Study Skills & Techniques
Locations where you can set a time to study.
What is a library/book store/coffee shop/quiet area at home? (Multiple accepted answers)
Putting off until later what you could be doing now.
What is procrastination/procrastinating?
A tool used to write down your daily/monthly tasks like homework, projects and chores.
What is a planner? (Paper or electronic)
A professional who works with numbers all day. They analyze data, finance reports and tax records.
What is an Accountant?
This degree normally takes 4 years to complete.
What is a Bachelor’s degree?
A plan or “blueprint” for your paper. It helps you organize your thoughts and arguments. It allows a writer to categorize the main points, to organize the paragraphs into an order that makes sense, and to make sure that each paragraph/idea can be fully developed.
What is an outline?
A list that contains all of the tasks that you need to complete on a given day.
What is a to-do list?
A 3 ring item that is used to separate folders and papers for each subject you are studying for.
What is a binder?
A professional who helps students acquire knowledge. They usually work between the hours of 8:00 am – 3:00 pm.
What is a teacher?
Extra costs involved with living on campus: rent, food, activity fees, etc.
What is room and board?
The acronym stands for Skim, Question, Read, Review, Recite.
What is the SQ3R technique?
We set these up for ourselves to help us get tasks done. They can be short-term or long-term.
What are goals?
A time or date by which a task should be completed.
What is a deadline?
An athletic professional that completed a bachelor’s degree in Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984.
Who is Michael Jordan?
A form used to file for financial aid for college.
What is the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)?
An informal exam taken as a preparation for an actual exam.
What is a practice test?
Being able to use your time wisely, and find areas to improve how you spend your time.
What is time management?
A list of items that you need to verify or check. It can be used as a reminder.
What is a checklist?
An athletic professional that received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East. She is an American professional tennis player.
Who is Venus Williams?
Money awarded for achievement, skills, talents or financial need.
What is a scholarship?