Capital High School
Test Taking Tips - Test Day

 

• Keep a positive attitude throughout the whole test and try to stay relaxed, if you start to feel nervous take a few deep breaths to relax.
  
• Keep your eyes on your own paper, you don't want to appear to be cheating and cause unnecessary trouble for yourself.
  
• Do the easiest problems first, don't stay on a problem that you are stuck on especially when time is a factor.
  
• Don't rush but pace yourself, read the entire question and look for keywords.
  
• When you are finished, if you have time left look over your test, make sure that you have answered all the questions, only change an answer if you misread or misinterpreted the question because the first answer that you put is usually the correct one. Watch out for careless mistakes.
  
• Ask the teacher for clarification if you don't understand what they are asking for on the test.
  
• Write legibly