I have been teaching for over 30 years, and have worked as an examiner in a variety of roles for most of that time. My experiences in both writing exams and marking them have convinced me that exam technique is key to doing well: my experiences as a private tutor have convinced me that most teachers do not realise quite how crucial it can be!
My focus when I tutor is to build confidence by isolating problems and then helping the tutee to connect all the various facts (which they usually…