Study Strategies

Right as you sit down to study, you should do this:

• Organize and set out your materials

• Set a study objective or goal

• Make sure your environment is comfortable and distraction-free

• All of the above

What should you do when you are studying, and your attention starts to wane or fade?

• Push through!

• Take a nap

• Take a short (5 min) break with a pleasurable reward

• Quit for the day

What does the research say is the optimum time that your brain can stay focused during study, lecture, etc. (unless of course, you've practiced and gotten really good at it)

• 5-10 min

• 10-20 min

• 2 hours

• around 25 min

Where is the ideal place to study?

• On your bed
• At a desk sitting upright
• In a hammock in the backyard
• In the kitchen as your mom or dad prepares dinner

When you sit down to study for a test, you should begin by:

• collecting all of your materials.
• setting specific study goals.
• tuning out distractions - like TV, music, games, phone, and social media.
• all of the above.

When you take notes you:

• waste a lot of paper.
• get writer's cramp.
• remember what you read and have a tool for effective studying.
• forget what you wrote. down

How often should you study?

• A little bit each day, even if you don't have a test coming up
• Once per week
• The night before a test or quiz
• A few minutes before a test or quiz

Re-reading your notes is more beneficial than study cards.

• True

• False

Setting a goal for each study session helps improve your progress.

• True

• False

Starting to plan early for exams, and set aside a little bit of time every day. This is part of which study strategy?

• Active Retrieval Practice

• Spaced Studdying

• Elaboration

• Duel Coding