one minute test taking tips for research gate 2-23-2017

Right-brain training to become S tr ess- S mar t : 7) Test for Test-Anxiety. “Stress is sand in the machinery of thought.” All classes will have “test-anxious.”“Test- anxious” or “math-anxious” under- achieve on tests. As adults they avoid rewarding jobs requiring many tests or using complex math.“Computer- phobics” short-circuit their own growth by just plain refusing to acquire 21st century skills. The “anxious” resist change. 8) Consume “Food for thought” just before the test session. Eat fruit, followed by a drink of water. 9) Relax: See your mental health professional on test-anxiety reduc- tion tips. Use humor to relax. See a movie the night before the “big event.” 10) Learn from those who do Best- on-tests. Test-Prep can boost test scores by 10%! (Scruggs & Mastropieri, Purdue University, 1992). *Warren Publishing [email protected] October 2002. Call 1-704-907-0143 for book orders. Dr. Rubenzer has tested well over 2,500 individual students from preschoolers through college age. Columbia University (New York City) graduate Dr. Ron Rubenzer holds a doctorate and three masters degrees and has consulted in Switzerland, London and extensively in the US. He now does private testing in Greensboro NC, writes, does SAT prep and conducts workshops on “enjoying wellness while improving performance and quality of life at home, work and school.” 12 Top test performance requires developing thr ee differ ent t yp es of smar tness, tapping into different “brain-domains”: Students must be - Fact-Smart (left- brain); Test-Smart (Left & Right-Brain) and Stress-Smart (Right-Brain). If one thinks of testing today as a Triathlon, success is assured. Test-Triathlon training could begin three months before the big event. Build skills with several short sessions weekly. Of course, you use many parts of your brain when thinking, but different parts are used to varying degrees based on the task at hand. This is like the fact that you use much of your body just to drink a glass of water, but different parts of your body are more or less involved (eyes, hand, arm, shoulder, back muscles and hopefully your mouth). O ne M inute T est- t aking T ips TOP TEN TEST-TAKING TIPS (THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO TEST) Left-brain training to become F ac t-S mar t : 1) Teach Positively: Students learn more when they like the teacher (William James-Harvard, 1899). 2) Teach memory mechanics. The basic rule is repetition, repetition, repetition. 3) Require students to develop their own flashcards and stack the deck with only the memor iz ed fac ts . 4) Answer the core question, without being tripped up by “word traps” (irrelevant details) or generalizations (always, never, everywhere). Both-brain training to become T est-S mar t : 5) Be Clerically Correct: For the young, when in doubt, check their skills out (attention, handwriting, reading skills). 6) Provide “Test Rehearsals” (if approved). All great performances start with rehearsal. Excerpted/modified from book HOW THE BEST HANDLE STRESS* DR RONALD L. RUBENZER, EdD, MA, MPh, MSE. Certified as School Psychologist 111, Principal, Gifted Education (Doctoral); Licensed Psychological Associate, Health Services Provider. T he “ T esting T r ia thlon ”: B eing F ac t S mar t; T est S mar t; S tr ess S mar t .

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Right-brain training to become Stress-Smart:

7) Test for Test-Anxiety. “Stress is sandin the machinery of thought.” Allclasses will have “test-anxious.” “Test-anxious” or “math-anxious” under-achieve on tests. As adults they avoidrewarding jobs requiring many testsor using complex math. “Computer-phobics” short-circuit their owngrowth by just plain refusing toacquire 21st century skills. The“anxious” resist change.

8) Consume “Food for thought” justbefore the test session. Eat fruit,followed by a drink of water.

9) Relax: See your mental healthprofessional on test-anxiety reduc-tion tips. Use humor to relax. See amovie the night before the “bigevent.”

10) Learn from those who do Best-on-tests. Test-Prep can boost testscores by 10%! (Scruggs &Mastropieri, Purdue University, 1992).

*Warren [email protected] October 2002.Call 1-704-907-0143 for book orders.

Dr. Rubenzer has tested well over 2,500individual students from preschoolersthrough college age.

Columbia University (New York City) graduateDr. Ron Rubenzer holds a doctorate and threemasters degrees and has consulted inSwitzerland, London and extensively in the US.He now does private testing in GreensboroNC, writes, does SAT prep and conductsworkshops on “enjoying wellness whileimproving performance and quality of life athome, work and school.”

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Top test performance requires developingthree different types of smartness,tapping into different “brain-domains”:Students must be - Fact-Smart (left-brain); Test-Smart (Left & Right-Brain)and Stress-Smart (Right-Brain). If onethinks of testing today as a Triathlon,success is assured. Test-Triathlon trainingcould begin three months before the bigevent. Build skills with several shortsessions weekly.

Of course, you use many parts of yourbrain when thinking, but different partsare used to varying degrees based on thetask at hand. This is like the fact that youuse much of your body just to drink aglass of water, but different parts of yourbody are more or less involved (eyes,hand, arm, shoulder, back muscles andhopefully your mouth).

O n e M i n u t e T e s t - t a k i n g T i p s

TOP TEN TEST-TAKING TIPS(THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO TEST)

Left-brain training to become Fact-Smart:

1) Teach Positively: Students learnmore when they like the teacher(William James-Harvard, 1899).

2) Teach memory mechanics. Thebasic rule is repetition, repetition,repetition.

3) Require students to develop theirown flashcards and stack the deckwith only the memorized facts.

4) Answer the core question, withoutbeing tripped up by “word traps”(irrelevant details) or generalizations(always, never, everywhere).

Both-brain training to become Test-Smart:

5) Be Clerically Correct: For theyoung, when in doubt, check theirskills out (attention, handwriting,reading skills).

6) Provide “Test Rehearsals” (ifapproved). All great performancesstart with rehearsal.

Excerpted/modified from book HOW THE BEST HANDLE STRESS*DR RONALD L. RUBENZER, EdD, MA, MPh, MSE.

Certified as School Psychologist 111, Principal, Gifted Education (Doctoral);Licensed Psychological Associate, Health Services Provider.