1 / 14

How to Improve Study Habits and Get Better Grades.

Learn how to improve study habits, maintain motivation, stay organized, excel in class, and ace exams with effective tips and techniques. Boost your grades and academic success starting today!

jakei
Download Presentation

How to Improve Study Habits and Get Better Grades.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. How to Improve Study Habits and Get Better Grades. & Exam-Taking Tips

  2. This only works if you “DO IT”Overview: • Why Study? • Maintaining Motivation. • Being Organized. • In Class. • Before/After Class. • But, I have lousy memory! • Exam-Taking Tips

  3. Why Study? • The Future • plan to become a hermit? • Jobs • Self-Respect • Grades

  4. Maintaining Motivation • Focus on the Goals • Study Groups • Self-Rewards • Creating Routines • EXCEPT--no reading the text in bed!!

  5. Getting Organized • buy the books • prepare a timetable--work, sleep, & play • set a specific time for studying each course • benefits of spaced/distributed practice versus massed practice • physical activity as part of routine

  6. In Class • 80% of success in life is “showing up” • Confused??? • Ask--10 other people will thank you • Asking Questions • Taking Notes • record concepts and key terms • not verbatim notes--LISTEN to Learn

  7. Before/After Class • Read the text--systematically & actively • including the headings, tables, focus issues • Take notes--avoid the highlighter • Review your lecture notes • Check for the overlap between text notes and lecture notes--hint, hint, hint • Read the text--again.

  8. Memory Tips • Encoding • understand first, then easier to remember • focus--reduce distractions • ask questions (either your own, or from Study Guide) • use mnemonic devices • chunking • use different encoding techniques • self-referencing

  9. Aids for Improving Retrieval • Number your points • Visualize the material • Use other information to jog retrieval • Free-associate • Link to the things you do know • State-Dependent Learning • Use a system, e.g.: SQ3R

  10. Exam-Taking TipsIn part based on: Pfeifer & Ogloff, 1991) • Study/Come with the tools needed. • Have a strategy. • look at the weight of the different sections--apportion time appropriately. • read any essay questions early, the rest of the test might have retrieval cues. • Don’t Rush--you will usually be given ample time to complete an exam.

  11. Recall Questions • Use an OUTLINE to organize your thoughts. • Answer the question being asked. ( Read the question carefully, answer all aspects/parts of the question.) • Do not provide information not requested. (Do not waste time and space repeating the question or “padding.”) • Resist the temptation to “guess.” (Including your confusing material will likely confuse your “marker!”) • Keep track of time.

  12. Essay-Style Questions--DO! • Answer the question being asked. • Complete all components of the question. • Whenever possible, do an outline first!

  13. Essay-Style Question--Marking • Correct Content--All relevant points. • Correct use of terms and concepts. • Relevant examples. • Integration with related content. • Clear and concise writing--grammatical!

  14. Exam-taking Tips • Have a plan • check that you have all the pages • put your name on everything! • read all instructions--CAREFULLY • Plan your time (allocate by value of questions). GOOD LUCK

More Related