Score high with CBSE model papers

Scoring high marks in exams remains a dream for many. Scoring good marks in exams is not easy. One has to put in a lot of effort to crack each and every question. Practicing using CBSE model paper can be very effective as it helps in evaluating a student’s performance. These papers help know the actual preparation of the students. Also these model papers are prepared keeping in mind the pattern of question paper. Marks to each question are allotted keeping in mind the pattern.

After attempting the model paper, a student can easily identify areas that require more preparation. The CBSE model papers are very useful if they are solved or attempted after completing the complete syllabus.

Students usually end-up thinking that in spite of so much hard work why were they not able to perform better? Solving CBSE model papers is beneficial for those who are about to appear for their final exams. CBSE model papers are designed keeping in mind the present CBSE curriculum. This helps students get a clear idea about the marking scheme and questions. With rising competition in studies, every student wants to give their best and score high marks. Studying with CBSE model paper can be very helpful if taken seriously. There are ample types of CBSE model papers available online that a student can access anytime. CBSE model papers are a good tool to manage time during exams. Time management is very important. CBSE model papers give the student an outline of time available to complete the paper. Usually at the time of exams, students face mental pressure. This often results in poor concentration and lack of confidence. Practicing with the help of CBSE Model Papers can help students manage their time effectively in the examination hall thereby helping them reduce the level of test-taking stress.

Generally students do not keep a check on the time allotted to complete the exam and the word limit. It is necessary to write the answers in accordance to the marks. This helps in saving time from writing unnecessary answer.

Students who are planning to attempt the CBSE model papers must note that the CBSE model papers should be attempted only after completing the whole syllabus. Attempting the model paper before finishing the syllabus won’t be helpful. For positive results, attempt the papers once you are through with the whole syllabus.

Online NCERT textbooks

Online NCERT textbooks! Even imagining something like this about 10 years back would have been difficult. This must surely be the best thing that has happened for students, parents and teachers in a while! The NCERT textbooks online are available for classes I through XII for almost all the subjects. These textbooks available in both Hindi and English languages are in downloadable PDF format.

These online NCERT textbooks come in very handy for students of classes X and XII who wish to start reading the books, during the summer vacations and are sometimes unable to do so due to non-availability of these NCERT books in the stores before the month of July. Further, with online NCERT textbooks the teachers too can refer to textbooks of higher or lower grades for any clarifications, with ease without having to physically scout around for the textbooks. Then, there are those students who are more inquisitive than their peers and are on the constant search for more information on a given topic. It is for such students that the online NCERT textbooks can be a real boon. Now they can readily access NCERT textbooks of a higher grade and read up more on a topic that they may be currently studying. One of the objectives that the NCERT had in mind in making NCERT textbooks available online is to make the teaching-learning process organize itself around meaningfully structured units or sections (of topics) rather than treating the topics in a sequential approach. Doing so, it is hoped, would encourage students to try and comprehend a given topic/subject in its totality and see the inter-linkages within subjects and the interconnectedness of their entire syllabus as a whole.

Online NCERT textbooks have also proved to be very valuable for parents who take a keen interest in their child’s lessons and progress in school as they can now easily access their child’s prescribed NCERT textbooks online from anywhere and read the chapters therein. Parents can thus be better equipped to help them with homework or simply supervise their studies.

The online NCERT textbooks are available on the NCERT website and can be viewed by anyone. Once on the website, you simply have to select the class, the subject and the title of the book and Viola! - the cover of your online NCERT textbook gets displayed on your screen! You have to click on the cover and you get to view the contents page of your online NCERT textbook. From there on, you can view any chapter by simply clicking on it. However, all you students be warned! As you read through the pages of your online NCERT textbook in all its colours on the computer, you may fail notice the time, as reading anything online can be a differently engaging experience after all.

How to conquer Maths Anxiety?

Math anxiety is a concern for many students. Some students experience occasional problems in understanding the facts of mathematics while others have deep performance related issues in this subject. Many students all over the world tend to freeze during Maths tests, even if they known the procedure to solve the problems, understand all the formulae, equations and arrive at correct answers. So far it has been observed that fear of maths is the biggest obstacle in the path of learning Maths. 

Learning Maths is just like learning any other subject where true mastery can be achieved through practice. Students can outweigh the fear for the subject if they are honest and brave to make mistakes and learn from their mistakes.

Origin of Maths Anxiety
Maths anxiety generally occurs from a limited understanding of the subject. It also arises as a result of poor teaching that leads to unpleasant experiences. Most of the students who don’t understand the concepts, procedures and rules of the problem but try to memorize it, face the problem of anxiety.

