As a high school teacher I agree with your assessment that computers are often being used to prepare students for test rather than for learning. Many times I find that teachers use computers to help student’s complete assignments on …

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Could I be Sorry to see a Test Go?

So much has changed in so little time regarding America’s growth careers. Not so long ago, newspaper reporters, online retailers, auto workers, and retail managers were all hot prospects. That was before last September. When the economy crashed, it completely rewrote the book on where the career possibilities are. As newspapers went out of business, as banks folded, as auto makers teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, more and more young people wondered: Can I still find a worthwhile job in this economy, and make decent money?

The answer: An unqualified “Yes.” True, the hot job prospects have changed, but they are out there for the person who is willing to train him or herself for that career. In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor has released their 2008-09 Occupational Outlook Handbook. In it, they outline 30 job possibilities that still hold much promise, even in a devastating recession. Let’s consider 10 of the more interesting ones.

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Taking test, preparing for exams, studying for midterms, and studying for final exams traditioanlly give students challenges. With so many things taking place before test time, there seems to be a rush of adrenaline to the mind containing fear, stress, overload and anxiety. I have experienced these same symptoms before test time, until I learned a few key ways to prepare for test.

Understanding how to prepare for test or exams is a vital academic skill that every student must develop.

Yes reviewing your class notes regularly can make studying for exams easier and more efficient, but here are some other key ways that you can prepare for those exams. These may seem easy and simple, but they are very effective.

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How to Prepare for a test

With quick access to so much information, it gets very difficult to narrow the scope to, “What do I need to know?” It’s easy to start on one page looking up how to configure a password and click “other security information” to find ACLs (“Ooh, I should save that!”) and on that page see a list of port numbers (“I bet that will come in handy!”) and with each link you get further from what you were originally investigating… what you need to know.

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Study Tip: Avoid Information Overload

Everyone who takes tests has some degree of anxiety before the test but some people really have such bad reactions that it affects their performance in the test. Stress is caused by elevated levels of adrenaline that triggers all these nervous feelings that accompany stress.

These symptoms can be an upset stomach, sweating, rapid breathing or a pounding heart with any of them being mild or more severe. If you continue to focus on the negativity of the feelings and your concern about the test you can often make the symptoms worse thereby making you feel worse and so on. Saying that you should try to be positive is difficult but in fact if you can neutralize those feelings you will be able to turn the reactions around so you are feeling better but it isn’t always easy. (more…)

Test prep students would drastically improve their scores if they simply bought the official study guides, read them cover to cover, did all the exercises, and spent time trying to learn from their mistakes.

When studying for any standardized test, you need to cover a certain amount of groundwork, whether you work with a tutor, a class, or a book.  Far too many people out there think that if they hire a tutor or sign up for a class, then they can skip the groundwork.  Part of what I hope to show over the course of these postings is how mistaken this notion is.

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Used by over 135 countries at over 6000 universities and colleges the TOEFL is designed to measure your skill levels in being able to listen as well as read and write English and most of all your ability to speak English. Here is what you can expect from the TOEFL test: (more…)

It’s really interesting how the word “test” can make grown people freeze up and forget everything they ever knew about a particular subject. The word shouldn’t cause that much anxiety but it does. And you aren’t alone. It happens to everyone at one time or another. The real question is – what can you do about it so that you don’t panic when you need your wits about you?

Most people who do well in school are those who participate during classes and get their homework assignments completed and turned in on time and generally are well prepared and feel fairly confident that they are knowledgeable about the subject. The problem is that when they know a test is being given they completely lose it and everything goes flying out of their head! (more…)

(This is a part of the document that I used to hand out at my Ontario University Admissions seminar.  Just thought I’d get it up online.) The answer to this question depends in part on how your intend to enter university.  Below you’ll find some general tips and suggestions for your high school program that address credit courses, standardized test prep, “top six” and portfolio-based options.  Of course, these are just some general, brief guidelines to get you thinking about the process. T

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How early do I have to start planning for university?

Media Reviews “I have been doing project management for over 30 years and am considered a subject matter expert in the PMBOK(r) Guide -Third Edition primarily because I am the Project Manager who led the team that developed this edition. As a consultant I was hired to review and evaluate eight of the top selling PMP Exam Preparation books for their accuracy in following the PMBOK® Guide – Third Edition

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