How To Take My Tests

Objectives
Every one of our Units has a section titled "Objectives." - This section contains a list of things that you should be able to DO in order to answer any type of test question. For example "Differentiate between science and nonscience" is an Objective. In some cases an Objective could be a test question, but there are other ways to ask you, for instance, to differentiate between science and nonscience.

There will be one or more test questions for each Objective. There will be NO test questions for things that we talk about but which are not defined by an Objective. For example, while discussing the above Objective, we might talk about astrology (an example of a nonscience) but, because the Objective did not say that you should be able to say anything about astrology, there will be no question about astrology. This does not mean that, perhaps, you might want to know something about astrology to answer questions defined by the Objective.

One of the biggest mistakes that you can make when studying is to "Play The Game" - that is, to ignore the Objectives, to just look at your notes, and then try to guess what will and won't be on the test. When I was in college we all had to Play The Game. I got pretty good at it. (She wrote it on the board - it must be important. He just talked about it while stretched out on the Instructor's desk - it can't be important. Unfortunately, such "body language" doesn't always tell you what is important and what is not.) I don't think that you should have to Play The Game. If you want to do well on my tests, use my Objectives for guidance instead of Playing The Game.