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Welcome to issue #12!
Exam time is upon us. This week's Tuesday Tip, therefore, offers ideas for creating an effective review plan.
Remember that summer is an excellent time to further develop skills that may be difficult to work on during the hustle and bustle school year.
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Tuesday Tip: planning your exam review
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At least two weeks prior exams, find out from each instructor which chapters or topics will be covered on the final exam, so you don't end up studying stuff that you don't have to. Some of your instructors will make this easy by handing out review sheets, but if exams are two weeks away, and you haven't received a review sheet, start your reviewing anyway.
Make a review calendar. Divide the number of chapters or topics covered in each subject by the number of days you have left before finals. Write the subject and topic your intend to review on each available calendar date leading up to finals week. Be sure to schedule an overview of each subject on the day before the exam for that subject.
One way to begin is by reviewing each of your old tests and quizzes. First review what you got right. Make sure you understand why you were right on each item. Look up the subject in your book or notes - or ask another student or your teacher, if necessary. Then review the items you got wrong. Make sure you understand the correct answer. For true/false items for which the correct answer is "false," cross out the words that make the item false and write in the words that would make it true.
If your instructor gives you a review sheet, check off items on it as you review each test. If there are still items left on your review sheet after you have reviewed your tests, be sure to review the remaining material from your text or notes.
When reviewing a particular math topic for your math or science class, work a couple of each kind of problem from your old tests and quizzes. Do only enough to refresh your memory. It is not necessary to re-do the entire test, unless you find that it takes a lot of repetition to refresh your memory.
When reviewing history or literature material, explain the essential events or story lines or themes to a fellow student or to yourself. When you feel you understand the material, move on. If you expect essay questions on your final, make up possible questions and actually write out the answers. Even if you don't guess the exact questions, you will have thought about the important topics and will be much better prepared to write the essays on the test. Make very brief outlines of your essay answers. Memorize these outlines.
When you are taking the test, jot down your outline on the back of the test page before you begin writing out your full essay answer. Refer to your outline as necessary.
Review vocabulary in short (15-minutes or less) sessions.
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