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Taking a test can be nerve-wracking, especially when your future is riding on the results. And any kind of test - from high-stakes academic tests to career qualification exams - can be faced successfully with Test-Taking Power Strategies.Simple but invaluable tips to ace any test: - The most effective ways to memorize - The 5 classic methods to overcome test anxiety - The right (and wrong) way to cram - The 10 most common test-day problems - and solutions - How test makers try to distract you - How to become an educated guesser - How to predict the subjects for essay questions in advance
More Essential Features and Strategies: - Exclusive reviews covering critical basic writing skills for taking essay exams - Practice with various kinds of test questions - Help with real-world problems, such as anxiety and insufficient preparation time
CONTENTS
Introduction: How to Use This Book Chapter 1: Finding Out about the Tests You Must Take Chapter 2: Making and Carrying Out a Study Plan Chapter 3: Learning Strategies Chapter 4: Knowing When You Don’t Know Chapter 5: Getting More Out of Reading Chapter 6: Coping with Test Anxiety Chapter 7: Psyching Out the Multiple-Choice Test Chapter 8: Other Types of Questions on the Classroom Test Chapter 9: Should You Guess? Often, Yes! Chapter 10: Managing Your Time during a Short-Answer Test Chapter 11: Preparing for Essay Questions Chapter 12: Taking an Essay Test Chapter 13: Writing Basics for the Essay Test Chapter 14: Test Yourself: A Practice Standardized Test Chapter 15: Test Yourself: A Practice Classroom Test Chapter 16: Summing Up Appendix A: The Answer Grid Appendix B: Additional Resources
