Noel's Top Ten
Test Taking Strategies
1. Answer what you KNOW first
get as much as possible correct
2. Answer what you are 50/50 on second
narrow down the answer choices
3. Answer what YOU DO NOT KNOW third
you will have more time to work on it
4. Brain/Data Dump
everything you know down on the paper
5. Process of Elimination
if it does not match...DO NOT choose it
6. Read the Question -> Look at the Stimuli -> RE-READ THE QUESTION
the question tells you what you are looking for in the Stimuli
7. Review your answers
did you bubble every answer? any mix-matched responses?
8. Read EVERYTHING
read the question and all answer choices- all the way through
9. T.A.C.O.S
use your strategies for analyzing graphics
10. believe in yourself
you know more than you think you do
*****************BONUS**********************
GET SOME SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE ALL EXAMS