Archive for August, 2010

How to Turn Good Study Skills Into Great Study Skills

How to Turn Good Study Skills Into Great Study Skills

To be honest, even if you’re a good study-er, you’ve probably not really taken time to think about what it is that makes your study skills so much better than your friends’.  It’s just one of those things where some students seem to naturally grasp what’s needed to study effectively, without even thinking about what [...]

Equipped for Studying:  What You Must Have

Equipped for Studying: What You Must Have

It’s 6 p.m. and you’re behind in your studies.  Tests and papers are coming up, so that means it’s not to hit the books and study, study, study.  But then you hit a few roadblocks.  You look around the house and can’t find a pen.  Then you need some scratch paper, and can’t find it.  [...]

30 Days to Better Study Skills

30 Days to Better Study Skills

The study “strategy” for most students is the same:  Wait until the night before an assignment is due or before a test to hit the books and study.  Unfortunately, for most of us, that strategy eventually catches up and hits our grades—hard. Good news:  There’s a better way!  Here’s a systematic approach that in 30 [...]

What Kind of Learner Are You?

What Kind of Learner Are You?

If you’re struggling in one of your classes, or even many of them, that’s no reflection on your intelligence level.  It doesn’t even mean that you’re not working hard and trying to study for your classes. It might just mean that you’re learning style is different from how the instructor teaches.