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Study Skills Tips and Strategies
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ORGANIZATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT

*TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO  

1. Use the assignment book

2. Put a small self-stick paper out on your mirror to remind you of things to do the next day.

*TO MAKE BETTER USE OF YOUR TIME

1. Take advantage of your learning style.  If you learn best by listening and speaking, it helps to go over our schedule out loud.  If you learn best by visualizing, "take a picture” of your schedule. You'll be able to see your calendar in your mind's eye.  If you learn best by manipulating, it helps to cross out items as you complete them.

* TO GET MORE DONE DURING YOUR STUDY TIME

1. Study during alert times—What time of day do you get most things done? --- Alert in the morning? Study before school in the evening?  Study at night    
   

2. Always study in the same place    
   

3. Clear your study area so your mind can't wander    
   

4. Gather all of the materials you need before you study so you don't waste time looking for them    
   

5. Start with your hardest subject. You will have more energy, so it will be easier and get done faster                  
   

6. Take study breaks every hour or between subjects. These will improve your concentration.   
   

7. Figure out what is keeping you from studying.  (Bored? hungry?  Tired? Feel like talking?)
   

* SET UP YOUR WORK AREA 

1. Keep folders and supplies in your work area.
   
   

* ORGANIZE YOUR CLASS MATERIALS 

1. Get a separate notebook for each class.    
   
2. Buy two pocket folders for each class.  Label one "Work done,” and the other one "Work due."    
3. Keep your work organized.  Keep adding to your folder.    
   
4. After taking a unit or chapter test save all materials to study for midterms or finals.  Move these things to a box you have at home.