March 2009
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Reviewing the Other Way Around
10 Mar 2009 | : Articles
How many times you have attended a review class? Well, I have attended two review classes before I took a licensing examination. Now, I am a license degree holder. On these review classes I went through, the process of reviewing the students is the same on having simple quizzes. The lecturer provides us a book where all the possible formats of questions on the real exam are there. From the simple objective type, analogy, and the elimination process which I found one effective way of answering a test.
Upon finishing the mock test, the lecturer will provide additional information on how we did not get the correct answer. After this, the lecturer will narrate the idea presented in the questionnaire. The scenario then is just like having another classroom discussion because other members in the review room will be given time to share what they know about the topic.
This should not be the process of conducting a review. This should not be ways to review before taking that major exam. This is also the reason why the number of examinees who passed a certain major test is less than 50% of the total number of the examinees. I am not trying to be pathetic here, but to fail on a major exam is devastating and I don’t want you to feel the ache I went through on my first attempt. I thought I did my best but it wasn’t good enough. That is frustrating.
When we say review, we should be exposing or letting to go out of our minds those things that had been accumulated during our studies in college. Those accumulated knowledge are piled in there waiting to be explored again and the mere answering of a questionnaire is not sufficient enough to stimulate the mind to let those knowledge to come out.
Alright, try reviewing the other way around. Let us make another process of reviewing those past lessons. Let’s say for example the “General Psychology” subject; you don’t need to open the prototype questionnaire to look for those related questions. Instead, get one whole sheet of paper and start writing things you know about General Psychology. You may start writing names of individuals who became the reasons why “Psychology” is one important prerequisite subject on a degree.
Sigmund Freud, Jeans Piaget, and Eric Erickson are only few names to mention who promulgate the importance of Psychology in learning the human behavior. Of course, you may want to write on a detailed manner the theories these persons proved their stand. All these things had been inculcated in our minds already. You don’t need to study them again. To review is to stimulate the mind to make those things come out and only through writing you will able to recall and express those piled knowledge.
If only those review classes are doing this type of process, I am positive the students could be able to pass what ever written examination they will undergo. If this will be your second time to take that major test of your life, try to write all the things you know about the field. You can still attend a review class, why not? After all, you can do this self-review at home. All you need to do is to practice your mind to recall all those accumulated knowledge during college days.