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PREPARING FOR EXAMS 253be approximately five to eight typed pages in length. See Appendix A
for detailed information on how to conduct a self-management study.Self-evaluation and monitoring. How effective are my cur-
rent exam preparation (i.e., study) strategies? Do I need to
change the way I plan and study for exams? If yes, what
problem do I encounter? What are the symptoms of my
problem (i.e., When, where and how often does my prob-
lem occur)? How much of an impact does this have on my
academic performance? What factors (e.g., beliefs, percep-
tions, feelings, physiological responses, or behaviors) con-
tribute to this problem? What do I need to change to reduce
or eliminate my problem(s)?Goal setting and strategic planning. What are my goals?
What strategies will I implement to improve my exam
preparation? When will I use these strategies? How will I
record my progress?Strategy-implementation and monitoring. What strategies
did I use to improve my exam preparation? When did I use
these strategies? What method(s) did I use to record my
progress (e.g., documents, charts, logs, tally sheets, check-
lists, or recordings)? When did I use these methods? How
and when did I monitor my progress to determine if my new
exam preparation plan was working? What changes, if any,
did I make along the way?Strategic-outcome monitoring. Did I attain the goal(s) I set
for myself? Have the modifications in my exam preparation
improved my academic performance? What strategies were
the most and least effective? What changes, if any, do I need
to make in the future?- Develop a Study Plan
Select a study partner and develop a study plan for an examination
on one chapter in this book. Identify the different strategies you
used in your plan and compare it with the plan of another pair of
students.- Develop Questions From a Representation
A student developed the following representation in a physics course.
Generate two multiple-choice and two essay questions that an instruc-
tor could ask from this representation.