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Ever feel as though you are on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire with no life lines?
Ever feel like the test questions you see relate to one topic, but if you
had to wager for money on each answer, you'd be dubbed The Weakest Link?
Do you play the Jeopardy music in your head, wrinkle up your nose, and
break into a cold sweat when you hear the word test?
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True or False: Exams are a way of life for a college student. Now, that one
wasn’t so hard! The college GPA is different from high school. It weighs more
on exams and projects than on averages from your daily assignments. This chapter
will provide you with extensive tools regarding test preparation complete with
strategies for different formats of exam questions. You can read and reread the
following pages in the future as you hone your test-taking skills. If you can
discipline yourself to apply the concepts you uncover in this chapter, your
college stress gauge will be relieved by at least 75 points on a scale of 100.
Too bad Regis won’t hand you a check.
Over my years of teaching, I have discovered strategies, plans, systems, skills,
and devices that will help you make the most of abilities and talents. If you
are still in high school, you should have no problem clueing in on ways this
information can be helpful to you, even before you graduate and transition into
the college scene.
Topics
covered:
- Prepping
for exams
- What
to do before, during, and after exams.
- Specific
test-taking strategies for the following questions: true/false, multiple
choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, essay, and calculations
- Open-book,
open-note, and take-home tests
“Study a little
each night, and the night before the test will all be review.”
-
Brad, Texas Tech
University
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