Have you ever heard your parent told you to do or answer the easiest question on your exams before the difficult ones?
Frankly, it is not only a myth. Really?
Yupp… Let’s broaden our horizon within this article.
To apply this technique, you should begin the test by immediately looking it over, make a little tick mark by the hardest probs. Next, pick one of the hard probs and go to work on it. But only work on this prob a minute or two just until you begin to feel you are getting stuck. At that point, STOP, then look for an easier prob. The easier prob will assist reboost your confidence. After a few minutes on easier probs (until you finish the easier probs), go back to the hard prob. You’ll be suprised you can often make progress on it.
These are the steps of the hard start approach to test:
The hard start technique works because it allows you to use your brain in two different ways at the same time. The kind of dual core processor. When you focus mode is working on an easier prob, your diffuse mode is working in the background on others; the hardest probs.
One of the most valuable facets of this technique is that it assists you to practice disconnecting, and then, moving onto the probs you are able to figure out. Disconnecting can be one of students’ biggest challenges on test. You can run out of time even though there were other easier probs you could have solved. Tests can be stressful. Surprisingly, these stressful feelings can help you do better on the tests. Here’s a trick. When you feel anxious, try to shift your perspective. Instead of thinking “this test makes me nervous” subtitute the thought to “this test has me exited to do my best.”
“You will remember lessons by teaching them, and you will help others at the same time”
Writer: Nurul Fauziyyah
Source: Coursera, Learning How to Learn – Arizona State University