S
ay to yourself, "Where did I see this
information when I was studying?"
- When you find yourself forgetting important information,
think back to when you were studying.
- Try to think of where the information was located in a certain
book or on a certain page of the book or in your lecture notes
or on your note cards.
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P
icture in your head what you read
or wrote that might help.
- Close your eyes and picture yourself
just as you studied for the test.
- Try to visualize the information just
as you saw it in your book or your notes when you were studying.
Try to remember what you said aloud when you studied.
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O
rganize in your mind all of the study
aids that you used.
- Study aids include memory strategies
such as mnemonics and any other strategies used to memorize
important information.
- Think about any note cards that you
made.
- Think about any key words and pictures
that you created.
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R
emember to "dump" all the information
as you recall it.
- As you take the test, write everything
you studied. Write this in the margins or on the back of the
test.
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T
ell yourself that you need to go back
and look at the "dumped" information.
- As you answer the questions, go back
and look at everything you wrote in the margins or on the back
of the test.
- As you look at each thing in the margin,
ask if you included it in your answer, and if not, do you want
to include it?
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