effective study techniques academic skills for success in college
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EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES
Academic Skills for Success in College
OVERVIEW
• Budget your time.
• Be an active classroom participant.
• Read with a purpose.
• Utilize learning techniques.
• Where to get help.
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”).
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.
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.
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
MARKING YOUR TEXTBOOK
• Step 1 SURVEY
• Step 2 READ
• Step 3 MARK
• Step 4 REVIEW
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 !