Reading
Name a place you go to to help focus on your reading?
Free response!
What are examples of verbal clues that tell you what to write in your class notes.
A raised voice, repetition, examples, definitions, enumerations, and direct announcement?
Name two ways you can prepare for a test.
Make a study schedule, use memory techniques, go to instructor's office hours, and create a pretest.
Name a resource where you can receive academic help/support?
Tutoring Center, Writing Center, Faculty Office Hours, Student Success Center
What are study groups?
A group of people who gather on a regular basis to review important concepts related to a shared course.
What are three things you should do while reading?
Take frequent breaks, don't let attention wander, and read-complicated material out-loud.
What are examples of non-verbal cues for what you should write in your class notes.
information on the board, information in power point, gestures, and mannerisims
What is a strategy for taking Recognition Tests (the objective kinds of tests: multiple choice, true/false, and matching.)?
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.
How much does it cost to get a Binghamton tutor?
It is free, you paid for it as part of your tuition.
What are some ways to transfer information into long-term memory?
Repeat, overlearn, chunk, remember the middle, feel, connect, create mnemonics, and use kinesthetic learning.
What is one strategy to help plan out your reading time?
Choose a full page from a textbook and time yourself as you read it carefully.
What is a study guide?
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 strategy for taking Recall Tests (subjective kinds of tests: essays, short answers, and fill-in-the-blanks)?
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 the SQ3R method of studying?
Survey, question, read, recite, review.
What are some ways to overcome test anxiety?
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 two differences between reading for high school and reading for college?
Sheer amount of pages you will be assigned to read and more learning from the text outside the classroom.
When are the three best times to review your notes for a class?
immediately after class, before the next class, and when studying for an exam.
What is a pretest?
A test a student makes to help them study using questions at the end of chapters, questions the professor has asked, and questions you make up.
What are strategies to make a study group?
Free response
What are some ways to develop your critical thinking skills and engage in your education? Questioning your own assumptions, judgements and evaluations. Creating new associations, connections, and conclusions.
Questioning your own assumptions, judgements and evaluations. Creating new associations, connections, and conclusions.
What does it mean to use "context clues" when reading
Using images or texts on a page to better comprehend the meaning of a word
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)
What are two things you should always do immediately after getting a test back?
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 is a reason to take short frequent breaks while studying?
Your mind retains information that you study at the beginning and the end better than what you study in the middle.
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! Do not wait until you are overwhelmed with no options!