UNIT 2: EFFECTIVE STUDY SKILLS

One secret for successful studying is

• Find a good working environment

• Improve your ability to cheat

• Always study with a good friend

• Study in your bedroom is the best place to concentrate

An example of an adequate place to study is

• In your bedroom

• Parents bed

• At the garage

• A place with good light and not too comfortable

A time log is

• Is an accurate record of your activities.

• An organization of facts and concepts

• a list of resources

• a list of things to do

A list of the important words found in a book, along with their definitions.

• Dictionary

• Glossary

Examples of bibliography sources are:

• magazines

• encyclopedias

• books

• all of the options mentioned

A type of reading done for enjoyment

• pleasure reading

• reference reading

• text reading

• information reading

A concept tree is

• a method of organizing concepts and facts.

• a listing of main topics in a book or other work

• a list of resources such as books and magazines

• the process of looking up, recording, and using information.

Is the retention of the brain beyond immediate use

• short-term memory

• SQ3R method

• pleasure reading

• long-term memory

SQ3R stands for

• Study, Question, repeat, repeat, and repeat

• survey, question, repeat, recall, retell

• Study, quickly, randomly, repeating, reading

• survey, question, read, recite, recall

Text reading is used when

• you want to entertain yourself

• you want to reaserch something

• you want to study for an exam

• you do not have anything to do