How Too Prepare For Tests And Guarantee Yourself An A
These five tips will help you get A’s. Read each tip carefully an start applying them today.
1. Create a timeline. Once you determine the day of the test work backwards. Budget a specific amount of time every day. Consider other homework, projects and time needed to study for other classes as you create your schedule.
2. Review a little each night. Do not wait until a test is announced to begin preparing for your test. Consider what would be easier reviewing for 5-10 minutes a night or cramming for three hours the night before a test and only remembering a fraction of what you studied?
3. Don’t just re-read notes or the text. Ask questions. Create flash-cards. Redo assignments. Create time-lines. Play games. Re-write your notes. Get someone to quiz you. Find websites online that review the same material. Make up questions that you think will be on the test. Create new outlines of the material by writing some specific topics and filling in the details from memory. Studying should be an active process, not just time spent re-reading something.
4. Ask the teacher what the...