1. Secrets 2 Success
Test Taking Skills
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Study Planning
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2. Test Taking
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• Prepare
• Test
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• Review 2
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3. PREPARE
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• Study
• Arrive 15 minutes early
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• Get comfortable
• Breathe!!
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4. Study Planning
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• Are you a good studier
– Do you take note of the setting?
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– Do you use a variety of study techniques?
– Do you organize and condense
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notes/assignments?
– Do you review past notes?
– Do you review the Syllabus?

5. Study Planning
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• Be very specific in dates and times
– Topic
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– Chapter, pages, vocabulary words.
• Be Realistic
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– Know yourself.
• Be good to yourself
– Always reward yourself with something
valuable.

6. SQ3R
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• Survey
• Question
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• Read
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• Recite
• Review 4

7. Survey
• The title, headings, and subheadings
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• Captions under pictures, charts, graphs
or maps
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• Review questions or teacher-made
study guides
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• Introductory and concluding
paragraphs
• Summary 4

8. Questions
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• Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings
into questions;
• Read questions at the end of the chapters or
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after each subheading;
• Ask yourself, "What did my instructor say
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assigned?"
• Ask yourself, "What do I already know
about this subject?" 4
about this chapter or subject when it was

9. Read
• Look for answers to the questions you first raised;
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• Answer questions at the beginning or end of
chapters or study guides
• Reread captions under pictures, graphs, etc.
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• Note all the underlined, italicized, bold printed
words or phrases
• Study graphic aids
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• Reduce your speed for difficult passages
• Stop and reread parts which are not clear
• Read only a section at a time and recite after each
section

10. Recite
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• Ask yourself questions about what you have just read
or summarize, in your own words, what you read
• Take notes from the text but write the information in
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your own words (1/3 legnth)
• Underline or highlight important points you've just read
• Use the method of recitation which best suits your
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particular learning style but remember, the more senses
you use the more likely you are to remember what you
read - i.e.,
• Write it down, Write it down, Write it down, Write it
down

11. Review
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• Friends
• Flashcards
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• Incorporate as many different kinds of
learning as you can.
• Continually
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12. Results
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• It does take more time initially
• For most people it saves time over the
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course of the class.
• More importantly it saves stress, which
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improves test scores dramatically

13. TEST
• Always talk to the teacher individually
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in their office before a test.
• Read carefully
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– Decide what kind of question this is
• Survey the exam
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– Answer the Multiple choice last.
– Go with the best answer. 4
– Answer the questions you know first.

14. REVIEW
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• Look for missed questions
• Check Scantron for missed answers
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and missing questions.
• Change answers only if you know you
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made a mistake
– Or if you find information on the test that
leads to a different answer .
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15. Specific Kinds of Tests
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• Online Tests
– Know the format of the testing
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– Be familiar with the testing facility
– Know the program
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– Know the time

16. Specific Kinds of Tests
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• True False
1. The entire sentence must be True or the
whole sentence is false. Even if one
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very small part of a sentence is false, the
sentence is false.
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2. Drop the negative
3. Qualifiers
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Always, Never, Sometimes, Often, Rarely

17. Multiple Choice
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• Eliminate the wrong answers
• Look for the main vocabulary word
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• Create a scenario / true false
• Check Grammar
• Check for way out answers
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18. Multiple Choice
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• Opposite Statements
• Avoid absolutes/ look for qualifiers
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• If you know 2 answers are correct look
for all of the above
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19. Short Answer
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• One main point
• 2-3 sentences at most
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• More is not always better
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20. Open Book
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• APPLICATION
• Be familiar with where materials are in
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the book.
• Use brief quotes and be ready to add
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your own thoughts.

21. Essay
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• Read directions looking for key
words
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– Compare
– Contrast
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– Summarize
– View point

22. Essay
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• Outline
– Strong introductory sentence that states
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answer and gives supporting information
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– Supporting point 1
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– Supporting point 2
– Supporting point 3
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– Strong conclusion that restates answer.