Congratulations on receiving the grade you wanted!
Feel proud of yourself and use this to motivate yourself in your continued learning process!
Reflect on your preparation: was your approach successful, or is there more you can do?
- What strategies helped you the most?
- What can you still improve for the next test?
- Decide if you might like to try a new study strategy.
- Example: For this exam I studied by myself but for the next exam I will go to more office hours or study in a group.
Your test is now a tool
Review your answers to identify what you got right and where you made mistakes.
Even though you performed well, you can still diagnose where and why you may have made mistakes. Use the diagram below to help in this process:
Another tool you can use is to think about your "level" of learning8. This can help you identify what was easy and what was challenging.
What types of questions were challenging?
You can use this diagram to :
- Identify the types of questions you got wrong.
- Assess whether your study strategies helped you reach the necessary level of understanding,
and whether a different approach could help..
- Example: If you memorized a technique but missed a question asking you to interpret the results of that technique, this suggests you only learned the concept at a superficial or "low" level.