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What are some good ways to study for a test that you have no idea what might be on it

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Do an outline with all the main points.
Pick out anything that you would highlight as important.

The above is very true!

Do you know what the subject area of the test is?

Its an Anatomy class

Is the test going to be about lab or textbook work? Or, maybe a combination of the two?

This site might help give you an idea on doing an outline to help study for anatomy

http://www.geocities.com/auburngirl71/outlines.htm

Combination of the 2

What portion of the anatomy is the test over, I may be able to help you. I took A&P a couple of years ago and am now outlining for Nursing.

What book are you using? Would it happen to be Hole's Anatomy & Physiology 10th Edition?

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combination of the 2

So, is there a certain chapter or chapters in the book that go along with the lab work that you should be prepared to know the information? If so, what are the names of the chapter or chapters, please?

Thank you for your private message. As per your private message, the following is the book and also the areas that you are wanting to study and know about in preparation for the test.

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The book is called the Memmler's Human Body in Health and Disease .We are on chp 4 . The chapter is about tissue, glands and membranes

As far as knowledge and preparation for tests in these areas, J_9 would be the expert on this site. As far as being prepared for questions that you don't know will be asked, then my advice would be to get together with some friends who are also taking the class and maybe come up with some questions that you think might be asked and quiz each other on the questions without using the textbook. That would be one way that I can think of to prepare for the test.

Perhaps other will also have ideas that you can use.

The book is called the Memmler's Human Body in Health and Disease .We are on chp 4 . The chapter is about tissue, glands and membranes

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Originally Posted by starcrush

The book is called the Memmler's Human Body in Health and Disease .We are on chp 4 . The chapter is about tissue, glands and membranes

Thank you for posting that! It will help others who know about that book and also those subject areas to help you to study.

Like I said in my private message to you, you will get help, it just might not be right now. Some of us are asleep, and some of us like me, need to get to bed.

Clough

Thank you for your PM, but please understand that PMs are not for questions and answers, but more for private conversations.

Now, I am not familiar with that particular book. You say you are learning about tissues and glands was it?

What about that do you not understand?

One suggestion is to read the chapter, highlight the important sections, then make an outline of those sections in your own words.

Im trying to find out how can I make a good study guide out of these tissues

Do you have one of these books with you ?

No, I have Holes Human Anatomy & Physiology.

Take your notes from class and follow the chapters in the book. From there make an outline of the important topics.

Good thing you are only doing 1 chapter now. My next nursing test is over 16 chapters. And you think studying from one is hard? LOL, you got it easy girl. You can do this though. You made it this far through the semester.

Can you give me an example how my outline should look. Do I need to define terms also on the outline

I would make flash cards* for definitions and to ID terms and body parts. Also, I would go through the cards several times on my own and then find a classmate or even just a friend to test me with the cards.

Flash cards are what helped me get As in my grad psych program.

*Even printing out the cards is a form of study.

Thanks wondergirl I will try that also.

Thank you again for your private message, to which I responded this time, but remember that PMs are not for questions and answers.

You have 6 kids and you are wondering how to pass a test covering 1 chapter.

You also say that you are currently a CNA going back to nursing school. I will tell you that nursing school is brutal. Many tests cover 25+ chapters and you must learn all 25+ in two weeks. That does not include time in class (usually two days a week) and 12 hours in a clinical setting (one day a week). That leaves very little time to study, let alone tend to 6 kids.

My next test on December 10 only covers 16 chapters, so I get a bit of a break this time. However I have a comprehensive exam, over the whole semester, just a short 48 hours later and have to study more than 50+ chapters for that.

Now, I am in no way trying to dissuade you from nursing school, but rather show you how brutal it can actually be. It's not for the meek, that's for sure. LOL

Questions and answers are to stay on the board. As a SuperModerator, I have to adhere to the rules of the site.

I have read all of the posts and was impressed with the helpfulness of so many people. However, after a 35 year career in education my ears perk up when I hear someone will take a test and have no idea what will be on the test. This isn't how education works. You may not know the exact questions but you are being tested on the material that was taught to you. Your best resource is the text provided and the notes and materials from your classes. Nursing school does sound quite difficult but the tests still ccover what was taught.

To the above person ballen I read all my chapters thank you very much . I don't need anyone to critize me. I ask a question because I needed to know different methods.

Then you know pretty much what will be on the test. There is really no way to tell what will or will not be on the test. Most instructors pull their test questions from a test bank. If you have read your chapters and feel comfortable with the content, then just study and memorize.

Do you know what eucaryotic cells are? Procaryotic?

Unfortunately you haven't said exactly what you are studying or I could ask you some questions. If you tell me, in detail, what you have been studying, I might be able to help you study. But one sentence answers don't really help me.

Right now I'm working on the different tissues which are epitheial,muscle,membranes.nervous and connectives. And the different functions. Within the epithelial there are 3 basics squamos,cubodial and columnar.

Okay, great, we are getting somewhere, what don't you understand? Look at the names for instance. Cuboidal, what would you think it would look like under a microscope? Columnar?

Cells that have a cube like appearance. It not that I don't know this stuff it just sometimes when it come to test. I panic or anxiety takes over me.

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I would recommend that you first know the test name (i.e.--GRE) then you Google it and start from there. Book stores like Barnes and Noble or Borders usually have good study books too.

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I would recomend that you first know the test name (i.e.--GRE) then you google it and start from there. Book stores like Barnes and Noble or Borders usually have good study books too.

The test is for an Anatomy and Physiology class. Nothing like the GRE, TOFEL, or NCLEX. This is a totally different kind of test of which there are most likely no study guides at the libraries for tests like this.

Here's a site with practice multiple-choice questions:

Anatomy and Physiology Practice Questions

There are other sites. Just Google "anatomy and physiology practice questions" or "anatomy and physiology sample test" (without quote marks) for more.

Thanks wondergirl. j9 I doubt they have any study guides or material online relating to things pertaining to the subject labor.Hmm that's a hard one.

When is your test going to happen? Do you have any problems with reading that might make it more of a challenge for you to studying the reading materials in order to prepare for a test?

My next test is on Tuesday. I got a b on the other one. I just want to make sure I do good all the time

Congrats on the B!! What's your next test on? I have one Monday, wish me luck, it's going to be hard.

Good luck to you on your next one. Whew, the semester is almost over and we can take a break!!

Thank you. The next test is on Cells our teacher seems like, she loves to skip around the book but that's OK. My test is on Tuesday. Im sure all will go well. Good luck on your test .I know all will go great J_9.

Remember what you learn in A&P, although it seems minimal now, it will all come back to you in nursing school.

Have you taken microbiology yet?