STRATEGIES for Test Taking Lee Darby, MEd San Diego Community College District.

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STRATEGIES for Test Taking Lee Darby, MEd San Diego Community College District

Test Taking Test scores may not reflect competence Test taking is a skill that can be improved with practice Improvement can be made before during after an exam is given

Before the Exam Know stuff! Study Keep Up Talk/Work with classmates

Before the Exam Attitude Beliefs/self-image affect performance Describe research study Examine self

Before the Exam Sleep (better than study at some point) Comfort (materials, organization, water, relaxation techniques)

During the Exam Think like the test writer Why is the question on the exam What is the test writer looking for What is the point (objective)

During the Exam Estimation What should answer look like? What kind of number or size? Does each answer seem connected to question?

During the Exam Elimination Most of the answers are wrong Eliminate wrong answers to confirm correct answer

During the Exam Back Engineering Most useful in math or chemistry Take each answer to see if it is correct

During the Exam Look for Context Clues Which word tells what the problem is about Identify key words

During the Exam Time Management Watch clock to help, not to pressure Look at the average time for each question Better to do many easy questions than a few hard ones

During the Exam Easy Questions: Answer them and move on Hard Ones: Mark and return to them later after finishing the easy ones. If no time left, guess on these. No Clue: Mark, Guess, and Go

Some examples…

Examples Which of the following principles of elevator engineering applies in adjusting cable tension? A Torque should exceed 28 ft lbs/sec B Door alignment should be from bottom C Cable tension must not exceed rating of pulley assembly D Tension must be adjusted at each level

Examples What is the value of ? A 4,124 B 41,902 C 4,129,024 D

Examples What is the value of x where: A 2.5 B 3 C 5 D 9

After the Exam Exams are reviewed with you Discover why you missed the questions you missed: Studied wrong material Missed the point of the question Didn’t understand the question Fell for a trick Other reason

After the Exam Analyze the key words Identify the clues Look for connections you could have made

After the Exam Reflect Identify strengths / weaknesses on exam Think about how you could have used better strategy Make plans for next exam

Prepare Strategize Reflect Improve skill with each exam you take

Keep getting better And better

TO TEST BETTER!