Test Taking Strategies

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You are given a passage to read, what do you do first?

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Read the title and subheadings, number the paragraphs, and start to read carefully.

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You have 4 answer choices, which answers should you get rid of first? The ones I know are wrong (trash). One that seems like it could be a trick. Don’t answer! Flag or bookmark it but leave it blank.

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The ones I know are wrong (trash).

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How should you tackle a question that asks you to define a word you don’t know from a sentence in the text, and it gives you 4 choices?

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Substitute the definitions you are given for the unknown word. Choose the one that makes the most sense in the phrase or sentence.

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The steps to annotate a text are…

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1. Number the paragraphs
2. Write a short summary after each paragraph
3. Highlight important information
4. Circle unknown words

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If you have 180 minutes to complete the test, and it is about 45 questions long, (about) how long should you spend on each question?

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2 minutes

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There are 10 minutes left in the test and you haven’t answered all of the questions, what should you do?

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Put an answer for ALL questions, even if I have to make an educated guess.

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A test strategy I can use is to write my OWN answer to the question BEFORE looking at my choices, then pick the choice that most closely matches my own answer.

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TRUE

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If the question asks me to choose the BEST answer, I know that...

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All the answers will be partially true, I need to find the best one.

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When I see the phrase "based on" or "according to" the question is giving me which part of the INFERENCE equation? (Inference=Schema+Text Evidence)

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Text Evidence

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When I see the words "suggests" or "supports" the question is giving me which part of the INFERENCE equation? (Inference=Schema+Text Evidence)

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Inference