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How To Prepare
For A Test!

This is a GREAT online report developed by a professional Science Teacher named Laura Marcotte on "How To Study For a Test".  She explains, providing superb advice on: Before The Test, Thinking About Your Test, Getting Ready, Facing The Test, During The Test, and After the Test.

[ click here ] 		Be Honest About Your Test Taking Skills

Many do not know if their test taking skills raise or lower their test scores.   Download this easy-to-use form to grade how yourself on how you prepare for a test.   A great tool to see if you have good test taking strategies, need only a few changes, or if you need major changes in your test-taking strategies.

[ click here ] 		How To Avoid Cramming for Tests

Print this handout obtained from the Academic Skills Center at Dartmouth College.  A very good one-page document you can place near your study area or desk to remind you about the Basic Principles To Utiilize In Order NOT to Cram for a Test.

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A Great Piece of Reading! - How To Take a Multiple Choice Exam

Prepare yourself for high level critical reasoning and making fine discriminations to determine the best answer. The most common objective test questions are multiple-choice, true-false, and matching items. Doing well on these questions requires that you not only master the information but also interpret the test-maker's intentions. Written by the University of Texas Learning Center.

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Navy Enlisted Advancement System Presentation - Updated April 2007

While you are preparing your advancement exam study plan, it's a good idea to review this updated presentation which includes the following topics: Purpose of Advancement Exams, Exams Development and Administration, Final Multiple Score Factors (new system!), Profile Sheet - What Does It Mean?, What You Should Do To Prepare For Advancement Exams, and Recent & Future Changes .

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Additional Online Sites and/or Informative Articles
University of Utah: One-Page IDEA SHEETS on Study & Test Habits
Click the link above to read thru the following subjects for study advice & motivation
Note Taking and Listening -
Listening skills for lectures - Effective note taking strategies - Note taking: Cornell method
Test Preparation -
Creating study guides - Skills for group projects - Instant study skills
Reading -
Pre-reading strategy - SQ3R - Problem-guided for math - Reading strategies for groups
Test Taking -
Strategies for objective tests - Objective test preparation - Test anxiety - Cramming for tests
Memory Improvement -
Concentration - Forgetting - Memory improvement - Mnemonic devices
Time Management -
Procrastination - Managing your time - Daily planning calendar

Improve Your Studying Skills
Review Regularly and Plan To Study Ahead, so that the night before an exam, All You Do
Is Review Material. Avoid All-Nighters!

Academic Tips.org
This web site contains tips and tricks to help you manage your time, take better notes,
study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of
examination study.

Study Skills - Exams & How To Prepare
Preparing for a test or an exam is an important thing. The best preparation is doing your
daily work; revise from time to time so that everything is not new for you when you start the
final revision. And be sure to keep your notes and photocopies in order, so that you can find
everything when you need it.

Test Taking Tips.com
Study Skills Help & Study Tips - Click here
Multiple Choice Test Taking Tips - Click here
Test Preparation Tips - Click here
Test Taking Tips - Click here
Note Taking Skills & Strategies - Click here
Reducing Test Taking Anxiety - Click here

Tips on Taking Multiple Choice Exams