Cosmetology State Board
Examination Review
The State Board Resource Center
,
, !!! Cosmetology State Board Examination Review !!!
Our staff writers have taken the individual State Board Examination and Instructor’s State Board
Examination in more than 9 states, the Multi-State Examination (National) in 11 states, and each has been
teaching for more than a decade. This experience gives us the confidence to “know” we can help you pass
your State Board Examination the very next time you take it.
The format of this study-guide follows an approach educators refer to as a synergistic learning experience.
In a synergistic learning experience - the total is greater than the sum of its parts. With this method you
begin to see patterns emerge, answers appear more obvious and, there is a real learning by understanding
and repetition as opposed to memorization; which is, after all, not really learning at all.
We also realize that test taker’s and test writer’s often tend to focus on very different things.
With these considerations in mind, our learning materials have been structured to employ repetition in areas
research indicates most learners are unprepared to pass their State Board Examination. And although this
repetition can be annoying at times, by the end of the “Review”, you will know the material.
As you move through the material, stop and think about each question. How it relates to the question or
questions before or after, and how you might have asked that question if you were the instructor or test
writer. Who knows, you could make a career of writing State Board test questions – someone does it, why
not you? If words are long and unfamiliar to you, say them out loud. Studies have shown that when we
read a word we are unfamiliar with and cannot pronounce, saying the word aloud, even if incorrectly, is
the best method to familiarize ourselves with that word, and going forward, we are much more likely to
remember what it means.
Try it.
Onychophagy (on – a – kaf – a - gee) = nail biting, or more correctly; bitten nails.
• on, as in: “on the test”,
• a, as in: “it is a word you need to know”,
• kaf, as in: “you need a lot of caffeine to study at night”,
• a, as in: “Study a lot”,
• g, as in: “gee, now I will know this word when I see it on my State Board Exam”.
on a kaf a gee
Copyright 2009. First Update: June 2010. Second Update: February 2011. Third Update: September 2011.
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Examination Review
The State Board Resource Center
,
, !!! Cosmetology State Board Examination Review !!!
Our staff writers have taken the individual State Board Examination and Instructor’s State Board
Examination in more than 9 states, the Multi-State Examination (National) in 11 states, and each has been
teaching for more than a decade. This experience gives us the confidence to “know” we can help you pass
your State Board Examination the very next time you take it.
The format of this study-guide follows an approach educators refer to as a synergistic learning experience.
In a synergistic learning experience - the total is greater than the sum of its parts. With this method you
begin to see patterns emerge, answers appear more obvious and, there is a real learning by understanding
and repetition as opposed to memorization; which is, after all, not really learning at all.
We also realize that test taker’s and test writer’s often tend to focus on very different things.
With these considerations in mind, our learning materials have been structured to employ repetition in areas
research indicates most learners are unprepared to pass their State Board Examination. And although this
repetition can be annoying at times, by the end of the “Review”, you will know the material.
As you move through the material, stop and think about each question. How it relates to the question or
questions before or after, and how you might have asked that question if you were the instructor or test
writer. Who knows, you could make a career of writing State Board test questions – someone does it, why
not you? If words are long and unfamiliar to you, say them out loud. Studies have shown that when we
read a word we are unfamiliar with and cannot pronounce, saying the word aloud, even if incorrectly, is
the best method to familiarize ourselves with that word, and going forward, we are much more likely to
remember what it means.
Try it.
Onychophagy (on – a – kaf – a - gee) = nail biting, or more correctly; bitten nails.
• on, as in: “on the test”,
• a, as in: “it is a word you need to know”,
• kaf, as in: “you need a lot of caffeine to study at night”,
• a, as in: “Study a lot”,
• g, as in: “gee, now I will know this word when I see it on my State Board Exam”.
on a kaf a gee
Copyright 2009. First Update: June 2010. Second Update: February 2011. Third Update: September 2011.
You have been licensed one copy of this document for personal use only.
Any other copy / reproduction / distribution is strictly prohibited. All Rights Reserved.
Published and Distributed by:
THE STATE BOARD RESOURCE CENTER
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