Study Tips - Cramming and Homework

Cramming

It is not possible to become an effective and organized student at the last minute. If study is left to the last minute all that is really left is cramming.

Too Much Homework is Bad for You

It is possible to hear, listen, integrate and learn material in class. When students follow this path they can then spend much of their at home time in brief, but effective, review and summary.

Become Active

The secret seems to be learning to shift from a passive mind set ("I'll just sit here while the teacher teaches me") to a more effective and aggressive model, an active process.

For example, if you took the following attitude, you would become an active learner: "I can't afford to wait in class to be taught. I'm going to question, summarize and visualize during the lesson. I am going to learn! I'm going to sort information into stuff I already know and stuff that is new. I'm not waiting for the teacher to explain this to me! This is my life and it's too important for me to be passive. I'm going to watch myself as I learn and when I don't "get it," I'm not letting it pass. I will jump right in and find out what I don't understand. If I can't understand, I'm not going to blame the teacher, I'm going to make my teacher teach it so that I do get it! I take responsibility for my own life and learning."

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