I.
PLANNING YOUR STUDY
A. PLACE: It is best to have a definite
place for study preferably one that is relatively
free from interruptions or distractions (such
as T.V ). Soft music maybe helpful for
concentration, but any other radio program is
certain to cause distraction from your review
or work at the moment. Generally, it is
advisable to study alone. Group study maybe
helpful in reviewing for a test, if done in a serious
manner.
The room should be well
ventilated and reasonably comfortable.
The light should be adjusted so that
it doesn’t shine directly in your eyes nor
should you work in a shadow. Keep your
desk clear of anything not needed in your
work, and have all materials (pen, paper,
notebooks ) near your sides.
B. TIME: Form the habit of having
definite time budgeted for the sole purpose of
study, and stick to this schedule faithfully. Begin
work promptly rather than yield to the tendency to
delay the task at hand. Tackle the hardest and
toughest or most unpleasant assignment
first, then move on to the more pleasant
ones. The most fatal mistake made by students is
the “fire engine approach” postponing
assignments until an emergency has arisen then
rushing to complete them just before the deadline.
C. MANNER: Adopt an attitude of
attention and alertness. It will help if you have a
definite aim for each area of study. Work
intensely at your study assignment by giving
total concentration to task, but don’t permit
this attention to become worry or pressure.
Before beginning to new work, first rapidly
review previous lessons. Then make a
rapid preliminary survey of the new material to
be mastered. After completing your
assignments in one subject area, it may
be of help to take short, in order to rest
your mind momentarily. These occasional
breaks should always be clearly limited, in
order that you can resume work promptly.
Tips and Suggestions in Answering 2
Major Type of Tests
A. Objective Tests: Read the directions carefully
before beginning. Answer the easier questions
first, then come back and try to answer the
difficult ones. Answer all the questions, even if
you must rely on pure intuition/guess for
sometime.
B. Essay Type Tests: Be sure to answer
thoroughly the whole question, not just one part
of the question. It will help to make your
answers and stimulate thought if you ask yourself
these key questions regarding the topic: Who?
What? Where? Why? How? In answering the
questions, find the key word and do what it says.
For example, if it says “list”, do not discuss but
list down the factors asked for. Also look for other
limiting words such as “list down the causes”. In
this case, the teacher wants the students to write
down just the causes and not the outcomes.
VI. EFFECTIVE EXAMINATION SKILLS
A. Preparing for Examinations
There is a need to review after
studying a lesson. The review however,
needs not to follow right after study period
since it could be too stressing for the student.
Several review sessions should be
organized instead of one length session,
during the week prior to the examination. For
each review session, only one major topic
should be tackled.
More important to remember is “Do
Not Panic ! ”
B. Taking the Examinations
Habits of calmness and systematic attack
on a test help the student a lot.
TIPS:
a) Look over the entire test, how long it
is, how easy or difficult and number of
points for each item.
b) Do your best. The test was constructed
in a way that some questions are
difficult enough to provide a range for
grading students.
c) Do the easy items first especially if they
carry the same score points as the
difficult ones.
d) Think and write on one question at a
time.
e) Do not worry about a question further
down the line until you get there.
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A Study System I. PREPARING NON- WRITTEN
ASSIGNMENTS
Mood: Set a positive mood for yourself to study in.
Select the appropriate time, environment, and attitude A. Textbooks: Use your textbooks and hand-
outs for all their worth. A self – reliant and
Understand: Mark any information you don't responsible student will find the SQ3R method
understand in a particular unit; very effective.
Keep a focus on one unit or a manageable group of
exercises Steps in the SQ3R Method:

Recall: After studying the unit, 1. SURVEY: Glance over headings in the chapter to
stop and put what you have learned into your own see the few big points that will be developed.
words 2. QUESTIONS: Now begin to work. Turn the first
heading into a question. This will arouse your
Digest: Go back to what you did not understand and curiosity and thereby increase comprehension. It
reconsider the information; will bring to mind information already known, thus
Contact external expert sources (e.g., other books or an helping you to understand that part or section of
instructor) if you still cannot understand it the topic you are reading more quickly. The
question also will make important points stand
Expand: In this step, ask three kinds of questions out at the same time that explanatory detail is
concerning the studied material: If I could speak to recognized as such.
the author, what questions would I ask or what criticism 3. READ: Read to answer that question, ie; to the
would I offer? How could I apply this material to end of the first headed section. This is not a
what I am interested in? How could I make this passive following along each line but an active
information interesting and understandable to other search for the answer.
students? 4. RECITE: Having read the first section, look away
from the textbook and try briefly to recite the
Review: Go over the material you've covered, Review answer to your question. Use your own words
what strategies helped you understand and/or retain and cite an example. If you can do this, you know
information in the past and apply these to your and understand what is in the book. If you
current studies. cannot, glance over the section again. The best
way to this reciting from memory is to jot down
REFERENCES: 5. briefly cue/hint phrases in your outline. Read in
this manner until the entire lesson is completed.
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"To learn anything fast and effectively, you have to see it, hear it and feel
it."
-Tony
Stockwell.