Aplus
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The handwriting thing works especially well for subjects like Biology where you memorise the material and just regurgitate it onto the short and long response questions. Once you get into the exam room and find a question, you can think to yourself, "Hang on, I've written this in my notes before." It is also generally a good way to calm your nerves because you feel as though you have had some prior experience. Also, the way in which the neurons in your brain work, might mean that, if you write your notes out a few times, your brain should be familiar with the pattern of your hand movements and what you write down. So when your writing your answer in the examination, the adrenaline and chemicals in your body will allow you to relate back to that time when you were writing this very answer in your notes. I'm not too sure if I'm making any sense here, but that's how I see it...