Wednesday, April 13, 2005
NEW SECRET FOR GETTING AN "A" ON A TEST!
...answer the questions.
That's right, Honors. Your writing skills were generally pretty good so that is not what caused your sub-par performance. MOST of you did NOT answer what was actually ASKED for. You just had certain things MEMORIZED and you were determined to write those things EVEN THOUGH THE QUESTION WAS NOT ASKING FOR WHAT YOU MEMORIZED. For example, the nature of a reactant is NOT A STRESS. You can NOT increase or decrease a reactant's NATURE! ALSO, when a question asks you to address TWO FACTORS, you should address...TWO FACTORS.
On average, people lost about 10 to 15 points just for IGNORING what was asked for. How can you focus and remember what was asked for? Oh yes, underline key words BEFORE the test is over or, at least, as you underline ONLY the key terms, say to yourself, my answer MUST address/include this term.
Of course, you should know all of this by now. If you do not correct this significant test-taking flaw, you may lose as many points on the Regents and score WELL BELOW your ability. Maintaining good TEST-TAKING SKILLS is half of the battle on a test!
(long Napoleon Dynamite sigh)
That's right, Honors. Your writing skills were generally pretty good so that is not what caused your sub-par performance. MOST of you did NOT answer what was actually ASKED for. You just had certain things MEMORIZED and you were determined to write those things EVEN THOUGH THE QUESTION WAS NOT ASKING FOR WHAT YOU MEMORIZED. For example, the nature of a reactant is NOT A STRESS. You can NOT increase or decrease a reactant's NATURE! ALSO, when a question asks you to address TWO FACTORS, you should address...TWO FACTORS.
On average, people lost about 10 to 15 points just for IGNORING what was asked for. How can you focus and remember what was asked for? Oh yes, underline key words BEFORE the test is over or, at least, as you underline ONLY the key terms, say to yourself, my answer MUST address/include this term.
Of course, you should know all of this by now. If you do not correct this significant test-taking flaw, you may lose as many points on the Regents and score WELL BELOW your ability. Maintaining good TEST-TAKING SKILLS is half of the battle on a test!
(long Napoleon Dynamite sigh)
# posted by C @ 2:47 AM 
