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EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES

EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES. Academic Skills for Success in College 10/01/07. OVERVIEW. Budget your time. Be an active classroom participant. Read with a purpose. Utilize learning techniques. Where to get help. Study Schedule.

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EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES

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  1. EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES Academic Skills for Success in College 10/01/07

  2. OVERVIEW • Budget your time. • Be an active classroom participant. • Read with a purpose. • Utilize learning techniques. • Where to get help.

  3. Study Schedule • Initially, plan two hours of study time for each hour of class time. • Schedule regular study times. • Plan at least one hour blocks of study time. • Reward yourself for using study time effectively. (Your reward system won’t work if you “cheat”).

  4. Study Schedule continued… • Try to schedule study periods before and after classes. • Work on your most difficult subjects at the times you are most alert. • Balance your activities. • Keep your schedule flexible.

  5. TEXT BOOK READING &NOTE TAKING • Read or skim the text before class. • Go early and stay late. • Sit close to the instructor. • Don’t try to write everything down. • Use a separate binder for each subject. • Use abbreviations.

  6. Decrease < Number # Increase/more > With w/ Continued cont. Important * At @ Definition def And & Each ea Equals = Example e.g. Should be s/b ABBREVIATIONS

  7. TYPES OF NOTE TAKING METHODS • Cornell Note Taking System – Click Here • Concept Map – Click Here • SQ3R Method – Click Here

  8. MIND MAPPING Write down the most important word or short phrase or symbol for the center. Think about it; circle it. Post other important concepts and their words outside the circle Click Here

  9. LEARNING TECHNIQUES • Flash cards • Acronyms - a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term. • Acrostics - short verse composition, so constructed that the initial letters of the lines, taken consecutively, form words. • Recite and Repeat • Rhymes and Music

  10. MARKING YOUR TEXTBOOK • Step 1 SURVEY • Step 2 READ • Step 3 MARK • Step 4 REVIEW

  11. IN SUMMARY…DECIDE WHAT TO STUDY • Lecture notes. • Textbook chapters. • Textbook notes and Study Guides. • Previous Tests, Papers, Homework, etc. • Instructors’ Handouts. • Study Groups. • SUCCESS IS JUST A COMMITMENT AWAY…GOOD LUCK !

  12. Need Assistance ? • Academic & Career Advisement Center Locations: 103 Jacobetti & 3302 Hedgcock 227-2283 or 227-2971 • Services include: Free Tutoring Academic and Career Advising Workshops Referrals Student Service Center Amenities All students welcome! • Study Guides – Click Here

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