Learning and Studying
Strategies
Organization &Time Management
• Use class time and study halls to start homework, get help.
• Use your student planner to keep track of assignments and your activities.
• Create a schedule for completing homework, studying for tests, and long –
term assignments.
• Prioritize your work. Tackle the most important, most difficult or least
favorite assignments first.
• Go over your class notes each night. By doing this you will make studying
for tests and quizzes easier.
• Have a designated work area.
• Turn off cell phone, TV and any other distractions.
• Have a snack and drink before you start.
• Have all necessary supplies in work area.
Be Successful in Class
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Be in school, on time, every day.
Be prepared for each class; homework done, needed supplies.
Learn to adapt to different teachers.
Participate in class.
Have a positive attitude. Treat other with courtesy and
respect. Be aware of your body language.
• Take responsibility for your grades.
Note Taking and Studying
• Be an active listener and studier. Be focused and pay
attention.
• Take notes to help pay attention. Both in the class and when
you are reading/studying independently.
• Recognize important information.
• Go over your notes each day. Highlight important
concepts/keywords.
• When studying, recite and discuss information so that your
mind engages and is not wandering.
Use some form of the SQ3R
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
Survey:
 Look over material to be read.
 Note titles, headings, subheadings.
 Review questions or teacher made study guides.
 Summary.
Question:
 Turn the title, headings, and subheads into questions. Write
questions in the margins.
 Read questions at the end of chapters.
 Ask yourself what you already know.
Read:
 Read one section at a time.
 Answer questions you have made up.
 Answer questions from the chapter or study guide.
 Study graphic aids.
Recite:
 Summarize in your own words what you have read.
 Write down in your own words what you have read using
the notes you have taken.
 Underline or highlight important points.
Review:
 Look over notes at the end of each study session.
 Make a study sheet or a practice test for content covered in
that section.
 Make flash cards or other memory aids.
Memory Aids
 Flash Cards for vocabulary, facts, lists.
 Acronyms-using the first letter of the words you want to
remember to make up a silly sentence like “My very elegant
mother juggled seven ugly neckties.” (Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune).
 Chunking (grouping items for better recall, especially
numbers).
 Visualization-creating pictures in your mind or on paper.
 Look for easy logical connections- Homer wrote the Odyssey,
“Homer is an Odd name”.
 Group or categorize information, write lists and diagrams.