the New Jersey branch of AlMaghrib Institute.

EXAMS DEPARTMENT

Chair: Sr. Nihaad
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact the Exam Department by emailing exams@durbah.org

STUDY AIDS

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Guides

Upcoming Exam

The exam for Collector’s Edition will take place on January 1st, 2012.
Please look for the Exams Guide in the right hand side box –>

Exam stats from Decoded (September ‘11):
Exam Attendance: 30.0% (appx. 47 out of 155 students)
Average Exam Grade: 77.6%

Exam stats from Shahadah: Fiqh of Da’wah (June ‘11):
Exam Attendance: 42.4% (appx. 93 out of 220 students)
Average Exam Grade: 75.4%

Exam stats from The Last Breath (March ‘11):
Exam Attendance: 37.2% (appx. 88 out of 235 students)
Average Exam Grade: 69.7%

Exam stats from The Prophet’s Smile (January ‘11):
Exam Attendance: 41.8% (appx. 186 out of 443 students)
Average Exam Grade: 75.3%

Tips for Successful Students

Successful students exhibit a combination of successful attitudes and behaviors as well as intellectual capacity. Successful students…

  1. are responsible and active.
  2. have educational goals.
  3. ask questions.
  4. learn that a student and a professor make a team.
  5. don’t sit laid back and minimize the distractions.
  6. take good notes.
  7. understand that actions affect learning
  8. talk about what they’re learning
  9. are good time managers.
  10. don’t cram for exams.
  11. practice making retentive connections. They are able to connect past learning with the present.

(Adapted and shortened in 2005 by Alison Lake and Carl von Baeyer from a web page by Steve Thien, Kansas State University, which was based on the following articles in The Teaching Professor. Larry M Ludewig, “Ten Commandments for Effective Study Skills,” Dec 1992. John H. Williams, “Clarifying Grade Expectations,” Aug/Sep 1993. Paul Solomon and Annette Nellon, “Communicating About the Behavioral Dimensions of Grades,” Feb 1996.)