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Study Skills
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May 30, 2011 | 7 comments | View Post
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Yes, You Really Can Study Math
It’s a popular misconception that you can’t really study for math. People who say you can’t will admit that you can do math assignments and math homework. But actually studying it–looking at material in order to better on tests andMay 23, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
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Acing Classes with Little or No Study
You’ve probably known people, either in high school or college, who seemed able to pass any class–even make A’s–with little or no study. It wasn’t necessarily your imagination, either. It’s a fact that people learn differently, and some people manageApr 05, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
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How to Prepare for a Test
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Tips for taking a test – Part 2
8. Use your time wisely The most crucial factor in taking a test is time. You need to always be aware of the clock when taking a test. Organize your time wisely. If a test you are about to takeOct 23, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
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Tips for taking a test – Part 1
What should I do when I get my test? Want to do great on your next test? Keep these 17 tips in mind, and you are bound to ace it. 1. Make notes Right after you put your name onOct 21, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
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Teaching Study Skills
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Teaching Study Skills – What to teach
Study on test preparation – The Test Preparation Study was conducted from 2004 to 2008 by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, What Did Teachers Tell Us? Preparing Students for the TestOct 19, 2009 | 5 comments | View Post
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Essential Products for getting students organzied
Many schools publish a list of required back to school supplies. These lists are usually very detailed and contain everything your student may need during the school year. These lists can also be too broad and overwhelming in its requirements.Oct 05, 2008 | 6 comments | View Post
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How Teachers Can Teach Study Skills
Teachers, especially at the higher grade levels, often assume their students learned effective study skills in prior school years. As a result, students often make it to the college and university level with few study skills and poor study habits,Feb 27, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Pros and Cons of Studying with a Computer
The question of whether a computer can help students in high school or college was settled long ago. It’s nearly impossible to find a student who doesn’t use a PC to help him type papers or look up things in encyclopedias. But what about major study sessions? The traditional form of studying has consisted mostly [...]
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Why Study Study Skills?
As a student, your time is already limited. Maybe you already have a full class schedule, and in addition, you have to spend several hours a day to study for each course. So who’s got time to add something else into the mix? Yet there’s one thing that you need to add, which will actually [...]
Jan 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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How Long Should I Study For?
Let’s consider two typical college students. Mary feels passionate about getting an “A” on the next economics test. So for one week solid, she studies in three hour increments. She scarcely takes a break during these marathon study sessions. Yet, to her exasperation, she still only manages to get a C+. Rodney is in the [...]
Jan 24, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
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3 Tips to Help Your Organize Your Thoughts While Studying
You’ve been studying hard all semester, but now that mid-terms are almost upon us you want to kick your study habits up to 11. While some students like to cram the night before, slam energy drinks, or listen to audio textbooks while they sleep, those methods won’t get you very far—and they’re not good for [...]
Oct 07, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
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5 Steps to Making a Strong Study Plan
Have you been floating through life? If so, here’s a warning for you: Students can’t float through their classes and do well. You must be organized and disciplined. In short, you must have a plan. The “study plan” has different meanings to different people. At the college level, a study plan is a formal, highly-structured [...]
Sep 05, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
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Sleep your way to higher grades
College is on its way or already here and with it comes: sleep deprivation. Sure, it makes sense that the more you sleep the better your grades might be, but has anyone actually looked at this from a research perspective? You bet! Back in 2001 a group of researchers looked at the GPAs of college [...]
Sep 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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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 [...]
Aug 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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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. [...]
Aug 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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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 [...]
Aug 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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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.
Aug 13, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
