Test Review Tools

When it is time to study for a test, it is a good idea for you to create visual aid or other tools that will help you learn and to remember the material. These materials may be used differently for different tests.

You need to create a study checklist. Know all the material that your professor will test. Keep notes, assignments, outlines, formulas, vocabulary words and other materials that you have been asked to learn. By coming up with a checklist, you can see what you do and what you do not know. You can manage your time to best address the areas that need more study.
Summarizing your notes or creating concept maps of important ideas and relationships provides another good study tool. Make lists with these summaries, and show relationships between the concepts. The visual aid will help in studying.

It will help some people to read their notes or test onto a cassette or cd, so it can be read back to them. Not everyone likes this style of learning, but for those who do, it works well. Listening to the notes, text or lecture in the background can serve to increase retention of the subject matter.

Many students make flash cards out of note cards. Put down the words, formulas, definitions, dates and lists that you need to have memorized. Put the question on one side and the answer on the other. Use the flash cards to test your memory. Not every tool works for every person. Figure out which ones best suit your learning style and practice them.

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