Test success!
Subtitle: how to be calm, confident and focused on any test
By: Ben Bernstein
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Spark Avenue
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780981995922; 9780981995977; 9780981995939
Subjects: Tests; Test-taking skills; STUDY AIDS; Testing & Measurement; EDUCATION; Evaluation
Description: A comprehensive training guide on how to improve test scores, these lessons avoid memorization and answering strategies and instead address the test-taker individually to determine what he or she needs personally to perform well at test time. Based on 40 years of teaching experience and 30 years of clinical psychology experience, this book distills the best practices used by elite athletes, artists, and top business performers to create a system that can be applied to any test, including the SAT, ACT, LSAT, MCAT, GRE, licensing exams, finals, and even driving tests. The system trains users to be calm, confident, and focused: the durable and dependable three legged stool for successful performance. Also included are special chapters for parents and teachers to learn how to be helpful to their children and students as well as online access to additional test prep material for further study.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Advance Praise For Test Success!; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Who Should Use This Book?; 1: Getting Started; HOW THIS BOOK CAN HELP YOU; WHAT DO YOU HATE ABOUT TESTS?; THE MAJOR ISSUE: TEST STRESS; STRESS AND PERFORMANCE; LIFE IS A TEST; ONE MORE THOUGHT; 2: Disconnection; YOUR REACTION IS STRESSFUL; THE THREE BASIC STRESS REACTIONS; WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?; DISCONNECTING FROM YOURSELF; ANALYZING DISCONNECTION; 3: The Three-Legged Stool; A MODEL FOR EVERY TEST; THE BERNSTEIN PERFORMANCE INVENTORY (BPI); HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR RESULTS.; title: YOUR SCORES GIVE YOU A STARTING POINT4: How to Calm Down; AWARENESS FIRST; THE THREE WAYS WE DISCONNECT PHYSICALLY; THE THREE TOOLS FOR CALMING DOWN; 5: How to Be Confident; ALL TIED UP IN "NOTS"?; CONFIDENCE: IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND; WHAT IS CONFIDENCE?; NEGATIVITY AND DISCONNECTION; FEELING ALONE; AWARENESS FIRST; THE THREE TOOLS FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE; USING THE CONFIDENCE TOOLS; SUMMING UP; 6: How to Stay Focused; YOUR GOALS; ACTION SHEET FOR HAL; ACTION SHEET FOR HAL (REVISED); DEALING WITH DISTRACTION; CULTIVATE YOUR AWARENESS; DR. B'S (NEARLY) DEFINITIVE LIST OF DISTRACTING ACTIVITIES.; title: COMMON SYMPTOMS OF BEING DISTRACTEDTHE THREE TOOLS FOR STAYING FOCUSED; EXCUSES, LAMENTS, PROTESTS; title: AND AN ANTIDOTE; SEE YOURSELF AS YOU CAN BE; USING THE FOCUS TOOLS; SUMMING UP, MOVING ON; 7: Dealing with Every Test; PAPER-AND-PEN TESTS; COMPUTER TESTS; ORAL EXAMS; PRACTICAL EXAMS AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCES; MEMORIZING; STUDY BUDDIES; TEST-PREP BOOKS AND COACHING COMPANIES; PERSONAL COACHES; AN EXERCISE FOR EVERY TEST; SOME FINAL GUIDELINES; 8: Working the Model; 9: Help for Parents; WHAT CAUSES POOR SCORES?; UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHILD; USE THE PERFORMANCE INVENTORY; TROUBLE WITH CONTENT.; title: CALMING DOWNIF YOUR CHILD IS PLAGUED BY SELF-DOUBT; IF YOUR CHILD HAS DIFFICULTY STAYING FOCUSED; ARE YOU CAUSING MORE STRESS FOR YOUR CHILD?; FINAL POINTERS; 10: For Teachers; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL; WHAT ARE OUR STUDENTS REALLY LEARNING?; THE FIVE STEPPINGSTONES TO GREAT TEACHING; THE CHALLENGE OF TESTS; The Bernstein Performance Model; Resources; With Thanks; About the Author; About Spark Avenue.