TOP 10 TEST TAKING STRATEGIES
1. READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY.
2. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO DO BEFORE YOU DO IT.
3. LOOK AT ANSWER CHOICES CAREFULLY.
4. IF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE AN ANSWER IS CORRECT, MARK IT AND MOVE ONTO THE NEXT QUESTION. YOU NEED NOT LOOK AT THE REST OF THE ANSWER CHOICES.
5. ELIMINATE ANSWER CHOICES YOU KNOW ARE WRONG.
6. TRY EACH ANSWER CHOICE FOR CLOZE-TYPE ITEMS.
7. TAKE YOUR BEST GUESS WHEN UNSURE OF AN ANSWER.
8. SKIP DIFFICULT ITEMS AND RETURN TO THEM LATER.
9. MAKE SURE YOU MARK THE CORRECT SPACE FOR THE ANSWER GROUP THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE QUESTION YOU ARE WORKING ON.
10. ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.
5TH GRADE TEST IN: MATH, READING AND SCIENCE.
TOP 10 TEST-TAKING MISTAKES.
1. Spending too much time on Difficult items. 2. Misreading a question
3. Filling in the wrong answer. 4. Misreading answer choices
5. Perform the wrong mathmatical operations 6. Misread key words such as NOT or OPPOSITE
7. Make a copy error on your scratch paper 8. Make an error when reading your scratch paper and
transferring answer onto computer
9. Reading a passage before the questions in comprehension
passages 10. Failing to attempt to answer all the items.
3. Filling in the wrong answer. 4. Misreading answer choices
5. Perform the wrong mathmatical operations 6. Misread key words such as NOT or OPPOSITE
7. Make a copy error on your scratch paper 8. Make an error when reading your scratch paper and
transferring answer onto computer
9. Reading a passage before the questions in comprehension
passages 10. Failing to attempt to answer all the items.