Study Skills
Writing down things the teacher is saying
What is taking notes?
What is scheduling times to work on group projects in advance?
Doing the easy questions first
What is building your confidence?
Studying when you say you will and not last minute
What is making a plan and sticking to it?
This strategy involves covering up multiple-choice options to focus on the question first
What is using your hand or paper to hide the answers so that won't be distracted by wrong answers?
Put that little box of distraction elsewhere
What is putting your phone in another room?
Break up the project amongst the people
What is deciding who is going to do what?
This is what you do with the list of terms and questions your teacher gave you
What is complete the study guide and trust in it?
The opposite of studying eight hours straight with no treats
What is taking breaks and rewarding yourself when you reach goals?
When faced with a long question, you should pause *here* to make it easier to understand.
What is *after each part* of the question?
Explaining what you’ve learned to a classmate, family member, or friend is an example of this learning technique.
What is teaching others?
Set little goals for when to get things done for the project
What is creating deadlines?
Telling yourself phrases like "I am prepared for this" or "I can handle this situation"
Eating well, getting enough sleep, and exercising regularly are all ways to do this for your body before a test.
What is taking care of your body?
You should do this more than once when a test question seems unclear.
What is reread the question?
Writing terms and definitions on notecards (or a digital version)
What is making and using flash cards?
brainstorm, then research, then do a rough draft, then a final
What is do the project in its proper order step by step?
Take slow deep breaths or check in with your five senses
What is using calming techniques?
Okay, you don't do it, and you only have 1 hour to study for your test. So you focus on studying what you are least familiar with and read the bolded parts of a textbook.
What is they best way to study when you have little time?
For essay or written-response questions, you should always do this to make sure you answered all parts of the question.
What is reread and review your answers?
Doing more problems of the type on the test
What is doing practice problems? (either old homework questions or new practice problems)
communicate with others and help each other out
Tell yourself you are a child of God
What is remind myself my value does not come from test scores and don't compare yourself?
Right before bed or right when you wake up
What is the best time of day to study?
Doing the questions worth the most points first
What is making the most use of your time? (sometimes if you don't know the answers to the ones worth the most points it is good to do others first)