Fri 01.27.2006 @ 3:11 am

As I begin another academic year here are a few things that help me stay in check and organize my time, especially since two of my classes are on the internet. These might help you too.

The things with a check mark are things that I do ... Not necessarily a good thing

Good Students are less likely to:
• Generate Negative thoughts
• Have Distractions on desk (hell yes)
• Skip the figures
Stay up late, pre exam
• Memorize text (sometimes its unavoidable, but I try not to.)
• Memorize anything at once
• Have the right answer, wrong place
• Have note taking limited by writing speed (some professors have mastered the art of speaking with a single breath b/c they just talk and talk and talk...)

Good Students are more likely to:
• Study at the same place every day
• Use charts/drawings
• Look up words
• Skim before reading
• Read summary before chapter
• Store (remember) information by subject. (try to)
• Outline Lecture notes
• Outline Reading Notes
• Write chunky reading summaries (in own words)
• Write chapter summary (same)
• Analyze (test) themselves for weakness
• Generalize learning (again, try to)

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