STUDY SKILLS
- With time, concentration,
and some effort it is easy to make good grades happen.
- Study time must be
schedule every day!!!
- Make up a weekly list
of things to accomplish.
- Make up a "to-do"
list for tomorrow and set priorities.
- Realistic study goals
must be set each and every day.
- Reward yourself for
finishing items on your "to-do" list.
- Create your own study
area for serious studying.
- Class attendance is
very important.
- Set your purpose before
beginning to read or study.
- Break time into manageable
units to increase productivity.
- Keep track, on paper,
of the amount of time you've spent studying and what you
accomplished.
- Pace study to allow
adequate time for reviewing and memorizing.
- Memorize only after
understanding information.
- Reinforce information
through timely repetition at intervals ranging from the
same day to several weeks after.
- Practice remembering
the information (reciting and writing) without the aid of
notes, text, internet notes, or study sheets. Rememer, you
won't have these during the exam.
- Use organized system
for learning new vocabulary words.
- As you survey a reading
selection, formulate questions you will answer as you read.
(Who, What, Where, How, Why, Significance).
- Form a study group
and spend time asking each other questions and "teaching"
one another the most important material.
- Use index or flash
cards for important material. Use them while you drive and
recite what you wrote on the cards.
- Use a particular spot
for STUDY USE ONLY!
- Don't fall behind!
Talk to your professor, go for it