Transcript PowerPoint on Power Testing (ppt

Adapted from
Kathryn Van Wagoner, Pat Nelson
Eldon McMurray, Robert Williams
Test Taking
Tips for Success
Tests-Opportunities
to demonstrate
your mastery
Grades are not a measure
of self-worth
Grades are not a
measure of intelligence
Grades (A to E) do not give power to tests
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Test Success
 Plan
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Create a 5 day Prep Plan
Schedule study time
Convert hours to minutes
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History
Biology
Math
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The ability to successfully prepare for tests
 Plan
 Organize
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Organize your learning materials
Complete a set of class notes
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Ask for copies of old exams
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The ability to successfully prepare for tests
 Plan
 Organize
WORK your plan and make
efficient study tools
 Work
Create Study cards
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Upload Mind Map
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The ability to successfully prepare for tests
 Plan
 Organize
Meet with Study Partner
 Work
Write Trial Tests
 Engage
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The ability to successfully prepare for tests
 Plan
Do a practice run
 Organize
Download Mind Map
 Work
Take the trial test
Check it
 Engagement
Correct it
 Rehearse
Repeat
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
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Download Mind Map
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Use scratch paper to
recreate the map of
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formulas you need to know
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
 Enthusiasm
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Enthusiasm
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Be positive!
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
 Enthusiasm
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Whether you think you
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can or you think you
 I
can’t, you’re right! Henry Ford
Be positive!
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
 Enthuse me
 Skim
SKIM the test
Look for a
T
friendly problem
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to get a good start.
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
Time Frame
 Enthuse
Be aware of how
 Skim
much time you
 Time Frame
have left & what
 I
you have to do
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
 Enthuse
Imagine it
 Skim
Picture your study
 Time Frame
cards, notes or
 Imagine it
textbook page
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
No Stress
 Enthuse
BREATHE! Use
 Skim
isometric “Desk
 Time Frame
Press” as often as
 Imagine it
needed and
 No Stress
BREATHE!
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The ability to successfully take tests means
 Test Download
 Enthuse
 Skim
Go For It
 Time Frame
Give it your all!
 Imagine it
 No Stress
 Go for it
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Review the Returned Test
Know what you missed and why you missed it.
Ask questions.
 Know what you got correct and why.
Decide if the questions came primarily from
the text, lecture, or homework.
Study those primary sources a little more
closely.
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Review the Returned Test
Review how you studied for the exam and
look for better ways to study.
Review to put information back into long
term memory.