{"id":2608,"date":"2011-10-31T12:42:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T17:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:16","slug":"students-tell-their-test-taking-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2608","title":{"rendered":"Students Tell Their Test Taking Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_2703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DSC_0070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2703\" src=\"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DSC_0070-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Mr. Plothow assists Taylor Shively with her homework. Photo by: Reneh Gambrel<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>By Reneh Gambrel<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Students  take tests that vary in importance for each class. Some tests are worth  more than others, and PHS students discuss tips they would give to keep  calm and be successful.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Freshman  Kennedy Jones has a fear of taking important tests. Jones reports that  she does her best to overcome that fear, and that she manages to stay  calm by \u201ctaking deep breaths and concentrating on the questions on the  paper.\u201d Jones says her number one tip is to stay focused because being  nervous is her biggest cause of distraction.<\/p>\n<p>Senior  Connor Flynn has a more musical approach to taking tests. Flynn  suggests making a song out of the subject to remember things by or  listening to music to calm nerves. Flynn also says that eating a  nutritious breakfast should help students&#8217; test scores generously.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore  Hope Babcock is of the opinion that if students pay attention in class, they  should pass the test with ease. Babcock also believes studying is very  important for success.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman  Melissa Slater says that she has more of a pessimistic attitude before  taking a test. Slater often is of the belief that she will not pass the  test, but to stay optimistic and focused, she brings all of her  attention onto the test, occasionally tapping her pencil on the desk as a  habit. Her number one tip would be to, \u201cremember things as you go along  and speak up in class if you don&#8217;t understand something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking  important tests can be very stressful, but with the right attitude and  remembrance skills, students can pass even the most difficult tests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Plothow assists Taylor Shively with her homework. Photo by: Reneh Gambrel By Reneh Gambrel Students take tests that vary in importance for each class. Some tests are worth more than others, and PHS students discuss tips they would give &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2608\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2608"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9054,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions\/9054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}