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- Pay particular attention to any study guides
that the instructor hands out in class before the exam, or even at the
beginning of the course! For example: key points,
particular chapters or parts of chapters, handouts, etc.
- Ask the instructor what to anticipate on the test
if he/she does not volunteer the information
- Pay particular attention--just prior to the exam--
to points the instructor brings up during class lectures
- Generate a list of possible questions
you would ask if you were making the exam, then see if you can answer
the questions
- Review previous tests
graded by the instructor
- Confer with other students
to predict what will be on the test
- Pay particular attention to clues
that indicate an instructor might test for a particular idea, as when
an instructor:
- says something more than once
- writes material on the board
- pauses to review notes
- asks questions of the class
- says, "This will be on the test!"
Including information adapted from On Becoming a Master
Student by David B. Ellis and How to Study in College
by Walter Pauk.
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