UNIT 2: EFFECTIVE STUDY SKILLS

One secret for successful studying is

• Find a good working environment

• Improve your ability to cheat

• Always study with a good friend

• Study in your bedroom is the best place to concentrate

An example of an adequate place to study is

• In your bedroom

• Parents bed

• At the garage

• A place with good light and not too comfortable

A record of personal activities, usually recorded hour by hour.

(a)  

A list of the important words found in a book, along with their definitions.

(a)  

Examples of bibliography sources are:

• magazines

• encyclopedias

• books

• all of the options mentioned

A type of reading done for enjoyment

• pleasure reading

• reference reading

• text reading

• information reading

A method for organizing concepts and facts; useful in the process of outlining.

(a)  

Is the retention of the brain beyond immediate use

• short-term memory

• SQ3R method

• pleasure reading

• long-term memory

SQ3R stands for

• Study, Question, repeat, repeat, and repeat

• survey, question, repeat, recall, retell

• Study, quickly, randomly, repeating, reading

• survey, question, read, recite, recall

Text reading is used when

• you want to entertain yourself

• you want to reaserch something

• you want to study for an exam

• you do not have anything to do