Exam Preparation and Success

This past week of Intro. to Online Learning was about Exam Preparation and Success. The information that was covered in the reading had a lot of great tips. I always get stressed out over taking exams, but with the tools that I have be given this week I am sure that I will get better.

 

The objectives for Week 5 were as follows:

• Develop strategies to properly prepare for exams.
• Properly prepare for different exam types.
• Recognize and understand the importance of learning styles in test preparation.
• Identify and select specific test taking strategies

Some of the information that I found useful was the 5-Day Study Plan. This plan was a simple way to break down your study time into 5 days so that you give yourself enough time to study and enough time to review anything that you might not be sure about before the night before your exam. The steps to the 5-Day Study Plan are: Increase your study time, space your study, divide the material, plan active study tasks, and self-test to monitor your learning. All of these steps I found very helpful. I always seem to try to pack everything into a short amount of time when I study, but this plan has helped me not do that.

 

Other pieces of information that I found helpful were the tips for coping with test anxiety. This seems to be my main problem with tests.  The strategies that were in Chapter 11 were very useful as well. These strategies were on the different types f tests and how to take them. The last thing I took away from this past week was the tips for how to take essay exams. These tips I got from chapter 12. This was one of my worst problems. I always freeze up during essay exams, so the tips that were given I'm sure will help me out on the next essay exam I have to take, if I have any in the future.

All in all, this past week was full of great information that I can use in all of my classes in the future. I learned a lot of new tips and strategies that I really needed. I'm looking forward to next week.