ABSTRACT
This chapter helps you to perform well on exams, tests, essays, and reports. As an international student, perhaps one learning in a language that is not your mother tongue, you confront unique obstacles in doing your best on exams and written assignments.
Performing admirably on exams and written assignments is essential to succeed in school. However, mastering exams and tests is also crucial to succeed in the workplace after graduation.
This chapter provides proven strategies that are simple to implement that will reduce anxiety and prepare you to conquer multiple-choice tests. Understanding questions is essential to perform well on tests that demand longer answers, and the chapter helps you to know what an instruction is looking for in anwers.
The second part of the chapter is on essays: from how to identify a topic, how to conduct research, and how to write the final assignment. After reading this chapter, you will realize that writing an essay or other assignments for school is a process, not a mysterious event that occurs on the night before a deadline. Moreover, you will have learned the steps that fit with your learning style that allow you to write your very best assignments as an international student.
