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Time Management
Notetaking
Taking Exams
Reading for Success
Michigan Tech Facts
100
This will help you stay organized and avoid falling behind throughout the semester.
What is time management?
100
Identifying the main points, not trying to write down everything, not being affected by a disorganized lecturer, and using your notes as a study tool are examples of this.
What is note taking techniques?
100
Designing an exam plan, joining a study group, and getting a tutor are great ways to do this.
What is prepare for an exam?
100
Finding a quiet study location, reading in blocks of time, setting goals, and taking breaks help you to do this.
What is concentrate?
100
This the the year that MTU was founded
What is 1885?
200
This number is the amount that you should study outside of class for each hour that you are in class.
What is 2 hours?
200
Writing summaries of topics while you are taking notes is which style of note taking system.
What is Paragraph Format?
200
Quickly surveying an entire exam and noting the questions that are easiest for you
What is budgeting your time?
200
Checking the number of pages, reading the titles of the chapter(s), and looking at the summary questions are examples of this step in the reading process.
What is Previewing (skimming)?
200
There are 13 of these which are staffed with students who are available to help other students with different course work
What are learning centers?
300
The action of delaying or postponing a homework assignment or lab report.
What is procrastination?
300
You might be able to improve your notes by doing this with another student
What is compare notes?
300
If you finish your exam early you should stay and do this
What is check your work?
300
Previewing, reading, marking, and reviewing are the steps to what?
What is reading for success?
300
This is the place to go if you are having issues with time management, study skills, learning disabilities, or falling behind in classes. (Bonus point if you know what the former name was)
What is the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success? (COMPASS)
400
This is something that you would like to do, academically or personally.
What is a goal?
400
Listening for the main concepts, repeating mentally, and listening to the entire message are examples of this.
What is Listening Critically?
400
This is taking someone else's ideas or work and presenting them as your own
What is plagiarism?
400
This is what students should do after they finish their reading; this is the last step in the reading process.
What is review the reading?
400
This building is a great place to study, has rooms to work on school projects, and recently had many new computers added to it.
What is the Van Pelt and Opie Library?
500
This is the amount of money that you would lose per hour of missing class at Michigan Tech (in state)
What is $36?
500
You should do this within 24 hours of a class.
What is review your notes?
500
After you have learned some material, this is going back to review it again so that you will retain it for a long time
What is "overlearning" the material?
500
Stopping to ask yourself if you understand the material you are reading, is this step of the reading process.
What is checking your comprehension?
500
This is the student to faculty ratio at Michigan Tech.
What is 13:1?