COMM 119 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Lastminute.Com, Sq3R, Test Anxiety

• School: U of S
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 119
• Professor: Brooke Klassen; Noreen Mahoney;

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The goal of a test is to see what you have learned. Identify test type and what you will be expected to know. Supplemental information you may be able to have. Strategies for predicting what could be on a test. Talk to other students who have taken the course. Determine where and how the test will be given. Ask what and why to decide what you will study. Ask when, where, and who to prepare a schedule. Ask how to figure out what strategies you will use. Use higher levels of bloom"s taxonomy (chapter 5) Employ strategies from how questions (chapter 7) Review the combined test and class notes. Sleep - improves ability to remember what you studied before you went to bed. Light, well-balanced meals, including protein to keep you fuller longer. Cramming - studying intensively and around the clock right before an exam. Cramming results in information going into your head and popping right back out.