Learning the Hard Way Vol 9: Test Taking the Hard Way

Master test-taking with accelerated learning strategies used by top students. Learn to study efficiently and ace your exams effortlessly.

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Brief Summary

This course reveals how to study effectively for tests by using strategies that top students apply. It focuses on reverse engineering exams, synthesizing course material, and mastering memory techniques to help you excel without feeling overwhelmed.

Key Points

  • Learn how top students ace their tests using unique strategies.
  • Reverse engineer tests to predict content.
  • Create concise outlines or visual aids like mind maps.
  • Use three different memory techniques to memorize info.
  • View test-taking as a game for high performance.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand how to foresee what will appear on tests.
  • Master the art of summarizing study content clearly.
  • Quickly memorize large amounts of information.
  • Adopt a high-performance mindset towards test-taking.
  • Develop a lifelong strategy for effective studying.

About This Course

Ace your tests using accelerated learning strategies used by the top scoring students in the world.

Top students study for tests differently. It's that simple.

The question is, how do they do it?

You Never Learn in School How to Study for Tests

This course breaks down the strategies top students use into 3 parts:

  1. Reverse engineering the test so you can predict what will be tested and what won't be tested

  2. Synthesizing the months of course content you have learned into a concise outline and/ore visual format (Mind Map or Flow Chart)

  3. Memorize large volumes of information quickly by using 3 different memory strategies, each focused on a different type of information

At the Highest Levels, Test Taking is a Game

The best test takers are mental athletes. They train themselves intentionally for high performance on tests.

Just like an athlete, top students know how to prepare themselves for the big game so that they don't even really "think" come game time...they just get into the flow and play the game.

It's a sort of auto-pilot mode where their instincts take over and they become one with the game.

But This Isn't How Most People View Test Taking, and Finals in Particular

Think about the biggest games in sports. The World Cup. The Superbowl. The World Series. The NBA Finals.

These are the biggest events in sports. They get the highest ratings of anything on TV. Companies pay millions of dollars just for a 30 second ad spot.

And athletes prepare themselves every day for these final games.

Top students have the same attitude about taking tests.

And their finals in particular.

This course will show you how to take your test taking game to the next level. Once you finish the course, you will have a master strategy for preparing for every big exam you take for the rest of your life. You will know how to maximize every hour you spend studying so that you can get top marks without killing yourself with ineffective techniques.

This is the course I wish I had when I was in school.

After many requests to make my accelerated learning materials applicable specifically for students, I've created this course to help you ace your finals.

You won't find this kind of strategic approach to test taking anywhere else.

See you on the inside,

Timothy



  • Reverse engineer what will be on your final exam

  • Synthesize months worth of content

  • Memorize your synthesis of the course content

Instructor

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Timothy Kenny

Timothy Kenny is the author of “Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs.”  He teaches classes and speaks to groups about how to accelerate their  learning so that they can build successful businesses faster and with  more confidence in their success.    Timothy has taught at the Harvard Innovation lab, The Tufts  University Entrepreneurs Society, General Assembly in Boston, and has  been a featured...

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Brentrrichardson
5.0
5 years ago

These are great skills that will improve my learning.

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Joana A.
5.0
7 years ago

A course to learn new perspectives of study, and to sharpen the aim for the exams.

Thanks

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Lena M.
4.0
7 years ago

I was expecting more because I already took some of his courses before, and this seems to be repetitive. It is ok if you want to watch accelerated learning in nutshell but I hoped that there would be more on taking tests and preparing for tests.

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Cyrus A.
5.0
10 years ago

Timothy is an excellent strategists for college students...it helped me study and ace my finals. I found my favorite methods using this course, worth every penny spent.

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