12-17-2009, 02:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2009, 03:00 PM by pastorchico7.)
I concur with all the great advise I read here. I offer four major elements to any successful closed-book test.
1) Use Yellow/Blue = Green Highlighter method with a twist. First read with a Yellow highlighter in your hands. As you read through, highlight anything you would feel is important in yellow. Next, as you complete STS, highlight the location of the answer in blue. Finally highlight all UREs answers in green (I dont mean the UREs themselves. Do not study the UREs as 75% of it is bad information that can confuse your mind. this is why IC is so great, never study wrong answers becaue your mind will retain the infomration.
2) Write your own notecards starting with green highlight answers, then blue and if you have time, yellow. Dont just write random facts on the cards. Write the front of the card in the form of a question. If the reading defined and periodic inspection as 90 days. Then write a question like what type of inspection on xxx equipment has a 90 day interval. The idea is to try and keep the answers short. If the answer has multiple parts (bullet points), then ensure you write cards asking specifics about each point. This immediate repetition will help you remember the data.
3) Study your cards as you go. So as you write questions to Ch2, you will get tired. During that break, review missed Ch 1 notecards, and what you wrote so far for Ch 2. Then take your 15 min break.
4) Once you have a good grasp and you are preparing for your EOC, use your highlighted book as a guide. Pretend you're a teacher and stand in front of a mirrior with your book in front of you. Glance at the main subjects of your CDCs and then look up and teach an imaginary class. The idea is you see the green points that lead your mind to everything related to that subject. Any area you say ummm uhhh and your not sure is an area you simply dont know. If you can teach it, you will pass.
All these steps do different things on a cognitive level that help to retain more information then just reading and using that CDC test program. As this is CDCs and not a WAPS test, work together, however, don't cheat yourself and copy other people's study resources. Its the reading, highlighting, writing, and teaching that synergistically seal the data in your LTM.
1) Use Yellow/Blue = Green Highlighter method with a twist. First read with a Yellow highlighter in your hands. As you read through, highlight anything you would feel is important in yellow. Next, as you complete STS, highlight the location of the answer in blue. Finally highlight all UREs answers in green (I dont mean the UREs themselves. Do not study the UREs as 75% of it is bad information that can confuse your mind. this is why IC is so great, never study wrong answers becaue your mind will retain the infomration.
2) Write your own notecards starting with green highlight answers, then blue and if you have time, yellow. Dont just write random facts on the cards. Write the front of the card in the form of a question. If the reading defined and periodic inspection as 90 days. Then write a question like what type of inspection on xxx equipment has a 90 day interval. The idea is to try and keep the answers short. If the answer has multiple parts (bullet points), then ensure you write cards asking specifics about each point. This immediate repetition will help you remember the data.
3) Study your cards as you go. So as you write questions to Ch2, you will get tired. During that break, review missed Ch 1 notecards, and what you wrote so far for Ch 2. Then take your 15 min break.
4) Once you have a good grasp and you are preparing for your EOC, use your highlighted book as a guide. Pretend you're a teacher and stand in front of a mirrior with your book in front of you. Glance at the main subjects of your CDCs and then look up and teach an imaginary class. The idea is you see the green points that lead your mind to everything related to that subject. Any area you say ummm uhhh and your not sure is an area you simply dont know. If you can teach it, you will pass.
All these steps do different things on a cognitive level that help to retain more information then just reading and using that CDC test program. As this is CDCs and not a WAPS test, work together, however, don't cheat yourself and copy other people's study resources. Its the reading, highlighting, writing, and teaching that synergistically seal the data in your LTM.
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