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Student Study Tips
Reading an assignment properly helps you to schedule your study time because it allows you to fully understand what you have to do. In this question, the phrase “properly reading an assignment”...
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Student Study Tips
This is a great question! It is impossible to write down every word your teacher says, and it isn't necessary, either. But there are some strategies you can use to get down what is important, no...
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Student Study Tips
How do you learn best, in any subject? Think about the ways that work best for you when you are trying to understand or remember information in other subjects, then find ways to adapt that learning...
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Student Study Tips
Studies and exams can be important for several reasons. 1. Retention of knowledge-- Studying and learning the material for your classes is important, because this knowledge will form the...
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Student Study Tips
To be honest, if you are distracted to a point, I don't think studying after that would be that effective. Of course, if it is already 3am and the test is the next day, the best approach is to...
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Student Study Tips
I highly recommend making flashcards, especially for the memorization aspect of it. If you are studying to be able to identify or label physical features of the human body like different systems,...
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Student Study Tips
There are two ways to look at this question. First, if you do not understand what the assignment requires from you, you should ask your instructor. Instructors have the responsibility of making...
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Student Study Tips
Properly reading an assignment helps students schedule their study time because it allows them to know exactly what they have to do and when they have to have it done. If you do not read an...
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Student Study Tips
Understanding the given assignments for school is crucial for academic success. When approaching any given assignment for a class, a student should consider two major factors of the assignment:...
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Student Study Tips
I would stand by the old fail-safe: study, study, study. One needs to go over the book chapter by chapter, only moving on when a chapter is mastered. Then, review the mastered chapters to insure...
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The only things that you need to memorize and be sure that you understand and know the definitions of are the elements of plot, such as exposition rising action climax falling action resolution, of...
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Student Study Tips
I would not encourage any young person to try to make a living as a freelance creative writer. It is so hard that it comes close to being impossible. However, I have one tip I think would be...
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Student Study Tips
Connecting characters to a particular gesture can be a nice way to physicalize and personalize them. For instance, a father character might run his hands through his hair while mumbling to himself...
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Student Study Tips
That's good advice from post #2. You might also consider cutting the boring sections way down so that you can keep some of the expository material if it's important but reduce the drag of that...
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Student Study Tips
I tend to agree with post 2 that it is more about the quality of studying than the actual amount of time. While you should spend time reviewing each subject, you may need to spend more time on one...
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Student Study Tips
Your question about how to write an AP essay is a good one. Essentially, writing an AP essay is writing a college essay which means a clear understanding of What you want to say and How you will...
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Student Study Tips
The best idea is to create a study plan. For example, look at how many days you have. Divide the material so that you study the harder stuff earlier and the things you know well later. This will...
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Student Study Tips
I think the best way to study math is practice. Download (or ask your teacher for) some practice problems. If you have a lot of terms or formulas to memorize, you might consider making...
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Student Study Tips
When you paraphrase, read the poem several times to make sure you understand what the poem is saying. A well done paraphrase restates the author's ideas, but instead of using his words, you use...
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First of all, get enough sleep and eat breakfast the day of the test. Your brain needs the help. Go prepared with extra pens or pencils if you can. Now the writing advice: Before you start...
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Personally, there are a couple different ways I approach studying that sometimes differ depending on the subject at hand (History) Read through the textbook or your notes or any prep books you may...
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The term learning style accounts for the differences in the way individuals perceive and process information. David A. Kolb, an American Psychologist, identified four different learning styles:...
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This question depends a bit on the learner. To me, the preferred ways of approaching tasks has to take into account the student's learning style and attention span. For me, students need to use...
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An onion has epidermal cells.
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Student Study Tips
The answer to this question depends upon the learning and memory techniques that work best for you and your learning style. There is no one technique that will work for everyone. You need to...
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Student Study Tips
I have to agree that not knowing your specific studying style leaves us at a disadvantage. In order to help you answer the question, you need to provide information on you distinct study style....
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Student Study Tips
Learning how you, personally, learn is one of the keys to success on a study plan. If you learn from writing things repeatedly, do so. If you are more a visual learner, write important things for...
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During an exam, it is important to be careful! I am always surprised by students who mistakenly fill out their answer sheet and end up "off-numbered" in some way. I always worry about students who...
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Skill 1: Reading comprehension. Strong – majority of vocabulary, main arguments, can paraphrase accurately. Weak – does not understand vocabulary or ideas of material read.Skill 2:...
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Watch the news; there is many a journalist who uses precise words and ones that are less trite. In listening to someone like this, you hear the word used in context and learn, not just the...
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Practice reading small, informational excerpts of texts quickly. The SAT doesn't look for the most entertaining samples for their tests. After reading, see if you can explain what the piece is...
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I would like to offer a couple of thoughts on this subject based on my own personal experience as a student and on observation of present-day college students. Many students take more courses than...
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If you have tried many of the suggestions in this thread, my final suggestion would be to go the route of #4's answer and look at what you are eating. I tend to believe that diet is the number one...
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Why not establishing a time for spending with friends, and a time for working? If you tell your friends not to bother you between certain hours they will respect your wishes if they really are...
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Try to read textbooks, and if you are not the reading type, i will advice you try searching the internet for more information. Also try to study on your own leisure time and ask you teacher about...
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PS: The program I was thinking of may actually be called SRA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Research_Associates SRI may be something slightly different.
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I would also suggest talking to your teachers. As a teacher, I am more likely to help a student who comes to me when they recognize the fact that their grades are slipping and I am not the one...
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Find a distraction-free environment for studying. Although we all want to multitask, you really should not be trying to do too many things at once. Music is great as background noise, but make...
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Another strategy that can help with more active thinking about the material is to try and explain the facts or concepts to someone else. This other person could be a classmate who will be able to...
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Student Study Tips
This is what I give my English students as a starting point. It's not strictly teacher-speak, sorry! Use a highlighter to highlight important notes. Try not to use the flouro yellow, it gets a...
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One way to prepare would be to put random words or situations on bits of cards and put the bits of cards in a box, then draw one after another out and practice composing on-the-spot short stories...
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I think a lot of college students take too many courses. They are anxious to get into college, and then after a year or so they are looking forward to getting out of college. So they sign up for...
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You've been given many suggestions here. It sounds as though you have the desire to improve your grades, and that is an important step. Keep in mind that there is no easy answer or trick that can...
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I know it's old fashioned, but I always suggest flash cards. Sometimes the tried and true is the best. I can't tell you how many times I have seen students studying ineffectively, just reading...
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My school has a no-cell policy, and it is an ongoing battle with both students and parents as well. They are certainly a distraction, and I have run across another interesting problem with them. We...
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I agree with the previous post as far as learning a great deal from the questions I receive and the answers I give. In addition to the research and rereading I do, I learn a great deal more on each...
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I think that much of this is going to have to be answered in the mind of your instructor. Different instructors hold different views on what constitutes "academically acceptable" forms of note...
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My first suggestion would be for you to start practicing proper written English at all times. Very few English teachers will allow their students to turn in assignments written in the abbreviated...
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Student Study Tips
There are already a number of terrific "First Day" icebreakers here already, but since you've inquired about ones throughout the year, I will give you an idea that is designed for a literature...
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There are several paths that can be pursued here. It sounds like to me that the issue is focus, not comprehension. With this in mind, I think that one step that might be well set would be for you...
