How to Study

Rework Your Opening and Closing Paragraphs When you feel you have created a wonderful paper, examine your opening and closing pa ...

Check All Your Facts When you finish editing for content and meaning, print or type a clean copy of your paper, then double-chec ...

■ Are there places where phrasing or construction is awkward? Try to rearrange the sentence or section so that it flows better. ...

■ One of the best ways to give your writing a little “oomph” is to vary your sentence structure. Use short sentences occasionall ...

■ List sources alphabetically, by the author’s last name. If no author is given, list by the first word in the title of the work ...

Step 12: Have Someone ElseProofread Reprint your paper, making all those corrections you marked during the last step. Format the ...

If you’ve been assigned to give a talk for a class, it will probably fall into one of the following categories: ■ Exposition: a ...

“How Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of First Lady,” “The way the movie Cluelessfailed to meet the standards set by Austen’s ...

Here are ways to make oral reports more effective: ■ Pick out one person to talk to—preferably a friend, but any animated and/or ...

T hroughout your educational life—and, more than likely, the rest of your life—testing will be an inevitable if sometimes fright ...

Before you can decide howto study for a particular test, it’s impera- tive that you know exactly what you’re being tested on. Pr ...

Believe Me, You’re Not Alone Take heart—very few people look forward to a test; more of you are afraid of tests than you’d think ...

With Friends Like These... Some people thrive on their own misery and are jealous if you don’t feed on it, too. They want to suc ...

6.What kinds of questions will be on the exam (matching, multiple-choice, essay, true/false, and so forth)? 7.How many of each t ...

The simplest relaxation technique is deep breathing. Lean back in your chair, relax your muscles, and take three very deep breat ...

Use Two Alarm Clocks Doing poorly on a test is discouraging. Failing a test you felt ready for is depressing. Missing the test e ...

Make Optional Assignments Mandatory Sometimes, in addition to your regular reading and other assignments, the teacher will assig ...

The more material you need to review, the more important it is to clear your schedule. A four-, five- or six-course load coverin ...

Allocate the Time You Need Consider these questions when figuring out the time you need to allocate to study for a particular te ...

The reality is that cramming works—on one level—for a small minor- ity of students. Somehow, they’re able to shove more “stuff ” ...