Improving exam techniques

[likeness]

The school has asked DS (13) to work on his 'exam techniques'. He is in the top sets, but apparently his test scores are not a true reflection of his knowledge and he needs to work on his exam techniques. How do we go about this? I don't know where to start!

@likeness do they mean he needs to work on speed and time management? or he is making silly mistakes? do you know if he can finish the tests?

@user12965 I don’t know what the problem is tbh as I haven’t seen the paper. But time management seems to be a problem and he does take too long finishing problems in maths for example. He also doesn’t seem to answer to the question and misses key responses/keywords.

@likeness ah ok my DS is much younger but has similar issues. focus on accuracy first then speed. so give extra time for tests first and focus on revision and self checking. then once that improves and the habits change, you can look at speed. how does that sound?

You need to ask for him to bring test papers home, you can't help without seeing what is going wrong.
Is this specific subjects or broadly across the board?

He needs to not spend too long on any question, using the number of marks to guide.
He needs to identify keywords (describe, explain etc).