ABSTRACT
Think about the tests you have taken during your school experience. What types of tests give you some difficulty? Make a list of some of the characteristics of tests that have irritated you at some time during your academic career. What strategies could you use to improve your performance? It is important to learn from exams. The best way to accomplish this goal is to review past exams. Although many instructors will not allow students to keep their exams, they will review them individually with students. Many students do not take the opportunity to review exams, because they incorrectly conclude that they should focus on future rather than past exams. However, by understanding why errors were made in past exams, students can improve strategies for taking future exams.
