Study Smarter, Not Harder

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Study Smarter, Study Smarter, Not HarderNot Harder

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Preparing to Study....Be Nice Preparing to Study....Be Nice to Your Brainto Your Brain Sit in a QUIET place. TV and Sit in a QUIET place. TV and

radio distracts your brain.radio distracts your brain.

Don’t procrastinate. It puts your Don’t procrastinate. It puts your brain under stress.brain under stress.

Don’t study after you normally Don’t study after you normally go to bed. Your brain wants to go to bed. Your brain wants to sleep at that time.sleep at that time.

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Preparing to Study....Be Nice Preparing to Study....Be Nice to Your Brainto Your Brain Take breaks. Your brain gets Take breaks. Your brain gets

tired too.tired too. Set reasonable goals and Set reasonable goals and

reward yourself-”I’m going to reward yourself-”I’m going to study for 20 minutes then take a study for 20 minutes then take a snack break.”snack break.”

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What Kind of Learner Are What Kind of Learner Are You?You? Auditory Learners: Learn by Auditory Learners: Learn by

hearinghearing

Use a study groupUse a study groupStudy out loudStudy out loudPay close Pay close attention to lecturesattention to lectures

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What Kind of Learner Are What Kind of Learner Are You?You? Tactile Learners: Learn by Tactile Learners: Learn by

touching or usingtouching or using

Use practice questionsUse practice questionsPay close attention to labPay close attention to lab

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What Kind of Learner Are What Kind of Learner Are You?You? Visual Learners: Learn Visual Learners: Learn

by seeingby seeing

Use flashcardsUse flashcardsReview diagrams from the Review diagrams from the

textbooktextbookPay close attention to Pay close attention to

class notesclass notes66

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Study Method #1: RepetitionStudy Method #1: Repetition

Review your notes the same day Review your notes the same day you get them. That’s when your you get them. That’s when your brain remembers the best!brain remembers the best!

Then review your notes daily. Give Then review your notes daily. Give your brain the chance to your brain the chance to repeatedly see the information.repeatedly see the information.

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Study Method #2: WritingStudy Method #2: Writing

Rewrite your notesRewrite your notes

Type your notesType your notes

Or do both!Or do both!

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Study Method #3: CondensingStudy Method #3: Condensing Day 1Day 1: Write out everything you : Write out everything you

need to know. You’ll have several need to know. You’ll have several pages.pages.

Day 2Day 2: Condense this information : Condense this information into half the number of pages. into half the number of pages. Take out extra words not needed, Take out extra words not needed, not important details.not important details.

Day 3Day 3: Condense this information : Condense this information into one page divided into four into one page divided into four sections.sections.

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Study Method #4: Talking to Study Method #4: Talking to YourselfYourself Say or sing your notes out loudSay or sing your notes out loud

Read only 1 sentence of the notes at Read only 1 sentence of the notes at a timea time

Cover the sentence up and say it Cover the sentence up and say it several timesseveral times. .

Check your notes to make sure that Check your notes to make sure that you got the sentence right you got the sentence right

This words great for diagrams This words great for diagrams too! too! Cover up the labels and try to guess Cover up the labels and try to guess

them correctly.them correctly.

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Study Method #5: FlashcardsStudy Method #5: Flashcards

While studying flashcards, make 3 While studying flashcards, make 3 pilespiles What I knowWhat I know What I don’t knowWhat I don’t know What I guessed rightWhat I guessed right

Focus your studying on the “What I Focus your studying on the “What I don’t know” and “What I guessed don’t know” and “What I guessed right piles”right piles”

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Study Method 6: Mind Study Method 6: Mind MappingMapping Rewrite your notes using only Rewrite your notes using only

key words and images key words and images

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Study Method #7: Study Study Method #7: Study BuddyBuddy Use a study buddy Use a study buddy

Have a friend ask you questions Have a friend ask you questions about your notes. about your notes.

Answer their questions without Answer their questions without looking at your notes. looking at your notes.

If you get a question wrong, ask If you get a question wrong, ask your study buddy to tell you the your study buddy to tell you the right answer. Make a list of the right answer. Make a list of the questions you get wrong.questions you get wrong.

After the last question, have After the last question, have your study buddy ask you the your study buddy ask you the questions you got wrong again.questions you got wrong again.

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Study Method #8: MnemonicsStudy Method #8: Mnemonics

Catchy words or phrasesCatchy words or phrases SPONCHSPONCH

sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen = nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen = the 6 most common elements in the 6 most common elements in biologybiology

King Philip came over for good King Philip came over for good spaghettispaghetti Kingdom Phylum Class Kingdom Phylum Class

Order Family Genus Order Family Genus SpeciesSpecies

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Study Method #8: MnemonicsStudy Method #8: Mnemonics VisualizingVisualizing

FFondant is a sweet, ondant is a sweet, smooth, elastic icing. smooth, elastic icing. If it’s If it’s ffreezing you reezing you need a blanket. need a blanket. Fondant looks like a Fondant looks like a smooth blanket over smooth blanket over a cake or cupcake.a cake or cupcake.

Buttercream is a light, Buttercream is a light, creamy frosting. creamy frosting. ButterButtercreamcream is is creamycreamy!!

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Study Method #8: MnemonicsStudy Method #8: Mnemonics ChunkingChunking

Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth Abraham = Abraham = AprilApril Abraham Lincoln has 14 letters = Abraham Lincoln has 14 letters = 14 14 He was a president and you can vote for He was a president and you can vote for

president when you turn 18 = president when you turn 18 = 1818 Lincoln is a type of car that can by found Lincoln is a type of car that can by found

on the highway going 65mph = on the highway going 65mph = 65 65

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Study Method #8: MnemonicsStudy Method #8: Mnemonics Story MethodStory Method Counties in Southern England: Avon, Dorset,

Somerset, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, and Surrey.

An AVON lady is walking towards a strange house. She is hot and sweating in the SUMMER (Somerset) heat. Outside the house, there is giant CORN (Cornwall) growing, but it's beginning to WILT (Wiltshire) in the heat. She knocks on the DOOR (Dorset), which is opened by the DEVIL(Devon). He is smearing honey on a HAM (Hampshire), making in GLOSSY (Gloucestershire) in the bright sunlight. The Avon lady panics, screams 'SORRY' (Surrey), and runs back down the path.

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Study Method #8: MnemonicsStudy Method #8: Mnemonics Journey MethodJourney Method Shopping list: Shopping list: Coffee, lettuce, cauliflower, French

bread, chicken, pork chops, bath tub cleanern Front door: spilt coffee grains on the doormatn Rose bush in front garden: growing letuuce around

the rosesn Car: with cauliflower on the driver's seatn End of the road: an arch of French bread over the

roadn Traffic lights: chickens squawking and flapping on top

of lightsn Past church: in front of which a pig is karate chopping

wooden boardsn Supermarket parking lot: a filthy bath tub is parked

in the space next to my car!

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