This is when I should arrive to the test.
What is early?
I should read these carefully when I begin the test.
What is the directions?
What is "C"?
If any part of the statement is this, then the entire statement is this.
What is false?
I should focus my attention on this to calm down.
What is my breathing?
I should plan to ignore this when taking the test.
What is students who finish before me?
I should read all of these before choosing the answer.
What is all of the options?
I should look for these in both the question and the answer.
What are similar words?
Statements containing these words are usually this: no, never, none, every, always, all, only, entirely.
What are false?
I should repeat these two things when I have negative mental thoughts.
What are "STOP!" and affirmations?
I should ask for a blank piece of paper from my teacher to do this.
What is "brain dumping" or "mind mapping"?
I should do this if I do not know an answer.
What is mark it and come back to it?
This answer is very seldom correct.
What is "none of the above"?
Pay attention to these in a true/false statement: not, cannot, can't, won't, don't, no.
What are negative words?
I should recreate this to "set the stage" for taking the test. I do this by getting practice tests from my teacher, creating my own, and taking the test in the same time frame I am given in class with the same kind of distractions.
What is the testing scene/environment?
Do these three things before you take a test.
What is getting a good night's sleep, eating a high protein breakfast, and drinking plenty of water?
What is negative words?
This answer is often correct if the answers are very specific.
Pay attention to these: such as, therefore, thus, because, consequently, so, as a result.
What are conjunctions?
I can discover this by tensing and relaxing muscles and becoming aware where the relaxation occurs.
What is the tension in my body?
I should practice this before a test where I visualize succeeding on the test, mentally "going where the information is stored in my brain", or breathing techniques.
What is guided imagery?
I should read this, think of the answer, and then find it in the choices.
What is the sentence stem?
If two of the options are this, the answer is probably one of them.
These that fall between extremes are usually true: seldom, sometimes, often, frequently, most, many, few, some, usually, generally, ordinarily.
What are qualifiers?
I can practice this by closing my eyes and seeing myself in my favorite, most relaxing place. I can then take this "trip" during the test to relax.
What is guided imagery?