Monday, October 25, 2004

Study and test tips...

Here are some study and tests tips... I'll try to add more as I remember/rediscover them...
Study tips:

  • Study eating something, then eat the same thing while you are testing (starlight mints are reccommended)
  • Hybridize to summarize (e.g., Spearmann had a theory of Generalized intelligence, Spearilzed; Thurston had an intelligence test based off of seven factors, Turseven) Just make sure that you are hybridizing relevant information for the type of test.. then study the hybridized term... repeat it over and over, and check to make sure that you remember what it represents. On a multiple choice test, this helps with recognition of the answers... whenever you see Thurston, you'll think Seven (intelligence factors) and vice-versa.
  • sleep after you study something really important, or at least take a break, and do something completely different.
  • Get a good nights rest before the test


Test tips:
  • Be calm, medium stress... enough to be fast and have adrenaline running, not enough to be terrified... be happy and excited.
  • Take MANY MANY practice tests to get used to the rhythm and style.
  • Do easy ones first, SKIP ones that require thought. (Circle the question number and write below it the answer your 'gut' told you)
  • Mark on your test... underline keywords, cross out definate wrong answers
  • circle correct answers and move on.
  • after you've answered the easy ones return to the hard ones, you might find that your mind already solved them...
  • if you get bogged down, move on, and forget about it. Return later.
  • mark answers on sheet after you've answered all the questions**WARNING** (this helps prevent mistakes from numbering when you skip a question, and keeps your mind focused on the test and not on transfering the answers, which can cause confusion and distraction, but be careful! make sure you have time to transfer the answers!!!)
  • check answers... but be wary of changing your orignal answers... you usually will change them to be wrong.

4 comments:

Kathleen said...

good to know! thanks!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for answering my question so throughly! I appreciate it.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for answering my question so throughly! I appreciate it.

Adrienne said...

Oops, I didn't mean to post twice and I thought I would post my name....haha, sorry.