Before the Test
What should you do the night before a test?
Get a good night's rest. At least 6-8 hours to help keep your mind on track for the test.
What is the first thing you should do when you get your test (after writing your name)?
Jot down any information that has been consuming your mind. Then look over the whole test.
How many paragraphs are you expected to write in the WRITING section?
5
Before you look at the answer choices, you should try and predict or solve the question. True or False
True!!
What should you do the morning of the test?
Eat a nourishing breakfast to provide fuel for the brain to run on. Foods that are high in protein.
What’s the better strategy: delving right in to answer questions or looking at the whole test first?
Skim the whole test, do some quick time budgeting, and develop a plan of where to start.
What section should you complete first? Open Response or Multiple Choice
Open response
What words or phrases should you circle or highlight in a multiple choice question?
What the question is asking you (key words) and where to find extra information.
How can you decrease test anxiety?
- Take practice test if possible.
- Take three deep breaths.
If you are having difficulties with a question, what should you do?
Skip it!
But be sure to circle it so you’ll come back to it. (And ALWAYS guess if you won’t be penalized for it.)
Open response questions will usually have more than one part. When you answer the open response, what should you remember to do when writing your answer?
Label the correct section with 1, 2, etc.
Which statement is true? A) once you find the answer, circle it, and move on quickly to the next problem B) read all the answer choices before circling the answer
B) read all the answer choices before circling the answer
Identify the best daily strategy for absorbing information from each class period for future tests
Reviewing notes after each class and using them to create study guides
What should you do when you’ve finished your test?
(And what should you NOT do?)
Go back and review everything: the instructions, the questions and your answers—especially for Essay Questions. For Multiple Choice—Check that you read the question correctly and all possible answers.
Unless you see new information you didn’t have when you made your first choice, DON’T CHANGE YOUR ANSWERS.
What are two items you are graded on in the writing section?
answers will vary
Why would you cross through answers in a multiple choice question?
you are eliminating choices, which will help you find the right answer
What is the best way to reduce test taking anxiety, avoid common pitfalls, increase your confidence, and maximize the likelihood of your doing well on a test?
Be prepared! (And start early!)
Assign time to review notes within 24 hours of class
Create flashcard sets, mnemonics, and study guides
Test yourself each weekend and to see if you’re able to recall what you learned that week; and then each day the week before a big test
Which questions should you answer first?
Start with the easiest questions.
Build your confidence by working your way up to the hard ones (Just be sure to budget enough time for them!)
You only have 5 minutes left, you have 10 multiple choice questions left, what do you do?
Fill in with a "default" answer and THEN go back and try to answer the questions you may know.