Difficulty: Moderately challenging
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- Bluebooks
- Textbooks
- Women's Watches
- Black Ink Pen
- Blue Ink Pens
- Index Cards
- Classes On Improving Memory
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Step 1
Prepare thoroughly, and avoid cramming.
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Step 2
Keep the timeline (see "How to Study for a History Exam") in your mind as much as you can from the moment you finish studying until the exam begins.
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Step 3
Draw a blank timeline as soon as you're told to begin the test.
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Step 4
Fill in as much detailed information as you can, as quickly as possible.
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Step 5
Take the exam - whether it's an essay exam, multiple choice, true/false, or any other kind of test - based on your timeline in all its complexity and completeness.
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Step 6
Remember that history is much more than a timeline. Think of the timeline as a springboard to further complexity rather than as the be all and end all of history.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 The simplest and most rewarding way of preparing yourself for a test is to give your teacher your complete attention. Notes are a good idea, but not mandatory, you can learn so much just by listening (make sure you are always watching your teacher so your mind doesn't wander). If that doesn't work, or if the test makes you memorize quotes, I find it helpful to record myself saying what I need to learn and then at night when I am ready to sleep, I turn it back on and it will repeat hundreds of times by morning. I can have at least a page of text memorized with hardly any mistakes.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Here are some rules of thumb for multiple-choice tests:
1. If "all of the above" is an option, it's usually the answer. This doesn't necessarily apply to "none of the above," since it's often thrown in because the test maker was too lazy to think up another viable option.
2. If there's a corrected typo, it's usually the answer.
3. "Take the test with the test"...Sometimes other questions have the answer to a previous one.
4. Your first guess is usually the right one. When in doubt, don't change your answer...You'll kick yourself a lot harder if you change your original answer and get it wrong.
5. Most often the longest answer is the right one. People don't spend much time typing out wrong answers. Answers that are shaky grammatically tend to be wrong also.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 History exams have a word limit at times for specific amount of marks.If a long answer type question of 6 marks is asked for say 2 marks, just mention the events which are important without much explaination.