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Time Management
Procrastination
Academic Writing and Miscellaneous
Note-Taking
Exam Prep and Memory
100
It never varies the speed at which it moves.
What is time?
100
One of the four simple reasons for procrastinating.
What is difficult, time-consuming, lack of knowledge or skills, or fear?
100
In an essay, it's the point you're trying to make.
What is the thesis statement?
100
Doing this allows you to anticipate the content of a reading.
What is surveying your textbook?
100
Phonological loop / speech, visuospatial sketchpad, and central executive.
What are the 3 subsystems in working memory?
200
A daily list for prioritizing your tasks
What is the Ivy Lee Plan?
200
Setting up shorter reading sessions as a strategy to avoid this tendency.
What is procrastination?
200
Doing this prepares you to participate in class, and helps you more effectively retain the presented material.
What is studying before a participation class?
200
Volume, pauses, and cadence of the speaker during a lecture.
What is intonation?
200
Organizing exam-related information systematically.
What is an effective way to study/prepare for an exam?
300
A study pattern that includes using minutes before and after a lecture to enhance your study time.
What is the daily learning pattern?
300
A way to overcome procrastination by committing to work on a task for at least five minutes.
What is the five minute plan/rule?
300
According to the Required Grade Tracker, this assignment is worth 40 points and due by November 5th.
What is the Writing Assessment Follow-Up?
300
Looking over your syllabus, reviewing previous class notes, and completing assignments.
What are ways to prepare for a lecture?
300
Taking a 10 minute break every 50 minutes has this effect on comprehension.
What is improves comprehension?
400
Time you should use for a big project, or to divide into subject study for 50 minutes at a time, taking 10 minute breaks between.
What is a study block?
400
If this happens, a student might feel scorn for their professor, pride of accomplishment, or vindication.
What is receiving a high grade on an assignment they completed at the last minute?
400
This process is considered a recursive, rather than a linear effort.
What is the writing process?
400
The most powerful way to encourage retention of textbook assignments and lecture notes.
What is developing your own questions?
400
One form of passive study, related to use of lecture notes.
What is re-reading lecture notes?
500
A technique for learning to ignore external distractions while you study.
What is the Spider Technique?
500
Writing out a goal for completing a task you've been procrastinating, including specific steps and timeline.
What is an intention statement?
500
A way to work Parkinson’s Law in reverse.
What is setting your own (early) due date for an assignment?
500
In Cornell-Q note-taking, these two areas should remain empty until after the lecture/reading.
What are the cue column and summary area?
500
Any stimulus that elicits information you are trying to remember from your memory.
What is a recall cue?