Exam skills resources by UNSW

Studying for Examinations: Some Basic Guidelines
This guide is full of great study methods and tips for better exam skills.

Multiple Choice Exams
Tips for sitting multiple choice exams

Essay Exams
Essay exams are designed to test your ability to synthesise information and organise your thoughts on paper. The points in our guide are designed to help you sit essay style exams.

Exam Skills: Clue Words
Tips on how to answer exam questions.

Open Book & Take Home Exams
This guide answers some questions about Open Book exams, offers suggestions about preparation and study, and some tips about sitting the exam.

Surviving Exams
Some commonsense tips on getting through the exam period in one piece and performing your best.

Exam skills from The University of Melbourne Academic Skills

Revising for exams

Improving your memory - for science students

Remembering facts for science students 

Writing essays in exams

3 things to help improve your exam results (before studying)

Eating for exams - what to eat to boost concentration and memory

The most underrated productivity technique is also the simplest. Take these two steps.

Studying for exams? Here's how to make your memory work for you.

Tips on how to survive exams from the State Library of Victoria - Ergo

Preparing for exams? Give yourself the best chance with these top 10 study tips, and try not to let the stress get to you.

Five proven hacks to help students tackle revision

VCE exams: Debunking the myths of studying

Unimelb Adventures have some advice on: 

Exam day tips

Clue words in exams

Five part series from The Conversation:

What causes mind blanks during exams?

Revising for exams - why cramming the night before rarely works

How to overcome exam anxiety

Catherine Morton