{"id":367,"date":"2020-02-04T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/first\/?p=367"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T17:58:22","slug":"how-to-ace-for-your-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/2020\/02\/04\/how-to-ace-for-your-test\/","title":{"rendered":"How to ACE for your test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don\u2019t walk into your test unqualified for what you will\nface. Before you start exploring, find out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Get Notified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Textbook chapters and topics the test will cover. Test Format\nwill there be multiple-choice questions or short answers? Will you write an\nin-class essay? The goals and layout of the test will decide how you tackle\nlearning the material. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Think like your teacher. Your schoolwork assignments,\nquizzes, handouts, daily notes, and classwork are all signs of what your\nteacher thinks is important about the information and what might appear on the\ntest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Make your own study aids When it comes to learning, a\n2013 study showed that practice tests work BETTER than simply emphasizing or\nre-reading your notes. So, turn your notes into flashcards or use a flashcard\napp for memorizing Spanish vocab. Ask your friends to quiz you or write your\nown practice test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Practice for the inevitable outline essays ahead of time.\nFor math tests, do plenty of practice problems like ones that you KNOW will\nappear. Make a list of questions that you think might show up on the test. These\nare just four of many ways to study which will be essential to your success this\nsemester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t walk into your test unqualified for what you will face. Before you start exploring, find out: 1.Get Notified Textbook chapters and topics the test will cover. Test Format will there be multiple-choice questions or short answers? Will you write an in-class essay? The goals and layout of the test will decide how you tackle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14959,"featured_media":576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/loop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}