WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT?
9 TIPS ON HOW TO SUCCEED IN YOUR EXAMS
Good learners, like everyone else, are living, squirming, questioning, perceiving, fearing, loving, and languaging nervous systems, but they are good learners precisely because they believe and do certain things that less effective learners do not believe and do. And therein lies the key.1. Go from questions to topics, and topics to questions.
This is a natural back-and-forth process that occurs during the study phase. As you tackle practice questions or drills, let those that puzzle or confuse you guide you to more reading, study, or practice. These feelings or results are telling you that you've got more work to do. Having done that work, return to other questions of the same kind to check if indeed you're not puzzled or confused any longer, or that you're getting those questions right. Repeat as needed.
2. Perform regular assessments as you learn.
What works as you start the exam preparation process-assessing knowledge, skills and abilities also keeps working as you proceed through that process. It is recommend that exam candidates reassess those things on a monthly basis as they grind through their prioritized topic lists and start making progress in learning, knowledge, and understanding. Many people use practice tests to check their progress as they're studying. If your tools permit you to concentrate questioning on specific topics or subjects, as some do, you can assess your progress on a topic or objective basis before moving to other things. The key here is to keep at your studies and practice until you're able to answer most, if not all, related questions, and have acquired the necessary skills and abilities that may be involved.
3. Practice time management.
Take your time and when you must pick up the pace. For purely multiple-choice exams, this will also tell when it's time to quit reading and start picking answers at random. When you get to the test center and take the actual exam, you can use the time management skills you've developed while practicing to manage your time more effectively while taking the real thing.
