sokhema nara's List: Strategies for Academic success

• • Study Skills
• Time Management/Procrastination
• • Note-taking
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  • Test-taking
• Critical Thinking

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• Time Management
• Learning with others

• Time Management
• Memory Strategies
• Test-taking Techniques

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• -Active Learning
• -Motivation

• Active Learning

• Motivation
• Study Skills

• Time Management
• Use a planner to schedule important deadlines and events.
• Use a daily "To Do" list to help you reach your goals and prioritize your daily tasks
• Evaluate how you spend your time. Keep a log that includes how much time you spend doing various
• Be aware of when you are wasting time.
• Set specific study goals for each study session and prioritize your assignments.
• Taking the Test

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• Motivation
• Think about what  you would like to be doing after college graduation and try to formulate  realistic educational
• Try to get to know others who share your  educational and vocational interests.
• Set short-term goals for each class, each assignment, and  each study period.
• Determine the grade you want. Record every quiz or test grade and keep  a running grade point average, so you are constantly aware of how far you  need to go to reach your goal.
• Remember that college is your job. You are developing attitudes  and habits that will carry over to your professional life. Look at  yourself: Would you, as an employer, hire yourself right now?

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• MEMORY  STRATEGIES 
• MEMORY  STRATEGIES 
• Organize – List   facts in chronological order use colors and numbers.
• • Learn Actively –   Don’t sit - move around and form a mental picture.
   
  • Draw diagrams, charts,   cartoons, all pictures are a memory enhancer.
• MEMORY  
• • Stay Healthy –   studies show proper diet & exercise can increase memory by 20%.
   
  • Recite – reciting   is THREE times more effective than reading.
   
  • Reviewing – notes   the same day increases your chances of recalling by over 70%.

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