"From session to session, students live fun!" - it says in one funny little song. However, during the semester there are tense moments. These are colloquies unloved by all students. The colloquium is a kind of analogue of the exam, the form of which is chosen at the discretion of the teacher. This type of test is almost always taken into account when scoring or setting off for a semester, so preparation for it is very important. Let's see if it is true that if you correctly approach the preparation and choose the right materials for the colloquium, then you can easily pass this test.
Colloquium Options
Depending on the specialty and preferences of the teacher, this knowledge test takes various forms. The colloquium can be held in the form of public presentations with reports, in the form of a mini-exam with tickets and individual answers personally to the teacher, or in the form of a discussion in which all students take part. As a rule, representatives of technical specialties write a written work where they demonstrate their knowledge by solving problems and answering theoretical questions. For humanitarian specialties, public disputes are widely used, where at the end of the discussion, the teacher evaluates the answers of each student.
Material Search
In the preparation process, pay special attention to the selection of materials for the colloquium. Teachers always prepare certain questions that will be tested. Carefully study these questions, as well as materials for students that are provided to you. These are lectures and literature offered in the classroom. It is also recommended to look at the work of the teacher himself on these topics, this will give you a head start in front of other students.
It is not recommended to use the Internet as a search for materials at the colloquium if you do not know proven sources. Often on the web pretty blurry information.
Training
How to prepare for a colloquium to pass it without difficulty? Firstly, the easiest option is to periodically give lectures and read the relevant literature proposed by the teacher, regardless of whether the colloquium looms on the horizon or not. But if you do not belong to this type of students, then start preparing immediately as soon as you have been informed about this test. Give lectures, little by little the necessary literature, but every day, so that knowledge comes in portioned and memorized, rather than collapsing with an unbearable flow of information on the last night before the control.
Do not try to cram everything, choose the main important idea. Correct work with literature can have a significant impact in further research and writing a diploma. Write cheat sheets, this is not forbidden. Indeed, in the process of writing cheat sheets we learn to formulate briefly, and the brain remembers important information. Follow these simple rules, and preparing for a colloquium will not cost much.
How to successfully pass
So the decisive day has come. All materials on the colloquium are tightly packed in the head, and the mind is determined. An important tip is that before the colloquium you don’t need to stay long for textbooks, you need to get enough sleep. Do not take potent sedatives - they dull the mindfulness.
If the exam is written, writing should be as clear as possible, explain all of your designations, sign formulas if possible - generally write in detail. Do not be shy to write an answer in which you are not completely sure, because it is better to write at least something than nothing at all.
If the colloquium takes place in the form of a discussion, then you will have to take your shyness into the background and take an active part in the discussions. It is not forbidden to correct other students if they answered incorrectly and to make assumptions in which there is no certainty. It is worth observing tact in the discussion - do not shout and do not interrupt. If there is a desire to answer or correct the interlocutor, you need to give him the opportunity to negotiate, and only then express his point of view.
The benefits of colloquia
We figured out how to prepare for the colloquium and how to behave on it, and now let's find out what is the use of this intermediate control of knowledge.
A colloquium is a feature that sums up some big topic covered. The main benefit is that during the preparation, a large amount of the material passed is repeated, and through the control or discussion it will be deposited quite firmly in the memory, which will play an important role in preparing for the exam. Agree that it is easier to learn gradually than in a few weeks, but all at once.
Some teachers for a successful colloquium can immediately get an assessment automatically. So come to preparation with full responsibility, and it will be rewarded with good academic performance!