Create Your Own Questions: When reviewing material for tests, immediately check your understanding by asking yourself what a good test question would be. Then make sure you can answer it, looking back at your notes if necessary. This exercise should help you with recalling information, better preparing you for test time.
Mnemonic Devices: A memorization technique like a song or an acrostic can help your brain encode and retrieve information. Let’s use the Great Lakes as an example:
Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior
Summarize: There’s nothing wrong with the summaries at the end of each chapter, but they aren’t your own! Developing your own summary, verbally or in writing, will force you to rephrase everything so that it makes sense to you.
Making Education Work for You Passing all the CAI courses won’t help you become a better manager if you forget everything right after the test. Reinforce what you’ve learned in the classroom with everything you do on a daily basis. Chat with other managers about concepts that you want to explore. If they go off on a tangent, soak it in and consider expanding on what you’ve learned. Curiosity about a specific topic may blossom into a new passion or niche within the field.
CAI’s PMDP courses will help you grow as a professional. Focusing on this broader perspective can help motivate you to master the material.
P.S. If standardized test taking still makes you anxious, remember— you only need a 70% to pass. Don’t worry. You got this!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chantu Chea, CMCA, AMS is a Creative Collaborator with Association Bridge, LLC. CAI multi-chapter member Association Bridge, LLC creates spaces where community association leaders and the professionals who serve them can successfully navigate the challenges they face, reach the goals they choose, find satisfaction and joy in their service, and make raving fans of association members. Chantu can be contacted via email at:
chantu@associationbridge.com.
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