QPractice with video. Howard strongly suggests the use of video when you train. Become familiar with the image you portray when you ski or ride and when you perform tasks. “Also, get out and ski or ride with people certifi ed at the level you are trying to attain,” he says. Finally, says Peter, use video as you practice presenting in front of peers.
Q Simulate exam conditions. I’ve heard this advice given to candidates on their way to exams: “Have fun with it!” T is is not advice Professor Rudiger would give. “You can have fun, or you can choose to look like you’re having fun
your brain is busy sorting, getting ready for that moment when an examiner is grilling you about something you studied six months ago. On the treadmill, lifting weights, on the cross country ski trail, snowshoeing, your brain is continuously working. Give it the chance to organize, and the necessary information will be on the tip of your tongue when the crux moment arises.
“Your test is never going to take place in ideal conditions. Assume you will have a bad cold. And then perform at the highest level anyway.”
and succeed,” he says. “It’s the diff erence between pleasure and reward.” Keep your presentations simple. Be surgical and professional. In other words, don’t go to have fun; go to perform. Know that the fun is in being well-prepared and turning on your peak performance mode.
So how do you ensure that your studying pays off at an exam? A major component of Leslie’s courses at the Princeton Review are practice exams – exactly like the real thing. Upon arriving at the practice exam, her students fi nd teachers and course assistants acting exactly like exam administrators: they don’t smile, they don’t say good morning, and they don’t chit-chat. At my home resort, staff trainers will
play the role of examiner; we hold mock exams designed to mirror the real thing.
Ask yours to do the same – scoring you on real score sheets and not giving you feedback until the end. T e idea is not just to practice the test material; it’s to practice performing in an uncomfortable testing environment. “T e expression ‘practice makes perfect’ is not really true, especially if you are practicing badly,” says Leslie. “Perfect practice leads to improvement.”
4 TIPS FOR HOW TO TEST WELL You prepared all winter, and test day is here. How do you give yourself the best chance at success on the day of reckoning? How do you stack the odds in your favor so that you
won’t freeze when it’s your turn? QPlan for less than optimal conditions. Rudiger cites Tiger Woods. When Woods was a young golfer, his father would jangle
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