Any study tips for AP US History??? the last time we took a test the highest grade was a 65! i have already read the chapters like twice, what esle should i do??(test is tommorow)!
2006-09-05 12:18:11 · 11 answers · asked by Stephanie 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
try to repeat the most important topics in your head over and over. then attach some detailed info onto that. and also, relax! it is just school, it is not the end of the world if you screw up
2006-09-05 12:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a piece of notebook paper and fold it in half lengthwise, so that you have a left side and a right side. On the left side (next to each of these) write questions and terms and draw diagrams from your text. (Choose things that are written in bold print in your text, are bulleted in your text, and otherwise marked as important--like in a chapter review section. Include things that you took notes on in class.) On the right side write the answers to the questions, definitions for the terms and explanations for the diagrams.
Fold the paper in half, looking only at the left side and see if you can give the answers to the questions, define the terms, and explain the diagrams. Keep stopping and memorizing anything you don't have mastered. When you can do that without stopping and peeking at the right side, switch to the other side.
Look at the right side and see if you can give the questions that go with the answers, the words for the definitions, and draw the diagrams that go with the explanations. Keep stopping and memorizing when you get stuck. When you can do both sides easily, you should be prepared.
2006-09-05 20:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son had this last year. Here's what saved him: on-line chapter notes! Do a search for the name of the book you're using, and see if you can find the chapter notes anywhere on-line. What he discovered is that his teacher was mostly testing from THOSE! Once he figured that our and started studying from those, his tests went from failing to finishing with a B in the class. It saved his butt!
Good luck --- he HATED that class!!
2006-09-05 19:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, the test is hard. Some of my fellow students went through the test a few months ago.
5 out of 16 passed.
If I had to give you advice, study what you don't think will be on the test, cause it will be there, more times than none.
2006-09-05 19:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Steven Procter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flash cards. Practice them like *crazy*. Memorize them. Read the chapters a third time until you commit all the facts to memory. I know, its hard. But hopefully it'll work out. Good luck!
2006-09-05 19:19:35 · answer #5 · answered by Hearts to You 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, you shouldn't have taken that class. but well, i guess its too late now...so what you can do is try getting a tutor from your school to help you with it. Make flash cards. And study hard! If nothing else, get books from the library or SparkNotes on history and learn the material through that. Remember, nothing's impossible.
2006-09-05 19:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by annie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Review your class notes along with your book. Outline the chapters and memorize!
2006-09-05 19:21:53 · answer #7 · answered by christin k 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read over your notes, and ask your parent to give you pop questions on the chaper you are being tested on...or maybe a good friend.
2006-09-05 19:21:26 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ Susan §@¿@§ ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask your computer,....type in the same info you just gave us & see all the tips that come up.
2006-09-05 19:20:18 · answer #9 · answered by paintressa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hold discussions about what you read with some of your classmates...
ask your teacher what would be a good study guide for you...
2006-09-05 19:21:05 · answer #10 · answered by one_sera_phim 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