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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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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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