Testing Strategies

You should read directions

• Quickly

• Last

• Carefully

• Never

If you get stuck on a question, you should

• Stop!!!

• Spend a lot of time figuring it out.

• Forget about it and move on.

• Flag it, skip it, and come back to it!

• Freak out!!!

You should always choose the ____________ answer.

• correct

• best

• wrong

• most interesting

What should you do before the test?

• Stay up all night studying.

• Stay up all night playing video games

• Eat a HUGE breakfast

• Eat a healthy breakfast and arrive to school on time.

In math, how can you check your answer?

• Plug in your answer

• Use inverse operations

• Guess

• Ask yourself "Does this makes sense".

Which of the following is a good strategy to do before you start a test?

• a brain-dump where you write down important information you remember from that lesson/activity/unit

• talk while the teacher is giving directions

• waste time getting materials ready AFTER the test has begun

Answer explanation

A brain-dump is where you write down any important information, formulas, patterns, etc. that you think will be important for that test.

Leaving questions unanswered is okay.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

NEVER leave a question blank - especially a multiple-choice!

On a multiple-choice question, all of the following are good strategies EXCEPT...

• eliminating obviously wrong answers

• see if there are any answer choices alike or similar

• use clues from the question or previous questions to help

• always pick C

Answer explanation

A lot of times when two or more answer choices are similar, that means one of them is correct.

What is one way you can prepare for the test?

• Getting 4 hours of sleep

• Eating Takis for breakfast

• Set out your clothes the night before

• Skip school