How I studied for my exams?

How I studied for Final Exams?

Joe wished he could study by Osmosis,
but that only works with water.



I have taken lots of exams in my life time and plan to take more in the near future.  How do you studied for exams? Fortunately for you many of your teachers have provided you with a guide to focus your studies.  But even then, where do you begin.   Always begin with what you know and what you remember from the teachings of the course; what vocabulary do you know without needing a text book or the internet to write the defintion; and what questions can you answer.  Good start, right, but how do you know if you really know the topic like energy transfer?

You know it, when you can teach it to someone else.   So I would find a study partner, yep that was my  best friend, mother, my best dog princess, and sometimes my brother. However, my sisters were always too busy for me pester with my endless chatter of this vocabulary word or how this happens.   So find someone, to be your sounding board.  My mother was the best because when I would teach her something she would reward me with what she called 'brain food' chocolate chips. She would also tell me when it was time to take a quick break - however, the die-hard person that I am, I would call over my best dog princess and we would chat about biology, chemistry, and those other subjects I had to study for. 

Breaks are important too.  Even if you stop studying one subject for a while to study for the next exam.  As far back as I remember it has always been just 2 exams per day, except when I was in college.   So review all the information you know first so that you could teach it to someone else, then eat some "brain food", rest drink water.   Repeat for you next exam. 

Now what if you feel like you don't remember any of the information.  First make an attempt, Second phone a friend, third go see your teacher at lunch or afterschool,  consult the final exam review answersheet posted here (for science) and/or lastly search genuine internet sites like Kahn Academy to see if there are tutorials to guide you.

Good luck with your exams and remember study, eat "brain food", drink water, and get the appropriate amount of rest.  Don't cram for the exam because you will not have gotten enough rest and you could get stressed out and forget all that you really truly know!



Here are the answers to the final exam review - remember coping these isn't going to help you know it and understand it for the exams but use it as a resource to get you over the hump when you get STUMPED.  Yeah I went there.


Environmental Science Final Exam Review answers


Mrs. Gable teaches at Gaithersburg High School.
Jennifer_L_Gable@mcpsmd.org