Below are some ideas to help you study or
improve your study skills. Find what works for you!
- Write down important facts on index cards:
things that have a particular sequence, vocabulary words and definitions,
main ideas of each paragraph, math formulas, etc.
- Use study guides if they’re given
to you. Have a parent or another student quiz you on the material.
- Rewrite your study guide or review the
chapter questions.
- Get yourself ORGANIZED.
If you can’t do it, get someone to help you. This includes
your locker and your PE locker.
- DO NOT postpone things.
Even if you think you don’t have any homework, study your Bible
verses and/or spelling words.
- Use a highlighter on your study guide.
Write notes in the margins if things stand out to you.
- Do what you can today - meaning, don’t
postpone anything. If you think you don’t have homework study
your Bible verse and/or spelling words. Don’t put off projects
until the last minute. Budget your time wisely.
- Put your notes under your pillow before
you go to bed. (Hey, anything is helpful.)
Getting Organized:
Organization is not just a way of keeping
things in place, but I meet a student who has an unorganized backpack, he or she is usually a poor student. The sloppy
manner in which the student keeps track of his or her notes seems to
reflect the manner in which he or she organizes thoughts (although
there are many exceptions to this rule, Albert Einstein being one of
them). The best students I have encountered are organized all the way
down to the way they carry their materials. While you may be another
Einstein, let’s go with the rationale that organization and neatness
never hurt anybody.
- Use your assignment book everyday – in
every class.
- Make a list during homeroom of everything
that need to go home so you won’t have to stand at your locker
at the end of the day and ask yourself, “Do I have any homework?”
- Bring your assignment book home with you.
- Clean out your locker before it becomes
necessary to throw yourself against it to get it to shut!
Outlining:
1. Title the outline with assignment or chapter
title.
2. Mark major sections as I, II, III, IV,
V, etc.
3. Mark subheadings sections as A, B, C,
D, etc.
4. List details under subheadings as 1, 2,
3, 4, etc.
5. For more details use a, b, c, d, etc.
a. bold face words and definitions
b. formulas and descriptions
c. important pointers about the above
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Do not try
to write down every word.
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- Write down the main ideas, content,
and information.
- Develop your own way of abbreviating words.
- Read or listen carefully – elaborate on important material
and BRIEFLY summarize
it in writing.
SQ3R:
SQ3R is an acronym that will help you remember
a procedure that will guide you through a reading assignment no matter
what class. Each of the letters/numbers stand for something.
S = SURVEY
Look over the whole chapter: titles, vocabulary, timelines, maps, pictures,
graphs, etc. Read the questions at the end of each chapter.
Q = QUESTION
Try to figure out what the chapter is about and what the teacher might want
you to know.
R1 = READ
Think about answering the questions you came up with. Try to anticipate what
comes next in the reading.
R2 = REVIEW
Apply what you are reading to what you already know.
R3 = RECITE
Decide what the author is trying to get at. What is important to remember?
Did you answer all of the questions you had? What don’t you still
understand?
What SQ3R does is help give
you purpose in what you read. If you have an idea of what you need
to know before you actually begin reading, you will pick up on the
important parts when you come to them. It will also help you remember
them better.
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