Test Taking Strategies (pt 2)

When is the best time to study for a test?

• In the bus on the way to school

• Daily, starting a week before the test

• The night before the test

• Skip breakfast and study then

When you come to a question for which you don't know the answer, what should you do?

• Don't move on until you answer it

• Take a guess and keep going

• Mark it and come back to it

• Write a list of facts that you do know

If there are reading passages on a test, it's a good idea to __________

• organize your thoughts in a list

• read the passages first

• read the questions before the passages

• highlight the main idea

When you come to a multiple choice question you don't know the answer to, what can you do first?

• Organize your thoughts in a list

• Take a guess and move on

• Double check all your answers

• Cross off the answer choices you know are wrong

Why should you eat breakfast on test day?

• So you will not have to study

• So you can think clearly

• So you will know all the answers

• So you will not be nervous

What should you do if you don't understand the test directions?

• Ask the teacher to explain them to you

• Guess at what they mean and get started

• Reread them six times

• Put your head down

Why do you need to pace yourself during the test?

• So you answer only the questions you know

• So you finish the whole test

• So you can finish the test before your classmates

• So you remember to write your name on the test

What does it mean to prioritize the questions?

• Answer the hard questions first

• Write the essay first

• Read the passages before the questions

• Answer the easy questions first

In a true / false question, every part of the statement has to be true in order for the answer to be "true."

• True

• False

<Opinion question!> In your experience, what is the best test-taking strategy that has helped you in the past?