How to Study

How to Keep Score In the next few pages, I’ll explain the 11 primary study skills covered in this book: reading and comprehensio ...

❑ Y ❏ N I frequently forget important assignments and test dates. ❑ Y ❏ N I get nervous before exams and do worse than I think ...

What do your answers mean? If you answered yes to questions: ■ 2, 5, or 18, you need to work on your concentration. ■ 1, 8, 15, ...

Now let’s review each of these areas, giving you insight as to what “excellent,” “good,” and “fair” really mean. As you read eac ...

Reading Speed, comprehension, and recall are the three important components of reading. Comprehension and recall are especially ...

that laser bar code technology has advanced to the point where bar codes can now be imprinted directly onto meat and eggs and be ...

Test #2:Below are 12 nonsense words from a language I just made up and their “definitions.” Study the list for 60 seconds and tr ...

Library Skills Making the most of the library is a function of understanding its organ- ization—and usingit! The more time you s ...

Computer Skills It’s virtually impossible now to succeed at almost any level of educa- tion without complete mastery of the comp ...

subject matter. Your notes should be sequential, following the teacher’s lecture pattern. Review your notes at the first opportu ...

Writing Paper and Preparing Oral Reports Preparing any sort of report, written or oral, is 90 percent perspira- tion (research) ...

Score: If you are able to construct tests that are harder than the ones your teacher gives you—and score well on his or hers—giv ...

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W hat effect can good study habits have? I suspect native- born talents and skills—the basic abilities you’re born with—have the ...

Let’s take the latter point first. You canstudy smarter. You canput in less time and get better results. But learning how to do ...

■ Tell your friends and family of your decision to improve your study skills and do better in school. (This is a trick that work ...

Consider learning how to study a lifelong process, and be ready to modify anything you’re doing as you learn other methods. This ...

None of the study techniques discussed at length in this book is carved in stone. Not only should you feel free to adapt and sha ...

Teachers are human. They respond to presentation. If the substance of two papers or tests or projects is relatively equal, the f ...

While I’ll show you in Chapter 4 how to ensure that poor scheduling does not become a habit that dooms you to such choices, I su ...