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Student Study Tips
eNotes has a really great page on how to avoid plagiarism. Please follow the link to see the detailed discussion of what is and is not plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarizing. In general, the...
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Student Study Tips
The best way to be good at both is let spend hours a day doing both. I am currently teaching the best reader I've ever taught, and he reads incessantly: before school, during school, after school....
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Student Study Tips
A study plan is often a very personal thing. Each person learns and studies best in different ways. The first step in a study plan is to identify how you personally learn best. The second step...
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Student Study Tips
In order to be efficient in your studying habits, you will need to identify how you learn best. For example, do you learn best with note cards or by reviewing your notes? Some people learn better...
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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
The first thing I would say is try not to get discouraged or frustrated. The things you write about in your question are very common issues I find with my students over the past seventeen years of...
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Student Study Tips
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: Memorization:...
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Student Study Tips
One obvious way to review for major exams to reread your notes and textbook, but that is a kind of passive means to study. I find that students do better in review when they actually have to DO...
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Student Study Tips
As a student I remember having to memorize the meanings of lots of words for different tests, and there is one strategy that I used over and over: I wrote out the words and their definitions....
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Student Study Tips
As with so much in the realm of studying and study skills, I think finding an approach that works for you is going to be critically important. I am not entirely certain that any sort of "magic...
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Student Study Tips
There is a general consensus in the scientific community that "loud volume slows down our ability to memorize and do other brain functions by constricting the flow of blood to the brain" (see...
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Student Study Tips
The most important behavior is disciplined study. Any college student (except for those who are simply brilliant) must be dedicated to their studies before anything else. This is not to say that...
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Student Study Tips
You have several options in trying to improve your grades. First, you might speak with each teacher in the classes where you aren't doing so well. It might be helpful to see a breakdown of your...
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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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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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What career are you aiming for? This is the most important question. If you are in 12th grade, you are a little behind in determining what school you plan to attend so I suggest you make good use...
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Student Study Tips
The best advice I can give you is to practice. Adding new vocabulary can be a daunting task. You might find it helpful to have a thesaurus and/or a dictionary handy when you are writing. Reading...
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Having to write a short story quickly and under pressure can be difficult, but it's far from impossible. You might want to borrow the techniques used by bards and other oral performers who learn...
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Student Study Tips
Is there some reason that you need to study in the morning instead of the night? Studies have shown that teens are not really that good at being awake and alert in the early mornings. If you have...
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Student Study Tips
There are so many different learning styles and combinations of learning styles that it is difficult to make generalizations. However, for the sake of categorizing things, we can say that there are...
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As a history teacher (I sometimes teach World History) I am sorry to tell you that there is no easy way to study for history exams. Of course, there's no easy way to study for anything, so at...
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Great suggestions in the above post. I would add some things to do before the exam that will help with conduct when the time comes: start your studying and reviewing for the exam well ahead of...
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As with any subject, the best way to study math depends upon your preferred learning style. Once you have identified the method of learning that best suits your individual personality, you can...
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It shouldn't be necessary for you to memorize things for an English exam unless the professor requires this, which is unlikely. I think most professors at the graduate level, and even at the...
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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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Student Study Tips
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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My suggestions are to use what it called SQR3: Survey, Question, Recite, Read and. Review. The web site that elaborates on this method is attached. I am of the opinion that you use note cards as...
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This is a nice idea. It's good to keep things until you know for sure you won't need them. You might use them for another class, and wish you had kept things. Keeping things in a binder can be...
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Very nice. I agree with most of what you have written. I am not sure what you mean by number 3. I think you are suggesting that you should not stay up all night studying. I agree that this is...
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What have you tried to help your studying become more efficient? Do you have a space dedicated to studying that is free of distractions and that has the tools you need to help you focus on your...
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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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Aside from the excellent points raised in the first response, I just want to make it clear that time spent studying does not always equal the quality of studying done. I wouldn't worry so much...
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It's very hard to make it in the writing (publishing) industry. My advice is to write daily, whether you feel like it or not, whether you think it's any good or not. You have to be willing to show...
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Student Study Tips
Well, speaking as another teacher and an enotes editor, I have encouraged students to use this service in terms of using the discussion format to gain a number of different answers to their...
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For me, reading over is the least effective thing you can do. What you need to do is to interact with your material -- do things with it rather than looking at it passively. Making flashcards is...
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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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I do not use ice breakers at all. Most of my kids know each other, whether I know them or not, and I will get to know them soon enough. Some kids are very reluctant to speak up, or may be dealing...
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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
What I found that worked for me was to take notes during class. When I got home after school I would type out the notes I had taken for the day. The notes I took would be key terms, ideas, or...
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In my opinion, there are two reasons for this. First, there is the issue of being honest about what is your work and what is someone else's. Teachers assign work in order to determine what...
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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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Student Study Tips
As an English teacher, I will tell you that the first thing you need to do is sharpen your grammar skills. You say that you are an honors student, so you need to write like one. You know that the...
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To me, the best way to do this is to break it up into pieces and then work on each piece separately. If you go to try to memorize the whole thing at once, it can seem pretty intimidating. But if...
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Depending on what it is you have to learn there are a lot of things you can do to help you study material. One of the most important things you can do is force your brain to manipulate what you...
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My school does allow cell phone, but not in classrooms. We don't have a strict no cell policy. I also encourage kids to use their phone in certain circumstances, to look things up and even to use...
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While it is best to find a good balance between work and play, you have to remember that the "work" comes first. As you are learning, you can't get back wasted time, and while I would argue we all...
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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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It depends on your study style if you want specifics. I would say in general that just knowing what your style is gives you a big advantage. For example, if you know that you remember best when...
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The two major focal areas of the AP English Literature and Composition course are close reading and analytical writing. So, to be successful, you will need to address the development of your...
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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...