If you’re in school, odds are you will face an open book exam at some point. This is especially true if you go to school online which is growing by leaps and bounds. Open book exams are becoming more the norm. They really easy which they can be, but they can also be the hardest and scariest of any exam you take. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here are a few tips that can help you overcome them.
Read the Material
You have to have read the material to pass an open book exam especially if the professor wants you to cite your sources. Why? Because usually open book exams are timed and you need to know where to look for the information. Going in blind will be your downfall in the end.
Read the material thoroughly. Get an idea of where the information is located so you can find it quickly. You don’t need to be searching frantically for something that should be easy to find if you had read the material.
If you are told to go into a kitchen to cook a meal in a specified time period, it is always good to know ahead of time where the fridge will be, where the pantry is located, and where the utensils are stored. Think of all the time you are wasting searching for the basic materials. The same can be said about the material you are being tested on. Know that the biography of a ruler is located near the end of…