Fear factor for Maths would no longer exist if the students follow few simple tips mentioned below:

Ask for early help:
If students face difficulty in a particular chapter, they can ask for tutorial help. Extra help can provide right boost to overcome Maths anxiety and add to their confidence to perform well in tests.


Cramming should be avoided:
Cramming for exams can often enhance Maths anxiety. So, students are advised to avoid cramming. They are suggested to break their study sessions into small portions. It is also advised to deal with problem areas as quickly as possible. All these would help minimize Math anxiety upto a large extent.


Emphasis on regular practice:
The best way to overcome Maths anxiety is to show a student that he/she can solve it correctly and can derive right answers. For the same, students should regularly practice problems related to their weaker sections. Rigorous practice and meticulous efforts would help the students get rid of their fear of Maths and side-by-side would also promote their conceptual understanding.  More and more practice ahead of an exam would help students identify their problem areas, rectify it and consequently boost self-esteem.

Learn Maths in an innovative way
Students who are tired of practicing problems from boring and mundane books can surely add a punch to their study schedule by practicing Maths from online puzzles, quizzes, graphics and animations. Students can go through various animated videos where problems are explained in a simple language for a complete understanding of concepts. These online study material and videos are available 24*7. Students have complete freedom to access this content at their own convenience.

Ask questions if confused:
Students should start learning Maths with a positive attitude and determination. They shouldn’t settle for anything less during the instruction sessions by tutors or teachers. In case of any confusion, they should ask for clear illustrations, demonstrations and simulations.

Teachers and parents of the students can play an important role to make certain that students understand problems in Maths presented to them without any confusion or ambiguity. They can also encourage them to work hard and get more practice. Once the students realize that they can learn Maths like any of the other subjects, the whole notion that Maths is a ‘tough’ subject and the resultant Maths anxiety can become a thing of the past.

CBSE Biology

Do you find studying CBSE Biology from textbooks bland and monotonous? If yes, then I have an interesting piece of information that might cheer you up! Now all you students out there need not study CBSE Biology just from your not-so-interesting textbooks as multimedia enriched study content is here to jazz up your studies. Multimedia enriched learning solutions can not only make studying CBSE Biology interesting for students, but can also simplify complex processes and concepts for effective understanding.

Here are a few interesting points that has made multimedia enriched learning solutions an instant hit amongst CBSE Biology students.

• Animations can be fun! Want to learn CBSE Biology by being a live witness to various biological processes instead of just reading about it in textbooks and are you exploring ways of doing the same? CBSE Biology animation can make your wish come true! Through various CBSE biology animations you can not only view various complex biological processes but can also discover some not-so-known interesting facts about the flora and fauna involved. Did you know that a frog has to go through seven stages before he becomes an adult frog? Through a click you can view all these eight stages of the life cycle of Frog from an egg to a tadpole and lastly to an adult frog. So the next time you find studying any concept in CBSE Biology difficult just look out for these animations online and add of the much required zing to your studies.
• Learn better through videos! One interesting feature of multimedia enriched studies is the availability of different types of subject-aligned videos. How about viewing a real-life video of blossoming of Ocotillo flowers? For all CBSE Biology students, real-life videos like this can be a true blessing. Apart from these real-life videos, there are other video that explains concepts in the same manner as the teacher does in a class. Students can go through these videos as many times as they desire in order ensure thorough understanding of the same.
• A boon for auditory learners! How about listening to an audio file of chirping of all the popular birds while studying about ‘Animal Kingdom’ in your school? Sounds interesting! I am confident that through an exercise like this, the interest levels of students for such topics are bound to raise manifolds. Study material supported with audio-video files like this is one of the USPs of multimedia enriched learning solutions. While studying CBSE Biology, students can choose to support their study material with such audio-video files and make learning a lot interesting and fun.
• Low cost! Unlike other mediums like live experiments, researches etc that can also make studies interesting and fun but with a relatively high price tag attached, this medium of studies is available to the students 24x7 at very low cost. There are various websites that make available multimedia enriched CBSE Biology study content at very low prices. Students can subscribe to these websites and make studying complex processes and concepts in CBSE Biology very interesting.

Students can indulge into these multimedia enriched learning solutions and see their marks go up!

NCERT Questions

A study guide can give answers to the NCERT questions but seldom can it do justice to the length and breadth of the syllabus for a given subject! Students often consider writing the solutions to the NCERT questions as wasteful time-consuming and futile activity. However, a thorough understanding of the various aspects of the NCERT questions and its utility can change their existing notions.

