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Learning and Studying Strategies. Organization &Time Management. Use class time and study halls to start homework, get help. Use your student planner to keep track of assignments and your activities. Create a schedule for completing homework, studying for tests, and long –term assignments.
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Organization &Time Management • Use class time and study halls to start homework, get help. • Use your student planner to keep track of assignments and your activities. • Create a schedule for completing homework, studying for tests, and long –term assignments. • Prioritize your work. Tackle the most important, most difficult or least favorite assignments first. • Go over your class notes each night. By doing this you will make studying for tests and quizzes easier. • Have a designated work area. • Turn off cell phone, TV and any other distractions. • Have a snack and drink before you start. • Have all necessary supplies in work area.
Be Successful in Class • Be in school, on time, every day. • Be prepared for each class; homework done, needed supplies. • Learn to adapt to different teachers. • Participate in class. • Have a positive attitude. Treat other with courtesy and respect. Be aware of your body language. • Take responsibility for your grades.
Note Taking and Studying • Be an active listener and studier. Be focused and pay attention. • Take notes to help pay attention. Both in the class and when you are reading/studying independently. • Recognize important information. • Go over your notes each day. Highlight important concepts/keywords. • When studying, recite and discuss information so that your mind engages and is not wandering.
Use some form of the SQ3R Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review Survey: • Look over material to be read. • Note titles, headings, subheadings. • Review questions or teacher made study guides. • Summary. Question: • Turn the title, headings, and subheads into questions. Write questions in the margins. • Read questions at the end of chapters. • Ask yourself what you already know.
Read: • Read one section at a time. • Answer questions you have made up. • Answer questions from the chapter or study guide. • Study graphic aids. Recite: • Summarize in your own words what you have read. • Write down in your own words what you have read using the notes you have taken. • Underline or highlight important points. Review: • Look over notes at the end of each study session. • Make a study sheet or a practice test for content covered in that section. • Make flash cards or other memory aids.
Memory Aids • Flash Cards for vocabulary, facts, lists. • Acronyms-using the first letter of the words you want to remember to make up a silly sentence like “My very elegant mother juggled seven ugly neckties.” (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). • Chunking (grouping items for better recall, especially numbers). • Visualization-creating pictures in your mind or on paper. • Look for easy logical connections- Homer wrote the Odyssey, “Homer is an Odd name”. • Group or categorize information, write lists and diagrams.