How To Study - The 20 Step Guide

How To Study - The 20 Step Guide







How To Study - The 20 Step Guide



Introduction: How to Use This Book....................................ix
1 Getting Started .................................................. .................. 1
Keeping calm, getting in the mood to study, creating an
environment that works
2 Discovering How You Learn ................................................9
An introductory look at what makes you unique
as a learner
3 Looking and Listening .................................................. ......19
Discover how you see and hear as part of
the way you learn
4 Making Images, Making Order, Making Sense..................25
Discover how you use imagery and sequence as
part of the way you learn
5 Learning by Doing .................................................. ............31
Discover how you use movement and experience
as part of the way you learn
6 Making Studying Do-able .................................................. 41
Break assignments into sections to suit your
learning style and your calendar
7 Knowing What You Know .................................................. 51
Realize when you are sure of what you studied
8 Knowing When You Don’t Know ......................................59
Realize when and how to question what
you studied
9 Getting Involved in Learning ..............................................67
Find and use what interests you to help you to want
to study
10 Getting More Out of Reading ............................................75
Before you read, anticipate; while you read, be aware;
after you’ve read, reflect
11 Remembering What You’ve Learned..................................85
Make a memory chain: link what you’re learning to
what you already know
12 Getting the Most from a Lecture ......................................95
Make the most of what you hear; different
notes for different learning styles
13 Getting the Most from Class Participation ....................103
Keep your focus and prepare for the unexpected
14 Getting the Most from a Class Discussion Group ..........111
Make the most of interacting with others
15 Making Yourself Understood ............................................117
Speak and write so others will know what you mean
16 Working with a Study Buddy ............................................127
How to best work with a study partner
17 Being Your Own Partner .................................................. 137
How to work with yourself as if you were
working with a partner
18 Preparing for Short-Answer Tests ....................................145
Prepare for multiple-choice, true/false,
matching, and fill-in-the-blank tests
19 Preparing for Essay Tests .................................................. 155
Create an essay test and reflect on the process
to develop your own test-taking guidelines
20 Knowing When You Need Help........................................167
Identify and appreciate special learning needs
Appendix: Additional Resources ......................................173
Useful organizations and publications to help
you get more from studying

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