NCERT questions are typically the questions printed at the end of the chapters in the NCERT text books. Sometimes, questions by other private publishers based on the content in the NCERT text books may also be referred to as the NCERT questions. The end-of-chapter NCERT questions are made available in array of formats with the purpose to accelerate students’ pace of conceptual understanding. Therefore, while writing answers to the NCERT questions students should try to attempt all the questions since doing so will help them gain a thorough understanding of all the concepts present in the NCERT textbooks and give them the opportunity to assess their understanding of the said topics.

Apart from the overall understanding of concepts in the chapter, most of the problems that are asked in the CBSE board papers too are either from these end-of-chapter NCERT questions or are based on the topics addressed in them. For subjects such as Social Sciences and for some topics in Science these NCERT questions are hot favourites for the examination paper setters. It has been further observed that for application oriented subjects such as Maths and Physics the questions posed in the CBSE board papers may be loosely based on the NCERT questions–often the core concept being tested remaining the same, with variations in the values therein.. Therefore, all the students out there who are preparing for their class X and class XII CBSE board papers better take these NCERT questions seriously!

Students should essentially start tackling these NCERT questions once they are through with the entire chapter. A thorough understanding of the concepts in the chapter will help students frame conceptually correct and complete answers. If possible students should try to support their answers to these NCERT questions with neat and well labeled illustrations. While writing answers to the NCERT questions, students should also stick to the prescribed word limit.

While attempting these questions, students can seek help from the readymade NCERT solutions booklet. However, students should be cautioned to use the solution booklet as a reference book only. Complete dependence on such readymade material could be detrimental for students learning as it could hinder the ability of students to comprehend text and write answers in their own words. While seeking help from these readymade solutions booklets for NCERT questions, students should look for the following factors: clarity in language, , relevance to the chapter, word limit etc. There are various websites that provide free NCERT solutions to the NCERT questions for classes VI- XII.

So go ahead and use these free NCERT solutions to improve your grades.

Wishing you all the very best for exams!

NCERT Online

NCERT goes online! The NCERT textbooks can now be viewed online. Even a decade back something like this would have been difficult to imagine.

The NCERT was set up way back in 1961 by the Government of India as an autonomous organization to assist and advise the centre and state on policies related to education and help in the implementation of the same. Over the years, the council has increasingly taken on the role of the introducing innovations in the field of education in areas of reforms and curriculum framework.

The NCERT online textbooks have made life easier for a lot of students. The availability of online NCERT textbooks has taken the student-focussed educational initiatives of NCERT to new heights. The NCERT as an organization is not new to initiatives in the area of educational technology.  The Central Institute of Educational Technology set up in 1984 is a constituent organization under NCERT that undertakes several technology-based educational initiatives. The knowledge explosion of the last decade has enabled a situation where the knowledge-base doubles every 2-3 years (source: UNESCO “ICT in Teacher Education”). The Council’s decision to introduce NCERT online textbooks can also be rightfully viewed as a first step towards weaving knowledge in a multi-disciplinary fashion.

With the introduction of online NCERT textbooks the Council has made an effort to make the source of learning more flexible than the traditional ones. The driving force behind a move like this may well be the increasing awareness that knowledge does not come from a central source, but that it actually emanates from all around us. The move to make available online NCERT textbooks is a step that recognizes the huge potential of the internet.

As expected, the NCERT online textbooks are a huge hit with both students and teachers. The students can now easily access the textbooks for all classes from class I to class XII. They are free to read these NCERT textbooks online or download them for free, as they are available in PDF format. Each chapter is available as a separate PDF file and can be opened by clicking on the chapter title in the table of contents. With the textbooks going online, students who were previously likely to use ‘non-availability of textbooks’ as an excuse for their poor performance in schools, now had no one to blame but themselves! So, it was time to dig in their heels and study. That is a good job done by NCERT online textbooks!

Cheers!

Free NCERT Solutions

For any student studying under CBSE who time and again has to face the challenging task of framing the answers to the end-of-chapter NCERT exercise, free NCERT solutions are a ‘must have’. Keeping in mind the importance of this end-of-chapter exercise, students can seek help from these NCERT solutions anytime and that too at no additional cost. Since most of the questions asked in the CBSE board exams are either from these NCERT exercises or are based on concepts tested in them, therefore it is important that while referring to these free NCERT solutions utmost caution is practiced. Students should check their free NCERT solutions against the ideal NCERT solutions and only then start relying on them completely.

To help all you students out there, here is a checklist of the essential features that your free NCERT solutions must have in order to be complete.

