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240 CHAPTER 10Always Sometimes Never- Do you review your mistakes
on past exams? - Do you write questions to
answer while studying? - Do you combine information
from your lecture notes and
texts together according to
themes or topics when you
study?
Summary Statement:HOW DO I DEVELOP A STUDY PLAN?Successful athletes, musicians, artists, and writers often develop
plans for how they will practice, prepare for performances, or make
progress toward attaining their goals. For example, novelists often
write many outlines and develop scenes and characters before they
begin writing. Musicians set daily practice session goals and work care-
fully on separate passages of a composition. Students also plan for their
performances, which are judged by examinations of the knowledge
acquired in their courses. Therefore, sufficient time must be given to
developing a “game plan” to prepare for each examination.
An effective study plan includes what, how, and when content will
be reviewed. It organizes and separates material into small sections for
study over a period of days. In addition, it includes a variety of learn-
ing and study strategies that will help the student respond correctly to
both lower and higher level questions. As you might expect, time man-
agement plays an important role in the development of a study plan.