Chayanan Bam Anu-ekjit

Mr. Abel Cadias

English 10 / 04

June 5, 2019

Should Mahidol University International Demonstration School provide a revision day for
quarter examination?

During the examination period, high school students are busy, preparing for the

upcoming tests. Students in many schools are struggling with limited revision time and loaded

amount of examination. In an article by Keeley (2017), the amount of revision time depends on

the number of enrolled courses, studying styles, and personal goals. Mahidol University

International Demonstration School offers students various elective courses along with core

subjects such as Mathematics, Science studies, and History. There are a lot of courses which

requires final examinations. The school tries to solve the problem of loaded examinations by

changing some of them into final projects which reduces the amount of exam, but these projects

also reduce the exam revision time. With the fact that the revision time depends on many factors,

how many revision days do MUIDS students need for quarter examination? And what course do

MUIDS students spend the most time reviewing for the exam? Mahidol University international

Demonstration school should provide students with a revision day for quarter examination by

considering the number of courses and time taken for reviewing each course.

The purpose of this research report is to find out the number of for revision days that

MUIDS students prefer, the time when they normally start to review, and what subject do they

spend the most time on reviewing. The following research is important as it raises the
much-needed awareness to the school in the aspect of properly managing appropriate numbers of

revision day for the students. It will also guide students to manage their revision schedule, and

assist them in finding the best way to review for the examinations. In this research report, the

author uses three academic articles from different sources in order to emphasize the point of

doing the survey and relate the interpretations to other research studies.

There are two questions in the survey. The first question asked for the number of revision

days that MUIDS students prefer. The choices are one day, two days, more than two days, less

than one day, and no revision day. The result in figure 1 shows that 22 or 36.7% of the students

prefer two revision days, 18 or 30% of students prefer more than two revision days, 14 or 23.3%

of students prefer one revision day, 3 or 5% of students prefer less than one revision day, and

other 3 or 5% of the students do not prefer any revision day. The second question asked for a

subject that students spend the most time reviewing for the examination. The choices are

mathematics, biology, history, elective courses, and computer. The result in figure 2 shows that

24 or 39.3% of the students think that mathematics is the subject that takes the most time to

review, while 22 or 35.7% of the students think that biology is the most time-consuming subject

followed by history, elective subjects, and computer with the number of 9, 3, and 2 or the

percentages of 16.1%, 5.4%, and 3.6% respectively. From the result, it can be seen that most of

the students prefer two revision day. In this range of time, they will have enough time to review

for the examination. Most of the students think that Mathematics takes the most time to review.

However, mathematics is not a reading-subject, students need to practice doing the exercises and
experience several types of question, which means the students need to manage their time

efficiently in reviewing each of the subjects that they are assigned to.

Students at Mahidol University International Demonstration School have loads of

homework and projects to be done before the examination because some subjects do not require

examination instead they require projects. Students have to manage their time to do the projects

and assigned homework. At the same time, they have to review for the examination. The lack​ ​of

revision time may cause the students to feel stressed and nervous, especially for some students

who worry about getting good grades. Studying with a limit amount of time can also cause

anxiety (Roussos, 2018). The studying techniques depend on different learning styles. Time is

not the only concern, the students also need to know how to review effectively depends on what

subject they are reviewing and what is their style of learning (Fleming, 2018). Therefore, it is

very important that the school should provide time for students to review for the examination by

taking into account the amount of student’s assigned work, the appropriate revision time for each

subject, and the student’s learning styles. Students who know how to review efficiently and have

enough time to review will be able to take all of their capabilities to do the examination

effectively.
 Figure 1 Number of revision days

Figure 2 The subject that students spend the most time reviewing
 From the research report, it can be concluded that Mahidol University International

Demonstration School should provide the students two revision days before the examination.

However, it is very important for students to manage their time well. Despite the fact that each

subject requires a different amount of revision time and a different way of studying, students

need to know how to prioritize the subjects they should review first and last, how much time

should they spend on each subject, and how to review the particular subject effectively.

References

Fleming, G. (2018). How Long Should I Be Studying? Retrieve May 27, 2019, from
https://www.thoughtco.com/how-long-should-i-study-3974539

Keeley, M. (2017). Memory and the importance of Review. Retrieve May 27, 2019, from
http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/memory.htm

Roussos, C. (2018). What Are the Causes of Exam Stress? Retrieve May 27, 2019, from
https://www.theclassroom.com/causes-exam-stress-7414016.html