• Make sure your free NCERT solutions are made available in a systematic and organized manner wherein, answers are organized both chapter-wise and within that they are listed page number-wise. An organized solution sheet like this will help in faster looking up of answers during revision and further promote effective understanding, thereby making the entire process of referring and studying from these free NCERT solutions smooth and less chaotic.
• Your free NCERT solutions should be tailored to suit each and every answer according to the requirements of the question. Often it has been observed that various free NCERT solution providers do not customize their answers as per the question and just put down everything related to the topic as an answer to the question. It is therefore left upon the students to filter out the information and frame the exact answer as per the requirement of the question. Therefore, in order to save precious time and score good marks in your final examinations only refer to free NCERT solutions that fulfill all these pre-requisites.
• For speedy understanding of concepts before the exams and to score well in the final examinations, it is important that you support the NCERT solutions with neatly drawn and well labeled illustrations. Your free NCERT solutions for subjects like Maths and Science can be called ideal only if they are well supported by graphs and illustrations. Free NCERT solutions like these will help students stay a notch ahead of their peers and it will surely help fetch them those extra marks.
• There are various websites that provide free NCERT solutions supported by videos, graphics and animations that promote effective understanding of concepts. These videos not only provide answers to the questions but also explain the concept as a whole. Such a complete understanding can indeed be very helpful for understanding related concepts. Hence, students should always be on the lookout for such websites that provide free NCERT solutions as these can make the process of learning entertaining and smooth.
• While seeking help from the free NCERT solutions, students should check the answers for grammatical accuracy. Sometimes the structure and presentation of the answers in the free NCERT solutions may be exceptionally good but the language used may not be appropriate. In such a case, students should make sure that they either switch to some other free NCERT solution provider or exercise their own judgement while referring from them.
• Students should refer to only those NCERT solution providers who offer free solutions not only for the main course book but also the supplementary book/s. Free NCERT solutions such as these will save time of the students in having to look elsewhere and help them understand and learn a subject holistically.

Now that all you students out there have your checklist in place, start surfing for free NCERT solutions online that have all these essential characteristics.

Free NCERT Solutions

For any student studying under CBSE who time and again has to face the challenging task of framing the answers to the end-of-chapter NCERT exercise, free NCERT solutions are a ‘must have’. Keeping in mind the importance of this end-of-chapter exercise, students can seek help from these NCERT solutions anytime and that too at no additional cost. Since most of the questions asked in the CBSE board exams are either from these NCERT exercises or are based on concepts tested in them, therefore it is important that while referring to these free NCERT solutions utmost caution is practiced. Students should check their free NCERT solutions against the ideal NCERT solutions and only then start relying on them completely.

To help all you students out there, here is a checklist of the essential features that your free NCERT solutions must have in order to be complete.

• Make sure your free NCERT solutions are made available in a systematic and organized manner wherein, answers are organized both chapter-wise and within that they are listed page number-wise. An organized solution sheet like this will help in faster looking up of answers during revision and further promote effective understanding, thereby making the entire process of referring and studying from these free NCERT solutions smooth and less chaotic.
• Your free NCERT solutions should be tailored to suit each and every answer according to the requirements of the question. Often it has been observed that various free NCERT solution providers do not customize their answers as per the question and just put down everything related to the topic as an answer to the question. It is therefore left upon the students to filter out the information and frame the exact answer as per the requirement of the question. Therefore, in order to save precious time and score good marks in your final examinations only refer to free NCERT solutions that fulfill all these pre-requisites.
• For speedy understanding of concepts before the exams and to score well in the final examinations, it is important that you support the NCERT solutions with neatly drawn and well labeled illustrations. Your free NCERT solutions for subjects like Maths and Science can be called ideal only if they are well supported by graphs and illustrations. Free NCERT solutions like these will help students stay a notch ahead of their peers and it will surely help fetch them those extra marks.
• There are various websites that provide free NCERT solutions supported by videos, graphics and animations that promote effective understanding of concepts. These videos not only provide answers to the questions but also explain the concept as a whole. Such a complete understanding can indeed be very helpful for understanding related concepts. Hence, students should always be on the lookout for such websites that provide free NCERT solutions as these can make the process of learning entertaining and smooth.
• While seeking help from the free NCERT solutions, students should check the answers for grammatical accuracy. Sometimes the structure and presentation of the answers in the free NCERT solutions may be exceptionally good but the language used may not be appropriate. In such a case, students should make sure that they either switch to some other free NCERT solution provider or exercise their own judgement while referring from them.
• Students should refer to only those NCERT solution providers who offer free solutions not only for the main course book but also the supplementary book/s. Free NCERT solutions such as these will save time of the students in having to look elsewhere and help them understand and learn a subject holistically.

Now that all you students out there have your checklist in place, start surfing for free NCERT solutions online that have all these essential characteristics.