Take Control of Homework

Take Control of Homework

So it doesn’t Control You

Part 3

Take advantage of any free time

If you have a study period or a long bus ride, use the time to review notes, prepare for an upcoming class or start your homework. Flash cards are a great learning tool. They make it easy to handle, and are marvelous tool to help you learn and remember anything. Put the hole in the upper left corner of each   index card and connect the stack of your flash cards with a ring. Then the cards are bound and not flopping around. Flash cards bound like this act like a small book with pages. You can even have separate ringed stacks for each subject. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO REMEMBER, PUT IT ON A CARD.

Study with a friend

Get together with friends and classmates to quiz each other, compare notes and predict test questions. Consider joining a study group.

Communicate

If you have concerns about the amount or type of homework you have, you may want to talk to your family, teachers or counselor. They can help you understand how much time you need to allot for homework and how to manage your tasks.

Celebrate Your  Achievements

Reward yourself for hitting milestones or doing something well!

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Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

"He listens well who takes notes"

Dante Alighieri

You can expect yourself to memorize something that you heard, especially if it's a lecture. It's good to jog down notes because you can always look over something you may not understand or just use it to study for a test.

the power of study groups

The power of Study Groups

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 4

Getting the Most Out of a Session

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of teacher study session:

-          Decide what you’re going to do in advance.

-          Prepare for the session, so you can make the most of your time together

-          Take turns teaching , to reinforce your own knowledge

-          Stick to options

By supplementing your individual study with a study group, you can reinforce what you’ve learned, deepen your understanding of complex concepts, and maybe even make a few new friends. Remember that a friend is a person who encourages you to do your best and to achieve on a higher level, one who pushes you to try a little harder and be a litter better. If someone pulls you down to the wrong trails of life, then those people are  not friends, ( they are actually your enemies). And you must avoid them at all cost. Whoever said learning can’t be fun? Learning is enjoyable and exciting when you study with others.

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how to take on college part 3

How to take on college studying

Part 3

Do the Reading

You need to do more than just read the chapters you are assigned – you’re expected to understand them thoroughly. Here are some tips.

-         Don’t skim. Read all the material carefully.

-         Break up difficult assignments into sections you can digest- chapters, subsections or even paragraphs

-         Look up any words that you don’t understand.

-         Pause to think about whether you understand the material: ask questions in class about anything that is unclear.

-         Take notes instead of highlights—this makes you think through and rephrase the key points.

-         Create a summary sheet of what you learned from each assignment you read.

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How to take on college studying

How to Take on College Studying

Part 2

Choose where to Study   www.apstudynotes.org

Where you Should study depends on two facts: the environment in which you are best available to concentrate the type of work you are planning to do.

-         The best places to study have good light, a comfortable tempature and enough desk space – usually your dorm room, your apartment or the library.

-         For completing problem sets or brainstorming possible test questions, you may want to study with a group or at least in a setting where fellow students are available for discussion.

-         When you are reading book chapters or working on a research paper, you are probably better off in a less social envirment.

Improve you study skills

Here are simple steps you can take to help you get a handle on studying:

-         Have a routine for where and when you study.

-         Choose reasonable and specific goals that you can accomplish for each study session.

-         Do things that are harder or require more intense thought at your most productive time of the day.

-         Take breaks if you need them so you don’t  waste time looking  at material but not absorbing it.

-         Get to know students whom you respect  and can study with or contact to ask questions.

-         Keep up with the workload and seek help when you need it.

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how to take on college studying

How to take on college studying

http:Collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/951.html

part 1

Develop good study habits

In college, you’ll need to build on the study skills that you learned in high school. The demands of a college education class are probably more rigorous than those you are used to.

You can succeed by knowing what to expect and how to handle it. Think of college as a full-time job, in which you spend 40 hours a week on class, labs, study groups and doing homework.

Being organized and using your time well are essential. Learn more  about time management, and use the guides lines below to develop your study skills.

Decide when to study

Work out about how many hours you need to study every day. Then make a schedule.

·        Figure out what blocks of time you have available throughout the day, in the evenings and on weekends.

·        Consider what time of day are most alert- there are morning people and night owls – and try to schedule your studying accordingly

·        Think about whether you do better for a few hours at a time or sitting down for marathon sessions

Habit 7 part 2

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens

Habit 7 Part 2

Habits 7: Sharpen the Saw

1) Heart: Always do what is right so your heart, your conscience, will feel peaceful. When you do something wrong, you conscience will pick you and create regretful sensations within your heart. When you do what you honestly feel, you won’t have any regrets. Your heart is your internal compass—it gives you direction and discernment. Just like a magnetic compass gives directions, even true north, your personal compass, your heart, will point you in the true north, the exact directions and paths you need to trod.

2) Soul: Study scriptures and other sacred literature daily. In other words, feed your spirit because your spirit need spiritual food just like your physical body needs temporal food to survive. Pondering, meditating, and reflecting are excellent Soul-sharpening activities. Try writing your thought, feelings, aspirations, concerns, and decisions in a diary of journal. Writing helps you focus and make good decisions.

Get into the habit of daily improving your body (physical fitness), your mind, your heart, and your soul.

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Study for Multiple Practice

Study for Multiple Exams

Part 3

 English, math, foreign language tips: PREACTICE – especially foreign language. It’s hard to succeed in a foreign language class if you are just showing and doing the work. But if you are in your room and look at objects and try to say them in a language you are learning it actually helps. Or if you send a simple text to a friend think about it, can you translate that to German or Spanish? These are the little things that will help. Here are my final words of wisdom for students who want to get better grades in college: Time management and organization are critical key factors to success in college. And never be afraid to go ask your teacher for help. They have office hours for a reason- use them!

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Study for multiple exams part 2

Study for multiple exams

Part2

My Strategies for written assignments: Everyone has their own writing styles. I generally come up with an idea and do massive amounts of research before I even think about writing. I then organize my research then sometimes prepare an outline before actually writing. I always print out the paper and then come back to it the next day and reread it. That is the easiest way for me to catch my own mistakes. I have to give my eyes  a break from it, and if I just wrote it I think it looks perfect. But if I look at it a day later I almost always find grammatical errors or phrases and sentences I just want to reword. How I succeed on team projects: Never assume someone is doing what they are supposed to be doing. Have regular meeting and have each member show their work, not just give you or the group their word for it.

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Study For Multiple Exams Part 1

Study for Multiple Exams

Part 1

How I study for multiple exams, deal with multiple projects: Really it is my time management that I explained above. If I see I have multiple things due or to study for all at the same time I spread out my time beforehand. For example, if I have a test Monday , and 2 test Tuesday then I will study for my Monday test Thursday and party of Friday. Start studying for my next test on the second half of Friday and part Saturday, then my second test Tuesday test on Saturday as well and part of Sunday. Then Sunday night I can review for my test because I already studies for it. When that test is over I can begin reviewing for the other tests. My overall study method: I try to break it up over several days or at least two. I get bogged down if I try to pull and all nighter. How I’ve overcome and initial bad grade: If I received a low grade I probably knew it was coming because I didn’t prepare properly or I didn’t use the right habit for that class. I usually try to go over what I did wring and sometime discuss with the teacher what I can do differently on the next exam or what they suggested I do for studying for the nest exam.

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