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Transcript of 1 How to Take Tests VI How to Take a Blue Book Exam.
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How to Take Tests VI
How to Take a Blue Book Exam
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Getting Started
Read the instructions Determine how the
grading will be done Are all the questions
weighted the same Often teachers will
require some questions to be answered and give more points for certain questions
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Getting StartedDo all the questions need to be answered or just one or two from each category? Most tests will state these objectives at the top prior, to any questions. If you are not sure – ASK. Even if no one else seems to be having a problem, you are being graded on your work and need to understand what is required.
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Test Strategies
Read the questions, as you read each one, write margin notes about the answer as ideas occur to you
Do not write extensively, just jot down key ideas
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Test Strategies If nothing occurs to you (you draw a
complete blank), go on to the next question
Do not spend more than a couple of minutes studying any one question
Continue making margin notes next to each question until you have completed all the questions
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Test StrategiesExamine the entire test
For example, a one-hour test has 12
questions and 100 points possible one question is worth 20 points five questions are worth ten points six questions are worth 5 points
Where should you start?
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Test Strategies
The following 5 slides give four different strategies you can use to proceed
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Strategy #1 Decide what your strongest areas are
based on your margin notes
Wherever your notes appear to be the best is a good place to start
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Strategy #2 Start with the five-point answers Remember the time limit as you write Do as many of the five-point questions
that you feel good about answering Do not spend time on weak answers
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Strategy #2 (cont’d) Go on to the ten-point questions and work
the same way Continue with the ten-point questions until
only fifteen minutes remain in the exam time
Then go to the 20-point question
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Strategy #3 Base the length of your answers on their
point value If you wrote one page for a five-point
question, write two pages for a ten-point question, and four pages for the 20-point question
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Strategy #4 Consider whether the instructions limit you
to one blue book, two blue books, or leave it up to you
Most instructors do not want to read really long answers. They have to read all the exams, not just yours
If a length is set, do not exceed it
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Test Strategies
If the number of pages for the entire exam is restricted, then use the same kind of ratio as above
Try to utilize as much of the allowed length as you can without rambling
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Test StrategiesWhen you start the 20-point question, take some time and reexamine it in terms of all your other answers. Do you still feel comfortable with your margin notes?
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Test StrategiesYou should have fifteen minutes, so start with an outline of what you intend to write. Use headings. (Remember the
outline will part of your blue book and therefore turned in.) Then write sentences for each idea.
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Test StrategiesIf you have time after finishing the biggest question, go back to any questions worth ten points that you left blank and write a short answer. Then go to any five-point questions remaining.
If you still have a little time, go back to your short answers and try to add to them.
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Test StrategiesNow, let’s look at a one-hour exam where all the questions have the same value.
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Test StrategiesYou spend eight minutes reading the instructions and questions. 52 minutes remain to answer the 12 questions which means you have four and one-third minutes to answer each question.
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Pace yourself on this basis
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