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I know the material inside and out, but then make dumb mistakes on tests...
I learn the material backwards and forwards, understand all of the concepts, but then when I take tests I make little slip ups that cost lots of points, like units conversions or I screw up obvious simple little formulas. To show that I truly know the material, I rework the problems in my head after taking the test as I walk home and realize all of the mistakes I made, and I realize why certain answers didn't work out right...
For instance, I made a really really dumb mistake on today's optoelectronics test...I calculated wavelength by taking the reciprocal of frequency...since I am a bad test taker I overlooked this mistake...I did not realize I made the mistake until after the test was over and I was walking down the hallway...
And don't tell me it's because I didn't work enough problems or did not read the assigned readings or because I didn't understand the material...this is not the case. I am going to talk to the prof about it tomorrow...maybe he can go easy on me...I dunno.
You might ask, "how the hell can you think wavelength = 1/frequency, under ANY circumstance??" Well, I am a bad test taker...under other circulstances I would not make that error.
Honestly, grades are useless methods for benchmarking a person's understanding and mastery of a subject.
Does anyone have any advice?
I learn the material backwards and forwards, understand all of the concepts, but then when I take tests I make little slip ups that cost lots of points, like units conversions or I screw up obvious simple little formulas. To show that I truly know the material, I rework the problems in my head after taking the test as I walk home and realize all of the mistakes I made, and I realize why certain answers didn't work out right...
For instance, I made a really really dumb mistake on today's optoelectronics test...I calculated wavelength by taking the reciprocal of frequency...since I am a bad test taker I overlooked this mistake...I did not realize I made the mistake until after the test was over and I was walking down the hallway...
And don't tell me it's because I didn't work enough problems or did not read the assigned readings or because I didn't understand the material...this is not the case. I am going to talk to the prof about it tomorrow...maybe he can go easy on me...I dunno.
You might ask, "how the hell can you think wavelength = 1/frequency, under ANY circumstance??" Well, I am a bad test taker...under other circulstances I would not make that error.
Honestly, grades are useless methods for benchmarking a person's understanding and mastery of a subject.
Does anyone have any advice?