Test Taking Strategies Getting ready for your assessment

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Test Taking Strategies Getting ready for your assessment By Sandi Osterwise and Heather Wigent

Test Taking Strategies Getting ready for your assessment By Sandi Osterwise and Heather Wigent

This is a READING test, too! • Make sure you know what the question

This is a READING test, too! • Make sure you know what the question is asking! • Read ALL of the directions. – Tikka made bamboo fishing poles for her sister and herself. She used 3/5 of a 10 foot stick of bamboo for her pole and the rest for her sister’s. How long is her sister’s fishing pole?

Use your pencil! • Underline what the question is asking for… • Underline or

Use your pencil! • Underline what the question is asking for… • Underline or circle key words like • SOLVE • ESTIMATE • NOT • LABEL • EXPLAIN • KEY #s v. Which rational number is the multiplicative inverse of 3½?

Check for Reasonableness • Your numbers should make sense in real life. – Ice

Check for Reasonableness • Your numbers should make sense in real life. – Ice cream cone is $17. 50. – Cereal costs more per ounce than the whole box cost. – Leg of a triangle is longer than the Hypotenuse (Always the longest side!)

Write or Draw on Pictures • It will help! • Triangles • Parallel lines

Write or Draw on Pictures • It will help! • Triangles • Parallel lines and transversals • Surface area

Look at the Reference Page • Formulas – Area and perimeter – Pythagorean Theorem

Look at the Reference Page • Formulas – Area and perimeter – Pythagorean Theorem (8 th) – Surface area and volume – Make sure you’re looking at the CORRECT shape. • Conversions – Metric – Customary

Multiple Choice Strategies • Process of Elimination – Get rid of answers you know

Multiple Choice Strategies • Process of Elimination – Get rid of answers you know can’t be correct. – Bill picked ½ of the apples on his grandmother’s tree. After Bill finished, Sally picked 1/3 of the apples that were left. After Sally finished, there were 40 apples left on the tree. How many apples were on the tree before they picked the apples? • • 40 60 80 120

Also…. . Just because no one is checking your work doesn’t mean you shouldn’t

Also…. . Just because no one is checking your work doesn’t mean you shouldn’t SHOW it! How can you do math accurately without showing some work?

If you REALLY don’t know… • Always pick the same letter. – Pick B

If you REALLY don’t know… • Always pick the same letter. – Pick B or C – At least you’ll be right sometimes! – Remember this is just for a true guess. Only use this when you have absolutely NO clue!1

Long Answer Strategies • Answer on the answer line! • Organize your work, so

Long Answer Strategies • Answer on the answer line! • Organize your work, so it can be understood. I will NOT be grading your test!!! • Explain yourself clearly.

BE… CLEAR CONCISE COMPLETE CORRECT

BE… CLEAR CONCISE COMPLETE CORRECT

 • If the scorer is not sure what you mean, they HAVE to

• If the scorer is not sure what you mean, they HAVE to mark it wrong. – When it says, explain why your answer is correct: • Explain in words how you did the problem. Use numbers to help show what you mean. This will USUALLY show why you’re right.

Long Answer Strategies, Cont. LOOK FOR specific things you should show in your answer,

Long Answer Strategies, Cont. LOOK FOR specific things you should show in your answer, like bullet points or words like LABEL, ESTIMATE, or ROUND. DETAILS MATTER!

For Trial and Error Work: Always show at least 3 trials. One result must

For Trial and Error Work: Always show at least 3 trials. One result must be higher than the correct answer, and one must be lower.

Good Luck!

Good Luck!