Test Preparation

GOAL: For each student to determine the script! To know how you will be evaluated before it happens. To know what will be on the test and the best manner to a. study for the test, and b. take the test.

STRATEGIES

In resource class, do daily listings for one – two minutes to retrieve previous class information (names, concepts, dates) and make a list.
Use this method at home each night for each subject (no more than 8 minutes total)
Learn language of instruction for the test (what words will be used, what do those words mean)
If possible (and helpful) look at previous exams to see how the questions may be asked. [If test is a midterm, then review your previous tests, weekly, to prepare for upcoming test]
Study notes on a weekly basis (we will work this into class over the next several weeks)
Make visual cues/ diagrams and /or web to study certain concepts (categories of words, processes)
Remember to use flash cards for definitions (word on one side, definition on the other). Study front to back and back to front
Color code by highlighting on notes
Use mnemonics as often as possible
Talk-talk-talk about strategies, which work, and which don’t.