Test Taking Option

I find that sleep is one of the major aspects that are needed to have a good test. I normally read over all my notes before I go to bed. I don't know if there is an actual term for this, but I dream about my notes in my sleep and I usually memorize all the definitions just by reading them and going to bed, however this usually only works for definitions. I normally use the recall method when studying for my tests because I force myself to study so hard that I won't need a list to remember the points from.

I usually have some healthy food before going into a test such as grapes, or even an apple. I have personally found that if you have to much sugar in your system before an exam, you usually crash half way through and can't think straight.

I never bring tension to the test room, I try to forget everything that is going on and focus on the main goal of doing well on my examination. I find that if you don't try and relax, you start thinking of things that stress you out in the middle of a test. In turn, when you realize that you're way behind on the test by getting sidetracked you then get stressed even more and quickly start cramming all your thoughts on the piece of paper.

I personally look through the whole test and find the hardest question which I always do first. I find that if I do the hardest questions first, I won't be worried for the rest of the test and it will feel like I'm "smooth sailing".

Overall, for this whole semester I have basically used the same methods. I usually try to quiz myself immediately before and after each lesson and have recently started using the 24 hour recall method. All my test marks have been around 85-100% for the whole semester so i think that i have been doing very well for myself. In the future I hope to get more learning strategies from this book and try using them in later years. I find that they all work well but for some people you can only use so many.