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How to Write an "A" Exam in 4 Easy Steps

Learn how to:

Spot the issues, using the skills of active reading to mark up your exam question;

Organize and plan the answer, developing a down-and-dirty graphic device to keep your answer organized; and

Write an "A" answer while avoiding common blunders that undermine exam grades.


Compare the "A" - "D" Answers
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Exam Busters illustrates and explains an "A" answer, but it goes beyond that.

Exam Busters also illustrates and explains answers that would be graded "B," "C," and "D."

Designed by professors with years of experience grading exams, these sample answers target the common blunders that students commit over and over and that you can avoid on your exams.
 
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Learn the Ideal Method - The Exam Buster describes the ideal approach to exam taking. We describe the ideal by making all the reasoning and planning that goes into writing an exam completely explicit.

Exam Buster Model

In any real exam, you will do a lot of this quickly and automatically in your head.
The goal of Exam Buster is to make your real-life exam taking come as close to the ideal as possible.

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How to Begin - This Exam Buster focuses on the rules regarding:

The Parol Evidence Rule - The tutorials (six in total) and related materials are accessible via our Contracts Essentials course.

You may find the following helpful in assessing your understanding of the rules regarding the Parol Evidence Rule.
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Step One: How to Approach An Essay Exam
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Step Two: How to Spot the Issues
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Step Three: How to Organize and Plan the Answer
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Step Four: How to Write the Answer While Avoiding Common Blunders
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Analyze and Compare the Answers ("A" - "D") - The following answers and their critiques reveal a schema of common blunders that students commit over and over and that you can avoid on your exams.

Click here to open a .pdf of the "A" answer

Click here to open a .pdf of the "B" answer

Click here to open a .pdf of the "C" answer

Click here to open a .pdf of the "D" answer

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Need Content Reinforcement? - If you feel you need reinforcement on the rules regarding the Parol Evidence Rule, you may wish to access the tutorials, as follows:

Contracts ($30)
Contracts Essentials (Click here)
Offer and Acceptance (5 tutorials, with related materials)
Consideration (7 tutorials, with related materials)
The Parol Evidence Rule (6 tutorials, with related materials)
Remedies (22 tutorials, with related materials)


.pdf Contracts Course Catalog - Click here for a .pdf catalog of these Contracts tutorials.

Click here to see the index of our Contracts Essentials materials.

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Return to Courses Home Page - Click here to return to the Courses Home Page.
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