Study+Skills

== __Many Ways to Study for Tests!!! (Memorizing a review sheet does not mean you have fully comprehended the material. It just means that you have put it in your short term memory bank. You will forget this material the moment you have taken the test!)__ ==
 * practice with flashcards;
 * ask someone to quiz you;
 * read;
 * reread;
 * highlight your notes;
 * summarize;
 * read your notes;
 * read your notes aloud;
 * organize your papers so you are working with everything you need;
 * outline or make a graphic version of written work (lists, columns, Venn diagrams, etc.);
 * do a project;
 * quiz yourself;
 * write memory work over and over until you feel confident;
 * use a worksheet as a quiz by covering over the answers and re-doing it;
 * look over old quizzes and try to figure out why you're making mistakes;
 * look over the returned assignments for the unit;
 * answer study guide questions;
 * tell someone else what the topic is about;
 * look up the parts of the assignments that you didn't understand the first time.

__ Use the following internet sites to help you learn to study for specific test types. __
Internet Resources: Essay questions: http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/EssayQuestions.html http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/essayq.html http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/histexam.html http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tsttak4.htm http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak4.htm Short answer test: http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/ShortAnswer.html http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tsttak5.htm http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak5.htm Multiple-choice: http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/MultipleChoice.html http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/multicho.html http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tsttak3.htm http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak3.htm http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm True-False: http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/TrueFalse.html http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tsttak2.htm http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak2.htm http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm Matching: http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/MatchingQuestions.html http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm

Sentence completion: http://www.eop.mu.edu/study/SentenceCompletion.html http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm