INSTRUCTIONS
Hello dear student,
Now that you know how to use your netiquettes, I invite you to learn some tips to success in your study. For this purpose,
1. Please go to this link:http://www.adprima.com/studytips.htm and there you will find about 50 or more tips written by some students like you which have been very successful for them!
2. After you read them (take your time for it), fill in this chart.
Tips that I practice
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Tips
that I don’t practice
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Tips
that I would like to practice
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TIP
11
"I have a TIP for you. Students should try to study as much as they can during daytime hours. When I study, I usually try to study during daytime, From my personal experience, study during the day time is much better than study during night time. I remember things better during daytime and I tend to not to slack off as much during daytime. Sometimes, there are less distraction for me during the daytime and I found myself more awake, even if I feel sleepy, take a 20~30 minute nap to recharge your energy. You should only study everything at night only if it's absolutely necessary, (i.e., due to work, after school activities,...etc.) besides, study as much as possible would usually reduce yourself from getting stress out at night time. Best of all, it would prevent you from staying up all night!" Paul |
TIP 1 "Sometimes, if I have a study guide, I'll tape it to the front of my Trapper Keeper, so if I have any extra time, I can glance at it." Jeny |
TIP 39
Before studying it is
always helpful to me if I write at least a full page
about whatever comes to mind. I write about my day,
things that are bothering me, things that inspire
me, what I love/hate, etc. It's basically a journal
entry to release any thoughts that I need to get off
my shoulders before studying, so that when I do
study those thoughts don't cloud my mind while I try
to learn something new. It's very helpful after a
stressful day. After I've written down what I have
to say, I tear it up, throw it away, and study with
a clear mind. Kristen
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TIP 17
"A good study TIP that
I have found works quite well is to read the
material to be covered in a lecture beforehand, and
as you are reading create an outline, leaving plenty
of space. Take this outline to the lecture and
add to it new information the teacher gives,
highlight on it things that you already have listed
that are things she stresses as important. I
type my outlines and type in blank lines using the
underscore key so that they are easier to add to and
because it being typed makes it easier to tell the
difference between the information that came from
the textbook and the information that came from the
teacher. I also list questions that I have at the
bottom of my outline, with lines to write the
answers on. If the teacher gives the answer
during the lecture then I write it in the space I
have provided, the questions that she does not
answer I ask for answers to." Roxanne
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TIP 3 "Listen to soothing, but invigorating music. I usually listen to Beethoven while I do mindless homework like math, French, or science assignments. It gets your brain pumping and flowing, and keeps you alert and awake." Jason | TIP 46
My
study TIP is that when you are studying and
maybe your mind starts to wander try to look
away from your paper, textbook or whatever it is
you are studying, and look somewhere blank like
the walls or floor and go cross-eyed - this help
to cross your left and right brain over! It's
also helps a lot in tests, try it! Kate
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My study TIP is that
you should write brief notes or keywords onto
squares of colored paper, and then look at them
regularly. Having the answers on the back helps you
to learn the answers as well. Use different colored vivid s and bright highlighters to make it
interesting. Try it! It totally works! Bruce
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TIP 26
"Taking notes during class
is very important, and reviewing them when you get
home...and it is not just the way you study but it is in
the attitude you display...as long as you're
a determined and a hard working student, getting good
grades wouldn't be difficult for you at all." Lea
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•It makes my notes readable & printable. •My notes are saved in a retrievable place for the class and to use as citations for papers in other classes-(make sure you date your notes for this purpose). •Professors and other students think you are smarter and more attuned to learning, just because you have a Power Book in front of you, and will pay more attention to your questions. Other students will want to share their notes because they can read yours. •The process of recording lecture notes onto a word processing document makes you consciously categorize topics as you type. Example: putting terms in bold type, putting concepts in italic, putting key ideas in underlined form, and preceding subtopics with a bullet •. This process organizes the ideas in your mind as you are doing it. The Power Book is not helpful in Math classes, nor is it helpful in classes involving a lot of discussion." Keith |
When I
study I like to recreate my notes. Colors and
shapes help me to remember. Circling things or
highlighting works great. I associate the color
or shape with the information and I tend to
remember it better (and longer). Danielle
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TIP 35
"The study TIP I would like
to recommend is to deal with anything that is getting in
the way of your success. Say for example, you're trying
to study but you keep thinking of something else. Then
do what you have to do to deal with it and then get to
studying with a cleared mind." Claudia
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"I'm recently starting year 12, I'm trying to get organized, I found your Tips very helpful. Though there are many other useful techniques, one of the best is teaching others what you have learned. I found when I helped others with questions I would gain a better knowledge of what I learned. I have also learned from my experience from year 11, that just studying a couple days before is not really studying but cramming. Therefore to gain better marks you have to study months before. Using flow charts, making notes simples, that's what summaries are supposed to be. My friend also gave me a study hint, though yet to be proven, she said the color yellow helps you remember things better, she always uses yellow paper for studying." Anna |
And another thing, in the case that you prefer studying at night, that helps is to wash your face with cold water or shower (wait around 30 minutes after showering to prevent you from wanting to cozy up in bed and inevitably fall asleep) and then study. This keeps you awake and your concentration level high. Kate |
TIP 49
I am an Indian student and I
am in the tenth standard now. My TIP is "When you sit
down to study never think about anything else other than
your book. Leave the world outside and come into your
book." Jassi
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Study to music that you don't know the lyrics to, or to completely instrumental music. It stops you singing along (unintentionally too) to every song and allows you to focus completely on the task at hand. Whether you're into classical music or (like me) not, Satie is pretty excellent to study to. Sagal |
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TIP 55
I'm the sort of student
who gets easily distracted and it's a nasty habit.
When that happens, I remember that what I'm doing is
for my own sake. Motivate yourself. If your mind
wanders constantly, just set a short time limit,
like half an hour - then take a ten minute break
(walk around your garden or something, relaxing in
the living room is a bad idea since there's
the television and everything) and get back to
studying. It's better than feeling bored through one
hour and not absorbing any material at all. It works
for me. See if it works for you. Kuki
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TIP 28 "For my personal TIP, I would suggest that students like me would make our own notes for every class discussion. Because if we only rely on our book, there could be some points that are hard to understand. Moreover, if we only listen to our professors, there is always a tendency to forget, knowing that we have lots of things in our mind, and that we can't remember every single detail which could be very important. One more thing, if ever we borrow our classmates' notes, for example if we missed a class, we are not sure that their notes are complete or that their notes are all correct. It is possible for them to miss out important details or misunderstood some explanations. Hence, we should attend classes regularly because it's going to be our loss to miss a class and not others." Diana |
I'm not sure if this was
already mentioned or not. I like to use a tape
recorder to tape the professor's lecture (if
permitted). I can then listen to the lecture until
I almost know it by heart. You get word for word
content, importance, and the areas that you should
most study. I am assuming that you have a portable
player and ear plugs and that you can walk around
all day and night listening over and over again.
The other way I use my
tape recorder is to record my reading aloud of my
text. This has four benefits - I see it, read it,
say it, and hear it. I then walk around listening
over and over until I know it. What is interesting
and a bonus is when you come across a question that
you think you don't know so you make a guess and
often will get it right. All that listening is in
there somewhere. Alan
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TIP 58
I find that whenever I sit
down to study, I get distracted so easily and suddenly I
am inspired to do so many other things - except
studying. So what I do is I have a piece of blank paper
with me when I study, and whenever one of these ideas
come to mind I simply jot them down, so that I can do
them at a later stage. By doing this I know that I won't
forget to do it - after my exams, so I can carry on
studying peacefully. Moira
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1. Play some relaxing music (whatever music you enjoy listening to) before studying to clear my mind of everything. 2. Concentrate on what I'm studying when I begin to study, and do that throughout the process of studying. 3. Review it over orally to see if I actually remember what I studied, to see if I'm ready for that particular test. Also, if the test is on Wednesday morning, I would study the night before, a few hours before I sleep. Since it would be fresh in my mind. Then an hour before the test, I will study for a second time just to make sure I'm completely ready. I've been doing this type of studying all my life, and it hasn't failed me. If this helps you, more power to you. If not, well hey everyone has their own methods of studying. Whatever works for you. Jeffrey |
The absolutely worst way
to study is by CRAMMING! Cramming is not effective what
so ever. Cramming just stores information in your short
term memory for a SHORT period of time. So the best
method to studying is as follows:
1. Each day after your
class go over your notes just for mere 20 minutes. Just
reading is going to be effective. Read notes out loud
and re-write them either by hand or on the computer.
