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PAUSE AND RECALL
Close the book and look away. What were the main ideas of this
chapter? What new ideas will be particularly important for you to try
related to testing?
ENHANCE YOUR LEARNING
1. What is the one extraordinarily important preparation step for taking a
test? (Hint: If you don’t take this step, nothing else you do to prepare
for the test matters.)
2. Explain how you would determine whether it is time to pull yourself
off a difficult problem on a test when you are using the hard-start–
jump-to-easy technique.
3. A deep-breathing technique was suggested to help with feelings of
panic. Why do you think the discussion emphasized breathing so that
the belly rises, rather than just the upper chest?
4. Why would you want to try to shift your attention momentarily before
rechecking your answers on a test?
