GATEWAY ADVANTAGE

Testing

Workbook
Gateway
Preparatory
School

www.gatewayprep.com The Gateway Test Advantage

With Dr. Kuni Beasley and Howard Berg

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How to Use This Workbook

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Note templates for both parts are in this document

# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

1 DR. KUNI BEASLEY

2 TWO PARTS

3 START NOW

4 RULES FOR STUDYING

5 ALWAYS TAKE NOTES

6 SCOPE THINGS OUT

7 ACADEMIC TESTS

8 STANDARDIZED TESTS

9 PREPARING FOR TESTS

10 STUDY ADVANTAGE

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# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

11 WRITING ADVANTAGE

12 BEST PREPARATION

13 LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE

14 RESOURCE LEVEL

15 PURPOSE OF RESEARCH

16 TYPES OF RESEARCH

17 RESEARCH PROCESS

18 READ

19 REFERENCE LEVEL

20 RECOGNITION LEVEL

21 RECALL LEVEL

22 RECITATION LEVEL

23 REASONING LEVEL

24 RHETORICAL LEVEL

25 STOP AND CONSOLIDATE

26 PREP STRATEGIES

27 STUDY ADVANTAGE

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# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

28 TESTING MODES

29 TESTING FORMATS

30 OBJECTIVE TESTS

31 MULTIPLE CHOICE

32 MATCHING

33 FILL-IN THE BLANK

34 SHORT ANSWER

35 BLOCK NOTES

36 ABCOQ

37 MATH

38 4F MATH

39 ESSAY EXAMS

40 SHORT ANSWER

41 SHORT ESSAY

42 LONG ESSAY

43 NOTES

44 ANTICIPATING TESTS

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# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

45 TEXT QUESTIONS

46 TEACHER QUESTIONS

47 ABC QUESTIONS

48 THEMATIC QUESTIONS

49 STOP AND CONSOLIDATE

50 TEST TAKING STRATEGIES

51 PREVIEW THE TEST

52 SCOPE

53 SCHEMA

54 SCAN

55 SKIM

56 OBJECTIVE TESTS

57 MULTIPLE CHOICE

58 PROCESS OF ELIMINATION

59 MULTIPLE ANSWERS

60 STRIKE WRONG ANSWERS

61 CALCULATED STRIKE

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# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

62 ELIMINATE TO ANSWER

63 TRICK ANSWERS

64 EXAMPLE

65 DON’T KNOW

66 MARK & MOVE

67 GUESSING

68 MATCHING

69 ELIMINATION

70 REVERSE ANSWER

71 MULTIPLE ANSWERS

72 FILL-IN THE BLANK

73 KNOW - DON’T KNOW

74 MARK & MOVE

75 CLUES

76 SHORT ANSWER

77 STOP AND CONSOLIDATE

78 ESSAY EXAMS

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# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

79 ROAD METHOD

80 READ

81 ORGANIZE TEMPLATE

82 ORGANIZE THINKING

83 ANALYZE

84 FACTS

85 FACT QUESTIONS

86 PROCESS

87 PROCESS QUESTIONS

88 POSITION

89 DOCUMENT

90 SIDE NOTES

91 KISS PROCESS

92 MONOGRAPH EXPANSION

93 DETAIL BULLETS

94 INSERTIONS

95 STOP AND CONSOLIDATE

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# Part 1 Slide Title Notes

96 TIMING LONG ESSAY

97 TIME MANAGEMENT

98 MIXED TESTS

99 NEXT PART

End of Notes for Part 1

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Part 2

# Part 2 Slide Title Notes

1 Learning is State Dependant:
The Russians did a study using …
2 Emotional Intelligence

3 Emotional Intelligence & Tests:

Test anxiety
4 Emotional Intelligence & Tests:
Exhaustion
5 Creating Relaxation Response:
Focus on a single number
6 Creating Relaxation Response:
When your brain wanders
7 Emotional Intelligence & Tests:
You need good emotional intelligence
8 Learning is State Dependant:
Subjected recalled the nonsense words
9 Learning is State Dependant:
While sober they could not remember …
10 Learning is State Dependant:
When they drank Vodka
11 Learning is State Dependant:
The military trains
12 Learning is State Dependant:
Police & Fire departments
13 Students Must Control Learning State

14 The Relaxation Response:

Harvard Medical School Research
15 The Relaxation Response:
Lower Carbon Dioxide
16 The Relaxation Response:
Increases Oxygen

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# Part 2 Slide Title Notes

17 The Relaxation Response:
Lowers the electrical conductivity
18 The Relaxation Response:
Lowers the lactic acid level
19 Breathing & Relaxation:
You breathe through one nostril …
20 Breathing & Relaxation:
Alternating the nostrils relaxes the brain
21 Steps to Elicit Relaxation:
Pinch the left nostril shut
22 Breathing & Relaxation:
Pinch right nostril
23 Conditioning the State

24 Color & Relaxation:

Color effects emotion
25 Color & Relaxation:
Green & Blue relax
26 Color & Relaxation:
Yellow & Red stimulate
27 Creating Relaxation Response:
Close your eyes
28 Alternative Method:
Repeat for 20-30 minutes
29 Alternative Method:
Squeeze left hand
30 Alternative Method:
Focus on a prayer
31 Alternative Method:
Good example
32 Alternative Method:
Repeat for 20-30 minutes
33 Alternative Method:
The brain stays focused

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# Part 2 Slide Title Notes

34 Alternative Method:
Squeeze left hand
35 Boost Your IQ With Music:
Mozart’s music
36 Boosting Your IQ With Music:
Play the music
37 Boosting Your IQ With Music:
Pinch left ear lobe
38 Vision

39 Hearing

40 Study Strategy:
Brain learns better when studying is spaced
41 Study Strategy:
Repetition is an important part of learning
42 Test Taking Strategy:
Speed read your material just before …
43 Test Taking Strategies:
Place information into intermediate memory
44 Study Strategy:
Elicit the relaxation response
45 Howard Berg

46 Study Strategy: Visualize

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