2006-11-15 22:59:53 · 10 answers · asked by ? 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
People can only concentrate fully for about 20 minutes, so organise your study periods into 20 minute segments, with 10 minutes in between segments where you do something completely different.
Memory is most efficient at the beginning and end of study segments (The primacy effect and the recency effect), so anything that you positively HAVE TO remember should be placed here.
Don't stress out, you are not expected to remember everything, just to demonstrate your knowledge. When you are in the exam room, give yourself time to adjust to your surroundings, take deep breaths and keep telling yourself that you are not only going to pass, but that you are going to enjoy it.
Chew something; - chewing is known to de-stress people, and try to adopt a positive mental attitude.
Give yourself some time before the exam to let your mind clear and to allow your mind to organise the clutter of information which you have been trying to learn, so I would recommend that you do not study at all in the hours leading up to bedtime on the day before the exam.
Get a good night's sleep. If you have to go for a long run (or do some other exercise) to tire yourself, to make you sleep, then do so.
Take a good long warm bath, the night before as a relaxation aid.
Hope it goes well. - Just try to relax about it and you will be fine.
If you have worked hard, it is difficult to fail!
2006-11-16 00:18:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brothers and I were raised with my grandparents always asking us questions. It was sort of like a permanent trivia game. As a result when it came to tests we all viewed it as an opportunity to show off. Mind you we all always read our tests before school even started (cover to cover) and made a point of staying a couple of lessons ahead of where the class was at all times. Plus we are all blessed with exceptional memories and reading ability though I guess the latter is learnt.
The secret is to make learning fun. I'm 52 and have never stopped going to school in some form or another. (The fastest most useful and practical courses I ever took were in the Army, it makes a difference when the instructor knows that if you don't learn well it could get you both killed). I speak read and write English, French, Latin and Japanese. Mandarin Chinese will be next. I retired at early 51 years of age. My brothers and I have 3 licenced trades each. I have taken courses from 7 different Colleges.
Look at learning as the game of learning for life Tests are your roadsigns a way of seeing where you are. A way to see which direction you need to study in to get to where you should be.
My Grandmother now long passed on drilled this into each of us. "You can lose almost anything. Your money, reputation, family, country all your possessions. The only thing only God can take from you is your education. Not the piece of paper you earn but what you have actually learnt."
This advice may not help you for this particular test other than taking it to heart should relax you. However printing out this "Answer" and looking to it for inspiration may help to change how you look at learning and tests in the future. Don't look at it as the advice came from me but from a couple born in 1909 and 1910 who lived through WWI the roaring twenties, the depression, WWII, The Korean War, The Fifties, The Sixties, The Seventies, and part of the Eighties.
2006-11-16 07:29:08 · answer #2 · answered by Sid B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is the night before don't even open a book. Your not going to learn anything you haven't all ready went over. Get a good night sleep (at least 8 hours) In the morning have a good healthy breakfast nothing to sugary and you will be prepared to do well on your test. That's what works for me. GOOD LUCK
2006-11-16 07:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by ashashbaby 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just be prepared. Study and maybe have a friend help you with a "mock exam" to help you calm your nerves. We most often stress over the unknown... so if you can get comfortable with a Q & A scenario... you may relax more.
2006-11-16 07:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by wonderful1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok first step.. Breathe. Don't stress about it. Easier said than done I know, but it will help. Do some study, try not to cram the night before.. Take it easy, and keep a claer head. You'll do fine. Just remember the facts you need to know and all will go smoothly. :-)
2006-11-16 07:03:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
keep your mind clear now.relax for sometime or enjoy doing something now..for instance you can play a game of cards and then get back to studies.you will feel refreshed. concentrate while studying. take a break to remember important things that you have studied.study well.you will do fine.
2006-11-16 07:07:35 · answer #6 · answered by knock-a-brain-apart 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont b scared! just try ur best, revise hard and just let things b. just say to urself that its not ur first exam, u managed to get thru all the otehr exams so y not this one! good luck
2006-11-16 07:05:19 · answer #7 · answered by needy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stay calm and study hard. Don't get yourself all worked up about it. Keep telling yourself you can do it. Good luck. I know you'll do great.
2006-11-16 07:17:53 · answer #8 · answered by greylady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well ................i just had my entrance exams and the reviewer was 10x harder than the real thing. good luck.
2006-11-16 07:03:46 · answer #9 · answered by someone ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
[sarcasm] You can do it, wooopeee [/sarcasm]
2006-11-16 07:05:58 · answer #10 · answered by rimrocka 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