How to Study For A Test

How to study for a test

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a brain

1. 1. Know what you're being tested on. Take all the mini assignments (worksheets, study notes, etc.) from the class your studying for and have them all at hand. Most grade school kids have their sheets all in a folder, which is a great idea. An even greater idea is color coding your folders for your classes (ex: red for math, white for writing.)

2. 2. Look over everything, trying to think about what might be on the test. Put stars or a mark on that information.

3. 3. Make a study sheet on the computer.But dont waste all your time making a worksheet. It should only take 5 minutes.

4. 4. Type up the questions and write the answers underneath them. You might also want to research your topic. If you'd like to use this information, the best thing to do is to print it. Once you've printed it, highlight and take note of what you've collected that might be on the test. You can either study this information, or sum it up by typing a report that includes everything that you think with be on the test.

5. 5. Go to a quiet place where you know you won't be distracted.

6. 6. Study these questions over and over again until you are sure you know them perfectly, so perfectly that you even remember the questions.

7. 7. Quiz yourself inside your head, going over the questions and answers over and over. Do this step everywhere, while eating, while going on the computer, before going to sleep at night.

8. 8. Make up a song that is going to get stuck in your head about the information. Its an easy way to know the information!

9. 9. Find a method that works for you and don't let others distract or tease you over that. If that means listening to your study notes on your ipod or using goofy flash cards don't worry. You will do better in the test!

10. 10. What you should do is try this everyday, then you won't be in a hurry and you will be prepared for a pop quiz.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want, you can give the study sheet to other people to quiz you with.
• Try putting on some classical music while you study.
• Start a study group with other people that need help and maybe a few people that are really good at test taking. This can help make it a little more fun.
• To make it even more fun, make games out of the material and have a competition between you and your friends. For example, play Jeopardy or Who Wants to be a Millionaire with some of those hard questions.
• A really good way to study vocabulary can be to quiz yourself using flashcards YOU made. Writing reinforces the information three times as well as reading it alone.
• It also helps to review these terms right before you go to bed
• record the information you don't know well on a tape player, and then play it over and over again, so that it is stuck in you're mind.
• After 30 - 45 minutes, take a 5 minute break to relax and settle down.
• If you are somebody how remembers stuff from movies, songs, ect. then put the things you need to study into the tune of your favorite song. If you are studying something like history then turn it into a puppet show, film it, then watch it over and over again (and also make the puppets funny looking).
• If you're unsure if the questions you have are on the test or not, and you're sure other people will know, ask someone who has nothing against you (no one who is a "competitive tester"; in other words, someone who would give you the wrong answer so they could do better than you on a test).
• Be careful about having a get together at your house to study with your classmates. Make sure you stay on track and keep studying together, or you will waste a whole day! There is nothing wrong with making it fun and maybe playing some games to help you study, and taking breaks when your brains get full, but don't get sidetracked!
• Do not wait until the last minute to study. Studying in blocks as opposed to cramming places the information into the brain gradually as opposed to smashing it in all at once.