If you think about most of your day, the majority of your time is  spent listening. Listening to your professor…listening to a lecture… and listening to the class conversation. Listening consumes most, if not all, of your day in the classroom.

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One thing that is apparent about every football game is that both teams come with a STRATEGY to beat their opponent.The determination of the winner is based solely on who carried out their strategy with the least amount of mistakes.

When it comes to academic success, preparing for test, succeeding as a college or high school student; studying is a skill you must develop This skill will definitely help your daily regimen

Here are some simple guidelines you can use to better your reading-studying strategy, as well as make the post of your time spent studying.

BEFORE YOUR READ

Before you read the text book or chapter in the textbook which is assigned for your class, make sure your do the following:

• READ the chapter title and introductions
• READ all subheadings and topic sentences
• READ the bold face words and italicized words
• READ the chapter summary and any review questions

AS YOU READ

During your study time, as you are reading the text or chapter, make sure you add these to your strategy:

• Pay attention to all main ideas and supporting details
• Pay attention to graphs, charts, or any illustrations
• Pay attention to what you read. Evaluate the content. Do you agree with it? Does the material answer the questions about the subject?

AFTER YOUR READ

Once you have completed your reading and applied the strategies above:

• Think about what you,ve learned. And verbally (speak aloud) summarize the content of the material. This will improve your retnetion.
• Identify and note in points you don’t fully understand so that you can bring those questions up in class to your professor or instructor

Having a study strategy is key to winning and Playing your “A” Game in the classroom. Some other things you can do to improve your study strategey is to change some bad habits you are currently doing, improve your memory retention techniques, and get better sleep. Having these study skills and more like it will definitely improve the grades you are currently getting.

Question:

Answer:

“Well, it sounds to me that you are studying and retaining information in your Short Term Memory; where it needs to be transferred to your Long Term Memory. (Especially if it is a subject that you will use over and over again.

Here are three things I practically advise for information retention:

1. Study weeks and months before the test (not at last minute). Study about 35-45 minutes on the subject and take a break. Do this consistently weeks ahead of test. Make sure you are getting good sleep and eating well too
   
2. TEACH yourself, TEST yourself, and TALK to yourself. Just like remembering the lyrics to your favorite song ( read the lyrics, sing the lyrics, and rehearse the lyrics) – the same should be true for your class work.
3. Discuss your studies with others. If you can openly talk about it with simplicity, that is a sure way that you have it in long term memory.

To shed more light on this question, see How to Cram Your Way to Academic Success.

Question:

Answer:

“Well, it sounds to me that you are studying and retaining information in your Short Term Memory; where it needs to be transferred to your Long Term Memory. (Especially if it is a subject that you will use over and over again.

Here are three things I practically advise for information retention:

1. Study weeks and months before the test (not at last minute). Study about 35-45 minutes on the subject and take a break. Do this consistently weeks ahead of test. Make sure you are getting good sleep and eating well too
   
2. TEACH yourself, TEST yourself, and TALK to yourself. Just like remembering the lyrics to your favorite song ( read the lyrics, sing the lyrics, and rehearse the lyrics) – the same should be true for your class work.
3. Discuss your studies with others. If you can openly talk about it with simplicity, that is a sure way that you have it in long term memory.

To shed more light on this question, see How to Cram Your Way to Academic Success.