Taking Charge (2nd ed.), Chapter 8.2
- 1. Dealing With Tests Section 8.2: Making the Grade In Your Educational Life Taking Charge: Chapter 8 © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 2. Learning How to Learn If you understand HOW to learn, you will retain more material and study more efficiently Successful strategies will: Lessen your worries Help you overcome issues such as test anxiety Give you a greater chance at academic success © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 3. Bloom’s Taxonomy Cognitive Domain Affective Domain Psychomotor Domain © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 4. Learning Styles Visual Aural Verbal Physical Logical Social Solitary © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 5. Adult Learners Adults who go to college years after high school Often very self motivated and driven because of their life experience Should contribute to class discussions to share their different perspective © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 6. Learning Disabilities A learning disability is a neurologically based processing problem that can interfere with basic processing skills, such as reading, writing, math, and/or higher level skills, such as organization, time planning, and abstract reasoning. Multisensory teaching may help students with disabilities because it engages the 3 senses © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 7. Overlearning Increases how much knowledge a person can retain Helps you feel more confident on testing day © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 8. SQ3R Survey Question Read Recite Review © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 9. Memory and Your Body Your memory functions when you take care of your body Exercise Get enough sleep Eat a balanced diet © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 10. Pressure Few things are as stressful to a college student as midterms and final exams © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 11. What is Text Anxiety? Symptoms: Profuse sweating, especially on palms Shallow breathing Dizziness Rapid heartbeat Nausea Racing thoughts and/or “going blank” © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 12. Coping Strategies Keep a realistic perspective Practice deep breathing Progressive muscle relaxation © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 13. Best Relief The best relief for text anxiety is proper preparation! Avoid procrastination Desperation at the night before or last second does not equal inspiration © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 14. Study Strategies Stay up-to-date on class information Understand information as you go along Read and study in meaningful chunks Break study times into manageable time segments Mnemonic techniques © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 15. Test Routines Read all directions first Preview the test for the big picture Complete the easiest parts first © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 16. Test Routines (cont.) Find out if you are penalized for incorrect responses In essays, write legibly, organize and support your material Leave time to check over the test © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 17. Further Reflection Do you find it easy not to cheat? Why or why not? How do your own existing personal study strategies differ from the strategies in this chapter? © 2010 TSTC Publishing
- 18. Additional Resources Test-Taking Tips & Study Skills www.testtakingtips.com Test-Taking Strategies www.bucks.edu/~specpop/tests.htm CampusBlues.com www.campusblues.com © 2010 TSTC Publishing