EFFECTIVE STUDY TECHNIQUES Academic Skills for Success in College

OVERVIEW Budget your time. Be an active classroom participant. Read with a purpose. Utilize learning techniques. Where to get help.

Study Schedule Initially, plan two hours of study time for each hour of class time. Schedule regular study times. Plan at least one hour blocks of study time. Reward yourself for using study time effectively. (Your reward system won’t work if you “cheat”).

Study Schedule continued… Try to schedule study periods before and after classes. Work on your most difficult subjects at the times you are most alert. Balance your activities. Keep your schedule flexible.

TEXT BOOK READING & NOTE TAKING Read or skim the text before class. Go early and stay late. Sit close to the instructor. Don’t try to write everything down. Use a separate binder for each subject. Use abbreviations.

LEARNING TECHNIQUES Flash cards Acronyms - a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term. Acrostics - short verse composition, so constructed that the initial letters of the lines, taken consecutively, form words. Recite and Repeat Rhymes and Music

MARKING YOUR TEXTBOOK Step 1SURVEY Step 2READ Step 3MARK Step 4REVIEW

IN SUMMARY…DECIDE WHAT TO STUDY Lecture notes. Textbook chapters. Textbook notes and Study Guides. Previous Tests, Papers, Homework, etc. Instructors’ Handouts. Study Groups. SUCCESS IS JUST A COMMITMENT AWAY…GOOD LUCK !