Test-taking Power Strategies

by Learning Express LLC

• ISBN13: 9781576856338
• ISBN10: 157685633X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Learning Express Llc

Summary

Taking a test can be nerve-wracking, especially when your future is riding on the results. And any kind of test-from high-stakes academic tests to career qualification exams-can be faced successfully with Test-Taking Power Strategies. Simple but invaluable tips to ace any test: the most effective ways to memorize, the 5 classic methods to overcome test anxiety, the right (and wrong) way to cram, the 10 most common test-day problems-and solutions, how test makers try to distract you, how to become an educated guesser, how to predict the subjects for essay questions in advance. More Essential Features and Strategies: Exclusive reviews covering critical basic writing skills for taking essay exams, Practice with various kinds of test questions, Help with real-world problems, such as anxiety and insufficient preparation time, Improve your skills in the elements of study, from breaking down assignments into manageable sections to getting the most out of readings and lectures. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Use This Book	p. 1
Finding Out about the Tests You Must Take	p. 5
Making and Carrying Out a Study Plan	p. 13
Learning Strategies	p. 31
Knowing When You Don't Know	p. 47
Getting More Out of Reading	p. 53
Coping with Test Anxiety	p. 61
Psyching Out the Multiple-Choice Test	p. 71
Other Types of Questions on the Classroom Test	p. 89
Should You Guess? Often, Yes!	p. 101
Managing Your Time during a Short-Answer Test	p. 109
Preparing for Essay Questions	p. 117
Taking an Essay Test	p. 129
Writing Basics for the Essay Test	p. 139
Test Yourself: A Practice Standardized Test	p. 151
Test Yourself: A Practice Classroom Test	p. 167
Summing Up	p. 177
The Answer Grid	p. 185
Additional Resources	p. 187
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