Final exams are rapidly approaching. Here at Indiana University of PA our exams are December 14 - 17. Leading up to exams, here are some things to consider:
1. When are your exams scheduled? (Usually they are on a different time schedule than the semester classes.) Will they be held in the same room as the class or somewhere else?
2. What will they cover? Is the exam on the final unit or is it cumulative - covering the entire semester?
3. Are you all caught up with your work? Have you missed any exams, quizzes or assignments? Can you make them up?
4. Do you have a complete set of notes for each class? Were you absent for any classes? Did you get those notes from someone else? (And do you understand them since you were not in class to take them yourself?!?)
5. How did you do on previous exams from each professor? If you did well - then do the same time. If not - increase your study strategies as well as your study time.
Your next step is to plan your studying schedule.
1. Start a week or more before the exam to organize all of the material.
2. Next, break the material down into logical topics. Study one topic a day leading up to the exam and review the previous ones you studied. The day before the exam you should be reviewing the entire body of information for the exam.
3. With information that is really difficult for you, review that material the very last thing before you go to sleep.
4. You can also:
- Make a study guide
- Make a practice exam
- Form a study group and either teach each other the material or ask each other questions
- Analyze previous exams from that professor and predict the format of the final
Next week we will look at test-taking strategies.
Until then...happy studying!
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