Discover your teacher’s method in giving tests.

April 5, 2009 education No Comments

Every teacher has a particular method of teaching and a particular style of testing. If you have been under a particular teacher more than once, you already know her expectations and preferences. It will be easier for you to study and review. You can even expect the way she will ask questions in a test or exam and then review accordingly.

Of course, what matters is the subject, and you need not really pay attention to the personal taste and inclination of a teacher. But it is still she, as earlier mentioned, who gives you the grade and it wil be a long, futile and embarassing process to question it formally. It is much quicker, more practical and less complicated to give in to her personal preferences, as long as they are nto reasonable.

Some teachers are particularly with cleanliness and orderliness of test papers. They react strongly to erasures, un-aligned numbers, creases, spots, and illegible penmanship. These may be irritating personality quirks but you are after getting good grades, not winning an arguments with your teacher that she ought to give these quirks up. Giving in a little to her and only for a semester will redound more to your benefit than to her.

To be on the safe, observe the general rule of submitting a well done test or quiz, free of erasures, creases, unsightly spots and clearly written.