Beat your test anxiety by being prepared!
Utilize the resources below to help you best prepare for the POST Board Exam.
English Language Learners: Visit our English Language Learner Guide
Click here for complete information about English Language Learner resources.
Study Aids:
Freaking out about taking the POST Board Exam? Check out these resources to help you stay on your A game! We have all the resources you could want to help you prepare for your test and stay cool while taking it, plus some tips for mastering multiple-choice exams.
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Doing well on tests is about more than knowing the information.
Improve your test taking/prep abilities and make the most of what you know!
Learn test taking and prep tips and strategies from the folks who know--Peer Tutors.
To connect with a tutor, make an appointment in Tutor Match! Click here for step-by-step instructions. You'll select Criminal Justice/LE in the Topic drop down and then select Peace Officer Licensing Prep or Test Taking/Prep from the Subject drop down menu.
One way to be as successful as possible is to be aware of your current situation so you can make a plan to improve (Metacognition). The same is true for learning skills like test taking and prep. The resources below will help you do just that:
Before, During, and After Strategies for Reading will help you understand and remember what your read. Great overall resource!
Improving Reading Comprehension is another resource to help you comprehend and retain more eff
ectively.
SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review) will lead you through steps to make sense of the text.
Mind Mapping will help your organize your thoughts and see how concepts interrelate. Great for studying too!
K-W-L (what I Know, what I Want to know, what I Learned) will help you activate and use your prior knowledge. So important to the learning process.
Utilize Learning Express for reading assistance. See Adult Learning Center - Becoming a Better Reader; see College Center - Reading Review.
Skill Surfer can also help with Reading skills. Select ESL, College, and/or Adult College Readiness topics.
How do I take notes that will be helpful?
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Click on the titles to view the eBook or search for them by title in the eBook database.
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Handbook of College Reading and Study Strategy Research by
This Handbook is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source available for college reading and study strategy practitioners and administrators. In response to changing demographics, politics, policy, issues, and concerns in the field of college reading and study strategies since publication of the first edition in 2000, this new edition has been substantially revised and fully updated to reflect the newest research in the field, including six new chapters and a more user-friendly structure to make it easier for researchers, program administrators, college instructors, and graduate students to find the information that they need. In this thorough and systematic examination of theory, research, and practice, college reading teachers will find information to make better instructional decisions, administrators will find justification for programmatic implementations, and professors will find in one book both theory and practice to better prepare graduate students to understand the parameters and issues of this field. The Handbook is an essential resource for professionals, researchers, and students as they continue to study, research, learn, and share more about college reading and study strategy issues and instruction.
