Misc.
An example of this skill is entering all your exam dates and due dates into your calendar after receiving the syllabus.
What is organizing your time?
This is the minimum that you should do to prepare for a class with assigned reading.
What is completing the reading?
This action allows students to be exposed to the same material again and/or gain new information via the professor that’s not in the textbook.
What is going to class?
This process is the most common way students review material and prepare for exams, despite research demonstrating that it is often ineffective and leads to shallower processing with poor recall.
What is rereading?
This action can help eliminate distractions, such as music or TV, and minimize switching attention among tasks which can decrease the effectiveness of learning.
What is finding a quiet place to study?
This strategy involves summarizing a chapter after reading it, recalling the big ideas from memory, and then reviewing the chapter noting what you were able to remember and what you missed.
What is the read-recite-review method?
This psychological concept involves interacting with the material, waiting a period of time, and then interacting with the material again (ideally in a different way) and it is associated with an increased likelihood of retaining the material.
What is the spacing effect?
The name of the principle discussed in the article in which studying is spaced out over time instead of crammed into one study session.
What is spaced practice?
This is the recommended way students should point out information and concepts they do not understand when reviewing their notes from lecture.
What is writing confusing points as questions?
This concept suggests completing a reading quickly often comes at the cost of increased understanding of the material you are reading.
What is speed-comprehension trade off?
This action allows students to process information more thoughtfully and put material into their own words mostly due to not being able to keep up with the pace of the lecture.
What is writing your notes instead of typing them?
This study technique can be used with flashcards and works by going beyond defining the term by explaining more about it and reflecting on the concept in question.
What is elaborating the answer?