Tips for making effective study

How to Make Effective Study Notes

Goals of preparing study notes:

            · to have all of your information you need to review in one place

            · to learn the information by copying it over

Before you put together your study notes you must:

·         Organize your handouts so that they are in chronological order.

·         Make sure you have all of your notes from class.  Make sure they 

     are in chronological order.

Once you have organized yourself, you can now put together your study notes: 

1. Your study notes may be typed or handwritten.  They MUST be neat!

2. Use your notebook checklist to make a list of every topic you have learned about in this chapter.  Make a list at the top of a piece of paper or create a table to fill in important information.

3. Below those topics, make a list of terms and key information that we discussed.  

-   Review your class notes for any underlined or bolded words.

-   Review your handouts.

-   Look at your homework assignments.  Did I ask you to define or use

    any words?  If so, add those.

-   Look through the textbook again.  Are there any bold words that we

    discussed?

-   Are there any pictures or diagrams we discussed?

-   Look through any class reading we did.  Are there any bold words

    we discussed?

4. For your key terms, a great idea is to create flash cards with each term on one side and a description of the term on the back. You can use these cards to study with a friend.

5.  Go back to class notes. What are the big themes?  Write out those questions. (Then briefly write out the answers.)  Go back to handouts. Are there any new themes? If so, write out those questions. (Then briefly write out those answers.)  
6. Think about how to summarize the information so that it is not pages long.
7.  Go back to your homework questions.  Can you answer any these questions? (Briefly write out those answers.)
8. Don’t depend only your lecture note make your self also by taking reference from different writer’s book.
9. Don’t forget to make suitable picture if there, because it makes our memory long term.
10. Questionize yourself or with your classmates about study topic in the class room.
11. Make bar or chart of some notes which may be difficulty to remember.
12. Read or do exercise daily.
13. Make rememorize before  you learned.
14. Don’t wast your valuable time by talking with your mates.
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