Testing Strategies...
As most of you know, we are preparing for the Kansas State Assessments. Thanks to No Child Left Behind, these are VERY important tests. For the last 5 months we have been taking formative tests to target our instruction. After each practice test I talk to my students about the strategies they use. Some of the ones listed below have been told to me, other have been caught by observation. Let me remind you that many of my students have more street smarts than book smarts.
Here is what you need to know about the test. It allows calulators on some of the questions but not on others. It also lets you see the correct and wrong answers for the qustions you missed after it scores you. When they take the real deal they won't be able to use these following strategies for a number of reasons. I also have talked to them a hundred times about not cheating.
Top Ten Testing Strategies
By Mrs. M's class...
1. Guess
2. Just pick my favorite answer.
3. When my teacher stands behind me I try to feel what her brain is thinking about what I'm choosing.
4. I get up to go to the bathroom and check as many computers as I can while I walk by.
5. I make myself fall asleep so that my teacher thinks I'm too tired to take it today.
6. Write some posters from class on my hand and use it on the test.
7. I finish the whole test really fast then write down the correct answers when it lets me check. Then I take the test again and make sure I agree with the answers. I also take my time so it looks like I did a really good job.
8. Sometimes I just check with the person next to me to see if I'm getting it right.
9. If I get stuck on a math question I can write it down, then go back to a question with a calculator, and use the calculator to answer the question. Then I go back and find the right answer.
10. Wait for the person next to me to finish and check their answers so I know if I'm getting them right!
Here is what you need to know about the test. It allows calulators on some of the questions but not on others. It also lets you see the correct and wrong answers for the qustions you missed after it scores you. When they take the real deal they won't be able to use these following strategies for a number of reasons. I also have talked to them a hundred times about not cheating.
Top Ten Testing Strategies
By Mrs. M's class...
1. Guess
2. Just pick my favorite answer.
3. When my teacher stands behind me I try to feel what her brain is thinking about what I'm choosing.
4. I get up to go to the bathroom and check as many computers as I can while I walk by.
5. I make myself fall asleep so that my teacher thinks I'm too tired to take it today.
6. Write some posters from class on my hand and use it on the test.
7. I finish the whole test really fast then write down the correct answers when it lets me check. Then I take the test again and make sure I agree with the answers. I also take my time so it looks like I did a really good job.
8. Sometimes I just check with the person next to me to see if I'm getting it right.
9. If I get stuck on a math question I can write it down, then go back to a question with a calculator, and use the calculator to answer the question. Then I go back and find the right answer.
10. Wait for the person next to me to finish and check their answers so I know if I'm getting them right!
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