Study Skills

What is the BIG difference between studying and homework?

• Reading- In and Out of Class.

• Planning/Organizing/Monitoring Your Time

• Writing- In and Out of Class

• Assignments & Due Dates

What Note Taking Types work BEST for Reading2Write about a Text?

• Copying or Recording everything.

• Mind Mapping and Shorthand.

• No note taking at all.

• Cornell Notes and Annotations.

The MOST difficult part of Plan/Organize/Monitor is...

• Goal Setting.

• Managing Your Time Committment.

• Cleaning Up Your Study Area.

• Taking Good Notes.

YOU have the power to Prioritize; True or False?

• True

• False

POM POM stands for all of the following EXCEPT...

• Plan

• Prioritize

• Procrastinate

• Organize

A breakdown of an AVERAGE person’s week of 168 hours is...

• 118 to sleep, 50 to work, and no free time.

• 88 to sleep, 40 to work, and 20 free time.

• 56 to sleep, 40 to work, and 72 free time.

• 168 free time :)

“Free Time” includes all of the following EXCEPT

• Eating time.

• School or work time.

• Study time.

• Extra-curricular time.

The SQ4R method is mainly used for...

• A short text or article.

• A chapter or unit review.

• A novel review.

• Vocabulary and terms review.

Annotations are...

• Long notes taken on a separate paper about a text.

• Short abbreviated symbols and letters written directly on a text.

• Acronyms created to study from.

• Mnemonics.

Mnemonics are... (select ALL that apply)

• Acronyms.

• Silly phrases or stories.

• the Loci method.

• the Image-Name technique