http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/taking-and-passing-an-open-book-exam/ How to Study and How to Prepare for a Test Wed, 16 May 2012 03:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/taking-and-passing-an-open-book-exam/comment-page-1/#comment-13020 Richard Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:31:33 +0000 http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/?p=1206#comment-13020 You mention open book tests being difficult, and that's true. Also hard for me at the college level, believe it or not, were true or false exams, since my college professors had so many elements, all of which had to be true, to be marked true. If even one of the 6 or 7 elements was false you had to know to mark it false. You mention open book tests being difficult, and that’s true. Also hard for me at the college level, believe it or not, were true or false exams, since my college professors had so many elements, all of which had to be true, to be marked true. If even one of the 6 or 7 elements was false you had to know to mark it false.

]]> http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/taking-and-passing-an-open-book-exam/comment-page-1/#comment-13015 John Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:27:37 +0000 http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/?p=1206#comment-13015 I do agree that you can't spend the weekend right before a test cramming in the last minute studying because you have a better chance of forgetting the information that you studied. I have had a few open book test in my life and sometimes its easier and sometimes its not, but I have never thought of it as a get out of jail free card because sometimes they can reword sentences from the book to try and confuse you. I have definitely had to be able to apply different concepts while using the open book exam approach in order to fully understand the material in which I was testing. The advice of studying and reading the material along with making notes was one of the best ideas I have heard. It helped me understand what was being taught and it made more sense while taking the open book exam. When I took an open book test most of my answers to my questions came directly from the book as quotes which helped me definitely get a higher grade on the exam. I have also learned in the past that getting to excited before a test can hurt you because you try to rush things and end up messing up a lot of the answers I was giving. I do agree that you can’t spend the weekend right before a test cramming in the last minute studying because you have a better chance of forgetting the information that you studied. I have had a few open book test in my life and sometimes its easier and sometimes its not, but I have never thought of it as a get out of jail free card because sometimes they can reword sentences from the book to try and confuse you. I have definitely had to be able to apply different concepts while using the open book exam approach in order to fully understand the material in which I was testing. The advice of studying and reading the material along with making notes was one of the best ideas I have heard. It helped me understand what was being taught and it made more sense while taking the open book exam. When I took an open book test most of my answers to my questions came directly from the book as quotes which helped me definitely get a higher grade on the exam. I have also learned in the past that getting to excited before a test can hurt you because you try to rush things and end up messing up a lot of the answers I was giving.

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