Exam Technique and Passing Exams
Preparing properly for an exam requires more than just wanting to do good on the exam. Wanting and doing are two different things. Some of us want things and ask other people to give them to us. Doing good on an exam can never be wanting others to make sure we do good on the exam because that is cheating. How can we do good on an exam? There are 7 steps that can be followed in first wanting and then doing to make sure we succeed in passing our exams.
1. We must pay careful attention to the points the instructor is covering in class. Don’t be over confident that because an instructor zips by some introductory material that he won’t question you on it during your exam. He might think that information should already be a part of your reference knowledge from other classes.
2. Copy your notes over and underline parts that you may have misquoted or skipped during the lectures.
3. Always read the book sources and citations that the lecture is being based upon and don’t assume anything.
4. Join groups of other people who will be taking the exam. If the exam is a standardized test, buy sample tests and take them before going in for the real test.
5. During the test, do not skip any questions if you are going to be marked as wrong whether you guessed or not. Do not play with your time if it is a timed test. Answer all of the questions and try to go back to troublesome questions if you have the time.
6. Do not get up and leave the room during the test even if you are done and no one is in the room but another test taker. They might not be as honest as you.
7. The night before the test, do not stay up late cramming or watching television or staying out late. Exhaustion really does not make you a better test taker even though you think that exhaustion makes you calmer.
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