Getting Ready to Write the CASPer Test: High-Yield Tips

Jun 2, 2024

Getting Ready to Write the CASPer Test: High-Yield Tips

Lecture by Jim Luca (aka Dr. Calcagno)

Overview

  • Focus: Tips for CASPer test preparation (written and verbal parts)
  • Goal: Provide high-yield tips to help students perform well on the CASPer exam

Tip #1: Banking Time

  • Relevance: Useful for written parts of the test
  • Concept: Effective time management
    • 3 questions per question stem, 5 minutes total
    • Allocate time: 2 mins for Q1, 2 mins for Q2, 1 min for Q3
    • If stuck on Q1 after 2 mins, move to Q2
    • Bank time if you finish early and use it for subsequent questions

Tip #2: Pre-remembered Experiences

  • Relevance: Written part of the exam
  • Concept: Pre-plan personal experiences to use in answers
    • Less time wasted thinking of experiences during the test
  • High-Yield Experiences to Prepare:
    1. A time you failed
    2. Your biggest personal success
    3. A time you gave feedback
    4. Receiving criticism
    5. Demonstrating resiliency
    6. Helping implement change
  • Advice: Choose experiences tactfully, avoid casting yourself in a bad light

Tip #3: Pay Attention to Mannerisms

  • Relevance: Video component of the test
  • Concept: Improve non-verbal communication
    • Practice avoiding filler words (e.g., um, hmm)
    • Watch body language (hand movements, swaying, eye contact)
    • Maintain professional demeanor

Tip #4: Recreate Test Conditions

  • Relevance: Video component of the test
  • Concept: State-dependent learning
    • Practicing in a similar environment to test conditions enhances recall
    • Choose a quiet, distraction-free spot with good Wi-Fi

Tip #5: Work on Typing Speed

  • Relevance: Both written components
  • Concept: Increase efficiency in conveying thoughts
    • Higher words per minute help articulate more in given time
    • Use tools like Casper Booster typing generator

Tip #6: Avoid Focusing on Previous Questions

  • Relevance: Both written and video components
  • Concept: Maintain forward focus
    • Anxiety about past questions can affect future performance
    • Each question is independent; don't dwell on past mistakes

Conclusion

  • Next Video: Worked example of a CASPer question