Investigating Students’ Strategies For Revision For Their Exams. The Case Of 3rd Year Learners Of 'aghri Med Said' In Azeffoun And 'makhlouf Said'in Tizi-ouzou Secondary Schools

Résumé: This research is intended to investigate the different strategies used by 3rd year learners of “Aghri Med Said” in Azeffoun and “Makhlouf Said” secondary schools in Tizi-ouzou, Algeria in their revision for exams. Its objective is twofold. It aims first to identify the strategies used by students to prepare for their exams. Second, it investigates whether students use these strategies effectively while revising for their exams. The results of this study were interpreted relying on Francis P. Robinson (1941) and theory of SQ3R method (Survey-Question-Read-Recite- Review) which is a reading strategy. To conduct this study, a mixed method approach that consists of both qualitative and quantitative methods has been adopted. Therefore, 100 questionnaires have been distributed to third year learners. In order to analyze the data gathered from the questionnaire, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) is used for the statistical data. From the results collected, we have concluded that the use of effective strategies for preparing for exams is of great importance during the learning process of students, since the use the right and the suitable strategies such as mind-mapping, group revision, reviewing past exam papers… to succeed and reach their objectives.

Publié dans la revue: