How To Effectively Build Up Study Skills 

Behavior modification can work for you -   Use the association learning concept.  Attempt, as nearly as possible, to study the same subject at the same time in the same place each day.

Do not study more than an hour at a time without taking a break -  In fact, if you are doing straight memorization, do not spend more than 20 to 30 minutes at a time.  Here is the rationale behind taking such small bites out of study time.

Separate the study of subjects that are alike -  Brain waves are like radio waves.  If there is not enough space between input, you get interference.  The more similar the kinds of learning taking place, the more interference.

Do not study when you are tired -  Psychologists have found that everyone has a certain time of day when he or she gets sleepy.  Do not try to study during that time (but do not go to sleep either – it hardly ever refreshes).

Prepare for your class at the best time -  If it is a lecture course, do your studying soon after class; if it is a course in which students are called on to recite or answer questions, study before class.

Use the best note-taking system for you -  If the course is one in which lecture and text are closely related, use the 2-3-3-2 technique: Make columns of two inches down the left-hand side for recall clues, three inches in the middle for lecture notes and three inches on the right side for text notes.

Memorize actively, not passively -  Researchers have found that the worst way to memorize – the way that takes the most time and results in the least retention – is to simply read something over and over again.

Read and study at the same time -  It really takes less time in the long run!  Read with a purpose.  Instead of just starting at the beginning and reading through to the end, you will complete the assignment much faster and remember much more

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