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Its that time of the year again, midterms! Half a semesters knowledge crammed into one test. So, how do you go about studying all of it? I know during midterm and final time I am overwhelmed with the amount of material I have to go over and never know where to begin or how to do it. That is why this weeks topic of Anticipating Test Questions for Exam Prep is perfect.

Mat 122 is a course that does not have just one midterm exam but 4 mini midterms. You learn about 2 chapters and get tested on the material. This was the perfect time to test out the exam prep because I had an exam coming up.

The following are ways to anticipate questions your professor might ask you on the exam:

1. Syllabus

2. Professor's questions

3. Study aids

4. Your questions

5. Previous exams

I am a Kinesthetic learner so I thought the professors questions would be a great way for me to visualize and work out the questions. Mat 122 is a class with a lot of notes

so every time the professor asked a question or showed an example I would fully write it down and highlight it as an example so I would make sure to go back to it. When I sat down to study, I wrote out all of the examples on one sheet and made myself a study aid with all of the professors questions and equations for this unit. I then was able to easily go through the examples and memorize the equations. Study aids and professors questions can work in courses like math, history, science, and even for papers to write down key words the professor uses and organize them in your paper outline. Both of these strategies are great for kinesthetic, visual and audio learners.

To make a study aid, which can be a study sheet, graphic organizer, outline, flash cards or any other aid that you think may help you, all you need is your notes from class and place to organize them all. You should go through your notes and write on your study aid the information that is most important or that is hard-to-remember.

There is not a significant amount of limitation to these strategies. In class you should be attentive and focusing on what the professor says anyways so writing down all of the questions they say should not be a burden. Making a study aid will only help you better organize your notes and the material that will be on the test so it is easier to focus on what to study.

This is a method that is great for everyone and could help anyone ace those exams!

Part of My Study Aid