1. Get to Class Early
Arriving late to class does not just distract other students and the professor, but really affect YOU. Be on time with all the needed materials to all your classes. Continue reading “14 Tips to Improve your Study Skills” »
Category: How to Study
Getting Motivated to Study – The Complete Guide
Exams are just around the corner and you’ve got 2 or 3 deadlines to meet coming up fast. I don’t believe any student looks forward to this, and most put it off until the last minute which is not advised if you want to get the highest grades. Studying on any level can be overwhelming; however, just like most things that will benefit, it requires a huge amount of discipline.
Here are some steps to get you motivated to study.
Getting Disciplined Your Purpose
Get into Game Mode Small Actionable Steps
Reward Yourself Read-Watch Motivational
Visualize Study Partners/Groups
Get Rid of Negativity
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How do you study textbooks? A Quick Survey
Best way to study textbooks?
1. Here is the method that I used successfully. Whenever I have a textbook to study, I first divide it into four main sections. After reading each section I make notes in a book not the textbook, using my own words of the most important points. I also make notes and marks in the textbook. When I want review I review my own hand written notes, because it is smaller in size and direct to the point. This system has always helped me out. Continue reading “How do you study textbooks? A Quick Survey” »
7 Steps to Developing Good Study Habits
How to Develop Good Study Skills
Why is it that there are some students who spend every waking hour studying and others who don’t appear to put in as much effort but still get good grades? Is this due to genetics? Are some people just naturally more intelligent than others? Is it IQ?
The truth is that being a successful student has little to do with intelligence but everything to do with knowing how to study. Studying is a skill, and once you have mastered it, you will excel. Continue reading “7 Steps to Developing Good Study Habits” »
Learning Styles Quiz
So What is Your Learning Style?
This article will help you distinguish your preferred learning style and offers you a range of study tips and advice to help you get the most out of learning. The first step is to complete this simple questionnaire. Try and do this before reading the explanations that follow, and answer the questions honestly. Remember, there is no right or wrong answer, this is designed to help you reach your full learning potential. See the Complete Guide to Learning Styles
Here is a quiz to test your learning style. Read the following questions and put a circle around the most appropriate answer. Continue reading “Learning Styles Quiz” »
Learning Styles – The Complete Guide
When it comes to learning, it’s probably no surprise to discover that we all learn differently. Most teachers are very aware of the different learning styles and use a variety of strategies to help pass information on to students, like yourselves, in the classroom. However, it is possible to take matters into your own hands in order to improve your own learning. If you are aware of your own learning style you will be able to make your study and revision time much more effective, which will not only help ensure academic success, but leave more time for all the fun stuff!
Not sure what your learning style is? Take the Quiz
How to Study for a Math Test – The Complete Guide
Every subject has its own particular way. Math is mostly numerical, not verbal and requires logical thinking; it has its own way to be studied. Before touching on significant points of studying a math test, lets look at some of the fundamentals of “learning.”
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How to Study – The Complete Guide
Most students have no idea how to study effectively. Many teachers focus on getting good test scores, and understandably so, without focusing on teaching the basics of study skills. The result is that the students either don’t study, or spend hours studying with poor results, or study at the last minute and burn out.
Here are some techniques that have been successfully utilized by middle school and intermediate school students to study and prepare for tests.
If you don’t think you need to learn how to study – consider this – By studying effectively you will spend less time studying, get higher marks and have more time to yourself!
Not getting organized, taking proper notes hurts you in the long run and will take more time, and you’ll get poor marks.
So lets dive in!
How to Concentrate When You’ve Got a Big Test Ahead of You
Concentration is one of the most important skills anyone needs throughout their life. As students, it has understandable importance concerning the amount of information that must be consumed and recalled. However, even beyond the student days, it’s necessary to have the skills involved in concentration to healthily and adequately perform any skills or responsibility. With its importance, it also seems to be most elusive. Regardless of how far-fetched it seems to acquire, concentration is a skill that is manageable by everyone. concentrate, concentration, how to concentrate, study skills
How to Cram – or, How to Ace the Exam That’s Just Around the Corner
Sheila has an exam coming up in Advanced Biology. It had been announced weeks ago, but she has a full course load. She studies every night for several hours, and sometimes she gets overwhelmed with all she has to do. And that’s the problem: She is so overwhelmed that she completely forgot about the Advanced Bio exam until today. Now it’s tomorrow and she has to study–FAST. Continue reading “How to Cram – or, How to Ace the Exam That’s Just Around the Corner” »