Make
sure you understand what you are reading since this will
help store this in your long term memory.
2. On the night before
the test you should be ready for the test since you have
been studying prior to the test each day. This helps to
cut down the cramming. Also, keep in mind cramming
results in deprivation of sleep which results in not
being able to function at optimal levels during the test
the next day. So, the night before the test make up a
practice quiz or get a friend to quiz you. This will
allow you to determine what areas you need to focus on.
Also, keep in mind if you're still having trouble
remembering a concept come back to it after 30 minutes
or so. Mandeep
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TIP 60
I find this useful when
preparing for essays or answering exam questions. I
divide or "chunk" the key parts of the question. I
then describe each "chunk". In this way I fully
understand what the question wants from me and I
don't wander off task. All the preparation has been
made and I then just write the answer using 1
paragraph for each chunk.
E.g. "Explain
what
factors makes a
successful student?"
There are 4 chunks in this question (or it could be
6?): explain
means I must give
reasons to show how or why; what
factors
means I must name examples,
e.g. reading skills, motivation, note taking,
relaxation etc., makes
means I must show when and how improvements have
been made and successful student
means I must show how do I know improvement has
taken place.
It
works for me. Mike
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These are my study tips:
Narrate whatever you are reading from a book to
yourself, especially if it is a history lesson you
need to know. I am a sophomore in high school and I
find that very helpful. Since I am in Enriched Print
for Journalism I have a tape recorder with me. I use
that recorder especially when I am reading an
assigned book for class and record things I need to
know that are important so that way I don't have to
stop and write in my book. I record the page of the
book, and what was important about that certain part
so I can go back, listen to it and find everything
very easily if I need to. That helps me a lot!!!
Especially with Biology. If you are in a foreign
language class or a class where you need to learn a
lot of vocabulary, use flashcards. But, color code
the words. For example, for French words, if it is
feminine I write the information that is on the note card in a feminine like color (pink) and same
with masculine words (I use blue). This is extremely
helpful!!!!!!!! The best thing though is to listen
in class. Maybe you can record the lesson your
teacher gives. My teacher lets me so I take
advantage of that. Be creative. If memory cues help.
make a lot of those!!! If singing a song helps, do
it!! (I usually do that). If I know the test/quiz is
going to be multiple choice, I usually memorize the
word(s) I need to know by remembering a certain word
in the definition that is most important until it
pops out.
Don't cram!!!! That is the worst!!!! Be organized, and know where to find things in your textbooks. Trust me the tape recorder really helps. Use the computer sound recorder, record your voice when you are reading from your textbook and upload the file from i Tunes and put it on your iPod so you can listen to it before the test comes around. (I don't mean cheat, I mean instead of listening to music in the car, listen to your "own little summarized lesson.") Ymn |
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TIP 44
“I
understand and remember more when I listen to
someone else so for me it is easier to work or
study with a “study buddy” Virginia
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My
own personal TIP is to go into your room lock
yourself in there and turn on a little music and
start studying. A little music won't hurt. Actually
it makes me focus more on what I'm actually
studying. I don't know why but it works for me. Most
people would get distracted but I recommend that.
You should try it sometime. Linda
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Sometimes taking the notes in hand and reading them while
walking in a park or a garden helps a lot in remembering the
matter, as the greenery around you keeps you away from sleep
and walking slowly helps in keeping you active.
Siddhi, INDIA
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