Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Getting Ready for the Diploma

There is a lot of time between the last class and the diploma exam - so here are some ways to get ready.
  • work with a friend from class
  • study a little bit each day - at least 1 hour but no more than 3
  • study a variety of topics and questions every day instead of all from 1 section on one day, and then all of a different section on another
    • do 3 questions from each unit each day instead of 30 questions from 1 unit on one day
  • use your resources
    • you have all of your old quizzes and assignments
    • use them for practice by covering over the answers, doing the question and then checking it
    • each chapter has mid-unit review and end of unit review - use these questions for more practice
    • purchase a Key Booklet 
    • check out Quest A+ Online Practice exams
  • Check the blog for notes and reminders
  • Make a summary sheet (not a cheat sheet)
    • list the most important things to remember from each unit on the sheet such as 
      • difference between perms and combs
      • remember to subtract the overlap in Venn diagrams 
    • don't write formulae they give you, write the ones they don't such as the finance formula from exponentials or max/min from sinusoidal
Exam day tips
  • arrive early!!  return your text book after the exam
  • eat breakfast!!  you will be smarter for longer on a good breakfast
  • get ready the night before - put these items in your shoes by the door!!!
    • calculator
    • pencils
    • erasers
    • ID
  • study your summary sheet , put it away and do a memory dump when you get your test
  • TURN YOUR DIAGNOSTIC ON!!!!  (2nd 0 -> Catalog, scroll to Diagnostic On)
Good luck!!  Let me know how it goes by email swmoses@cbe.ab.ca or twitter @swmoses


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