The careful consideration of a reading selection before you read it.
What is Previewing? (pg. 84)
100
Examples of verbal clues that tell you what to write in your class notes.
What are: a raised voice, repetition, examples, definitions, enumerations, and direct announcement? (pg. 47)
100
Make a study schedule, use memory techniques, go to instructor's office hours, and create a pretest.
What are four ways to prepare for a test? (pg. 56)
100
Library First Floor, to the right as you enter.
Where is the Retriever Learning Center (RLC)?
100
A group of people who gather on a regular basis to review important concepts related to a shared course.
What are study groups?
200
Take frequent breaks, don't let attention wander, and read-complicated material out-loud.
What are three things you should do while reading?
200
Examples of non-verbal cues for what you should write in your class notes.
What are: information on the board, information in power point, gestures, and mannerisims. (pg. 47)
200
Find out if points will be deducted for wrong answers; if not, guess and do not leave any questions blank. If it is a true/false test, for instance, you have a 50/50 chance of bring right.
What is a strategy for taking Recognition Tests (the objective kinds of tests: multiple choice, true/false, and matching.)? (pg. 59)
200
Writing Center, Math Lab, Computer Science Help Center, Information Systems Help Center, and Physics Tutorial Center.
What are five tutoring centers available for UMBC students?
200
Repeat, overlearn, chunk, remember the middle, feel, connect, create mnemonics, and use kinesthetic learning.
What are some ways to transfer information into long-term memory? (pg. 64)
300
Choose a full page from a textbook and time yourself as you read it carefully.
What is one strategy to help plan out your reading time? (pg. 81)
300
Something a successful student will create from their reading and in-class notes that contains only the information she/he thinks will be on the exam.
What is a study guide? (pg. 53)
300
You must use the information you know about the question and connect it to other information to create a response. Find out if partial credit will be given for your answers. If so, write as fully and completely as possible about the topic in the hope that you will get something right.
What is a strategy for taking Recall Tests (subjective kinds of tests: essays, short answers, and fill-in-the-blanks)? (pg. 59)
300
Survey, question, read, recite, review.
What is the SQ3R method of studying?
300
Cultivate a positive attitude, prepare thoroughly, sit far away from other students that might make you nervous, use relaxation techniques, and divide the questions into chunks.
What are some ways to overcome test anxiety? (pg. 63)
400
Sheer amount of pages you will be assigned to read and more learning from the text outside the classroom.
What are two differences between reading for high school and reading for college? (pg. 80)
400
Review notes immediately after class, before the next class, and when studying for an exam.
What are three things a successful student does with her/his notes? (pg. 49)
400
A successful student always creates this when studying for an exam, using questions at the end of chapters, questions the professor has asked, and questions you make up.
What is a pretest? (pg. 56)
400
Other students that are focused and have a similar work style as you.
Who are members of your study groups?
400
Questioning your own assumptions, judgements and evaluations. Creating new associations, connections, and conclusions.
What are some ways to develop your critical thinking skills and engage in your education? (pg. 8)
500
Comprehension and selection.
What are your two main goals when reading? (pg. 52)
500
The most visual style of note-taking. Write the speaker's main idea in a circle in the middle of the page. Create small circles clustered around the big circle and attached by arrows for examples of secondary information that connect with the main idea.
What is clustering? (pg. 48)
500
Read the instructors comments, analyze your mistakes, notice what needs improvement and get help, talk to your professor, and do not be a passive victim.
What are five things you should always do immediately after getting a test grade? (pg. 58)
500
Your mind retains information that you study at the beginning and the end better than what you study in the middle.
What is a reason to take short frequent breaks while studying? (pg. 64)
500
What you should do when you find college very challenging, rather than skipping classes, not completing assignments, dropping courses, or leaving school.
What is seeking help at the first sign of trouble? (pg. 7)