BLOGS > MARCH 1, 2023
BY JENNY MEYER
During exams, educators notice an increase in students’ (and their own) stress levels. Educators want students to succeed, and the exam is a way to show that they have contributed to the students’ success. Students must pass the exams in order to receive the credit they need. They are focusing on their future, with many focusing on highly competitive universities.
Chicago Public Schools International Baccalaureate® (IB) Coordinator, Andrea Kulas, and math teacher, Rico Molato, share strategies and tools they use to help educators and students during exam time. Watch their short on-demand webinar for ideas you can start using today.
There are small things that educators can do to help reduce the stress and anxiety students feel during exams. These strategies can also be applied to educators.
IB schools can help reduce the stress that happens during exams by maximizing products created by the IB.
Questionbank is an online database of past exam questions that can continue to prepare students for exams all year long. Use Questionbank to create bell ringers or exit slips to check for understanding. Develop customized quizzes to check where students are or to ensure they have mastered the skill(s) addressed. Questionbank is a tool that staff can use to check that they have addressed topics and skills students should master before examinations.
Exam and Markscheme Packs allow students to practice a real exam using the latest exam questions. Exam Packs provide educators with exam questions and markschemes. Placing students in a simulated exam environment may help calm any nervousness they feel and build confidence when the real exam takes place.
Additionally, the IB has developed IB Inspired and IB Prepared to assist educators in ensuring students have the knowledge and confidence built throughout the school year to be successful during exams.
View all the exam resources on Titlewave®, including IB exclusives – Questionbank and Exams and Markscheme Packs – here.
Follett is your one-stop shop for IB curriculum support and exclusive IB products to help your students prepare for exams aligned with the current IB syllabi. To find out more, please complete this short form.
Jenny Meyer
Classroom Marketing Manager
Follett School Solutions
Jenny Meyer is a former middle school ELA and social studies teacher who has obtained a Master's Degree in Teaching from Dominican University. She stays fresh on what’s happening in education by serving on her local school board, attending conferences and webinars, and reading articles. Jenny reads to her two children nearly every day, and she prefers children’s literature herself over anything for adults!
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