Published Aug 28, 2006
kathykaye
590 Posts
test- taking strategies that don't work on the nclex exam (kaplan)
*"cramming" hundreds of facts about disease processes and nursing care
*recognizing and recalling facts rather than understanding the pathophysiology and the needs of a patient with an illness.
*knowing who wrote the question and what is important to that instructor
*predicting answers based on what you remember or who wrote the test question
*selecting the response that is a different length compared to the other choices
*selecting the answer choice that is gramatically correct
successful test-takers
*have a good understanding of nursing content
*have the ability to tackle each test question with a lot of confidence because they assume that they can figure out the right answer
*don't give up if they are unsure of the answer. they are not afraid to think about the question and the possible choices in order to select the correct answer
*process the know-how to correctly identify the question
*stay focused on the question
unsuccessful test-takers
*assume that they either know or don't know the answer to the question
*memorize facts to the answer questions by recall or recognition
*read the question, read the answers, read the question, and pick an answer
*choose answer choices based on a hunch or a feeling instead of thinking carefully
*answer quesions based on personal experience rather than nursing theory
*give up too soon because they aren't willing to think hard about questions and answers
*don't stay focused on the question
goodluck! work to become a successful test taker!:wink2:
echota
83 Posts
test- taking strategies that don't work on the nclex exam*"cramming" hundreds of facts about disease processes and nursing care*recognizing and recalling facts rather than understanding the pathophysiology and the needs of a patient with an illness.*knowing who wrote the question and what is important to that instructor*predicting answers based on what you remember or who wrote the test question*selecting the response that is a different length compared to the other choices*selecting the answer choice that is gramatically correctsuccessful test-takers*have a good understanding of nursing content*have the ability to tackle each test question with a lot of confidence because they assume that they can figure out the right answer*don't give up if they are unsure of the answer. they are not afraid to think about the question and the possible choices in order to select the correct answer*process the know-how to correctly identify the question*stay focused on the questionunsuccessful test-takers*assume that they either know or don't know the answer to the question*memorize facts to the answer questions by recall or recognition*read the question, read the answers, read the question, and pick an answer*choose answer choices based on a hunch or a feeling instead of thinking carefully*answer quesions based on personal experience rather than nursing theory*give up too soon because they aren't willing to think hard about questions and answers*don't stay focused on the questiongoodluck! work to become a successful test taker!:wink2:
these are great information! thank you for sharing :) but i think you should give credit to kaplan because this was written on the kaplan review book.
thanks echota.:wink2: