finally, walking out of a test room before the time limit is reached or rushing to finish early can be very dangerous. Even if all possible question have been answered, there are always improvement on spellings, punctuations and presentation. On completing your answer, it is very helpful to read the questions you have answered again to ensure that you have answered the questions asked and remember a legible writing wins you the favour of the examiner.

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