Study Skill
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Target Problems
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Goals
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| Time Management |
- Looking at an entire block of work
- Focusing on what you have not done
- Avoiding subjects you consider difficult
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- Breaking assignments into subtasks
- Recognizing what you have accomplished
- Scheduling time appropriately
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| Taking Lecture Notes |
- Listening passively
- Expecting deductive lectures
- Taking disorganized notes
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- Participating in discussions
- Keeping an open mind
- Using the Cornell Method
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| Reading a Textbook |
- Reading textbooks like novels
- Using highlighters
- Taking notes in a separate notebook
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- Using SQ3R
- Using a pen to write in margins/underline
- Writing in textbooks
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| Taking Tests |
- Cramming/panicking
- Responding to questions inappropriately
- Writing disorganized essays
- Running out of time
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- Reading correctly / reviewing regularly / making study sheets
- Reading all directions before writing
- Outlining all essays before writing
- Scheduling time before writing
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| Writing Research Papers |
- Writing a paper “the night before” it is due
- Using an inconsistent style
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- Schedule each part/using the Writing “center”
- Using bibliographic formats
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