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Has anyone ever bought this book and if so did you think it helped? http://www.mo-media.com/certifiedarborist/
Certified Arborist Exam Secrets Study Guide Book
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Yeah I wasn't planning on buying it but just wanted to know what people thought about it.
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It's well worth looking at test-taking itself, apart from content. Here's part of an old draft i never finished fwiw:
Strategy #1: Fortify your Weaknesses. Soils and chemistry were my weak points. The best fortification of these skills was getting my hands in the dirt to study soil structure, using a pH probe, calculating and applying fertilizers and amendments
Strategy #2 Know your Self. Are you a visual learner? Tactile?
Strategy #3 Practice test-taking. Some books have questions at the ends of chapters—these are excellent tools for reinforcing the lessons learned. Trade journals have tests after articles; some have CEU potential and some don’t but practice is practice. Online sources vary in quality and relevance to your needs and interest, depending on what you want to study for.
Strategy # Collaborate to Celebrate Strength in numbers works wonders. Forming a study group can be as easy as making an email list, but when possible, working together in the field and discussing and adjusting objectives and specifications, role playing...
Strategy # (from basic MC?-writing guides) Know the Structure. Every question starts with a stem the part of the multiple choice item that presents the question or problem that the we have to answer. The stem should present the entire problem or question, and provide any and all of the information needed in order to select the correct response. The stem should have no ambiguous, instructional, or misleading material. It must include all information required to respond to the item.
Typical styles for writing the item stem include the form of questions, incomplete sentences, and fill in the blanks. Ideally, the stem should be so complete and clear that a knowledgeable candidate would be able to respond to the item without even looking at the options. You might guess right away, for example, that the most correct option for: “A leaning tree that curves back up to vertical has _________. “ is ‘self-corrected’”.
Options are the choices given as possible responses to a multiple choice item. One of the options is “most correct," the others are "distracters." Distracters are considered the incorrect responses, ones for which the candidate is to receive no credit. Distractors are usually plausible, so that a sophisticated test taker who does not possess the knowledge needed to select the correct response would find the distractors attractive and truthful. Otherwise, a candidate who doesn't know the subject matter may still be able to guess right.
Plausible distractors are created by:
Imagining how people would respond if the item were a fill in the blank item, or a short essay question;
Drawing upon common misconceptions within the field; and,
Choosing something that would appeal to common sense or logic, but which is wrong nevertheless.
Imagine smiling at the question-writer as you throw out the first and worst distracter. That was the last one they put in. Find the weakness in two of the remaining three. Follow their streams of reasoning in reverse, while deconstructing the question-writing process. Reread the Item carefully--one detail may exclude one option, or both. The last distracter is often truthful until considering the context, or the frequency, or finally finding in one word the difference between wrong and right.
Paddle back up that stream of reasoning, through the weeds of distraction. Pass the test.
Strategy #1: Fortify your Weaknesses. Soils and chemistry were my weak points. The best fortification of these skills was getting my hands in the dirt to study soil structure, using a pH probe, calculating and applying fertilizers and amendments
Strategy #2 Know your Self. Are you a visual learner? Tactile?
Strategy #3 Practice test-taking. Some books have questions at the ends of chapters—these are excellent tools for reinforcing the lessons learned. Trade journals have tests after articles; some have CEU potential and some don’t but practice is practice. Online sources vary in quality and relevance to your needs and interest, depending on what you want to study for.
Strategy # Collaborate to Celebrate Strength in numbers works wonders. Forming a study group can be as easy as making an email list, but when possible, working together in the field and discussing and adjusting objectives and specifications, role playing...
Strategy # (from basic MC?-writing guides) Know the Structure. Every question starts with a stem the part of the multiple choice item that presents the question or problem that the we have to answer. The stem should present the entire problem or question, and provide any and all of the information needed in order to select the correct response. The stem should have no ambiguous, instructional, or misleading material. It must include all information required to respond to the item.
Typical styles for writing the item stem include the form of questions, incomplete sentences, and fill in the blanks. Ideally, the stem should be so complete and clear that a knowledgeable candidate would be able to respond to the item without even looking at the options. You might guess right away, for example, that the most correct option for: “A leaning tree that curves back up to vertical has _________. “ is ‘self-corrected’”.
Options are the choices given as possible responses to a multiple choice item. One of the options is “most correct," the others are "distracters." Distracters are considered the incorrect responses, ones for which the candidate is to receive no credit. Distractors are usually plausible, so that a sophisticated test taker who does not possess the knowledge needed to select the correct response would find the distractors attractive and truthful. Otherwise, a candidate who doesn't know the subject matter may still be able to guess right.
Plausible distractors are created by:
Imagining how people would respond if the item were a fill in the blank item, or a short essay question;
Drawing upon common misconceptions within the field; and,
Choosing something that would appeal to common sense or logic, but which is wrong nevertheless.
Imagine smiling at the question-writer as you throw out the first and worst distracter. That was the last one they put in. Find the weakness in two of the remaining three. Follow their streams of reasoning in reverse, while deconstructing the question-writing process. Reread the Item carefully--one detail may exclude one option, or both. The last distracter is often truthful until considering the context, or the frequency, or finally finding in one word the difference between wrong and right.
Paddle back up that stream of reasoning, through the weeds of distraction. Pass the test.
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