For Anticipating Test Questions, I ,first, went over my syllabus on Blackboard to use the information. I found the course description, course objectives, and topic outlines that might give me a hint for exam. This course is focused on fact, so I can determine if my anticipated questions should be factual. As I looked through the syllabus, I had to cover Chapter 3 and 4. Second, I noted the professor's questions asked in class, I was frequently being asked to compare and contrast of the chapters. For example, I need to compare and contrast to get answers for dependent events and independent events. For independent events, I have to use multiplication rule, and for dependent events, general multiplication rule is required to use. Dissjoint events is also the one I have to compare from the two events, so I can find a right rule of equation to apply. Another comparison and constast required is Percentiles and Quartiles as he said in the lecture. Third, I used study aids such as study sheets. I always take notes in the class, and there are a lot of important examples and information. So, I decided to use my notes for my study sheets. Fourth, I created questions that I think my professor might ask me on the exam. I asked him if I was on the right track, and he answered me the questions were pretty good, and he suggested going over last quizzes if I needed more help. Fifth, I used previous exam to create my own questions. I rewrote some questions from the fourth stage. As shown below, they are my own final questions. For last exam, I had only 7 questions, but each was worthy about 15 points. So, I should be carefully solving through each one. I need to know each rule and equation to apply. Lastly, I found out what information will be on the exam and the format of the exam and the number of questions. I also figured out which topics have been emphasized. Chapter 3-1 to 3-4 and Chapter 4-1 to 4-7 will be covered on the exam. The format of the exam was multiple questions and subjective questions, and there were total 7 questions. I figured out the two chapters, Measure of Variance and Probability, were most frequently being asked during the lecture.
For Post-Exam Review, I took the time and reflected on how I studied for the previous exam. So, I answered the following questions carefully. The first question was how did I prepare for the exam. I answered I used lecture notes and review sheets. The second question was what grade did I earn, and I got 90 out of 100 on the last exam. The third one was was my test preparation helpful, and I answered as my exam preparation was helpful some parts, but I got two multiple questions wrong since I didn't read through textbook carefully. The fourth one was how much time did I spend preparing. I said I spent about three hours to cover all of them up. The fifth one was did I feel confident and well prepared, and I answered I felt not confident and well prepared at all, for I only spent total three hours before the exam. The sixth one was which questions were the easiest and why. I said the easiest parts were making a scatterplot and finding the percentage because a scatterplot was only required to look at the text and drew, and finding the percentage was I already knew how to do even if I didn't study for it. The seventh one was which questions were the hardiest and why. I answered as the hardiest questions were multiple questions that required reading textbook carefully because I didn't understand how to compare and contrast each case. The last one was how will I study for the next exam, and I said I will absolutely read through textbook carefully, review lecture notes, use previous exam, review sheets, and anticipate questions, but I will not study with friends, for I talk too much with them instead of focusing on study.
To sum up, the effectiveness of Anticipating Test Questions is I can get valuable clues at once such as syllabus information, the professor's questions, study aids, creating questions, and using previous exam. Before I started this strategy, I felt I had to choose another strategy to apply since this one required many steps to do. However, after I used this, I felt very organized with my exam for MAT 121 and ready for it. I have two weeks from the exam, but I already looked over the syllabus and I already created my own questions. This strategy is seriously effective for preparing the exam and Exam Experiment. The reason why I chose this strategy is even if this one required a lot of steps to do, I felt it must be helpful to use since it made me go over the syllabus, talk with a professor, and create my own questions. How important are they! The effectiveness of Post-Exam Review is I can look over my responses that tell me what I need to change. I can also see the specific questions that I got wrong. So, I know how I have to do for the next exam, especially, I need to read through textbook carefully if I want to get a better score. The reason why I chose this strategy is when I fisrt looked at this one, I thougth I could change my study habits that were obstacles all the time to get an A. And now, I know how I need to change my studying for the course to get a better grade.
I feel very satisfied with MAT 121 now, and I must use the strategies to my other two courses! :)
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I really like this post. The images shows the process of anticipating test questions. I like how you put a picture of the course description of your mah syllabus. But you are missing your source and topic outline for the Exam Experiment.
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