Helpful Hints

 

STUDY HINTS AND STRATEGIES

 

 

· SET UP A STUDY AREA

· SCHEDULE DAILY STUDY/HOMEWORK TIME

· GET ORGANIZED

· SET GOALS

· SQ3R

· HIGHLIGHT OR PAGE NUMBER STRATEGY

· THINK ALOUDS

· RECORD READING ASSIGNMENTS OR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS-PLAY THEM BACK

· USE CHECKLISTS OR RUBRICS (OFTEN AVAILABLE FROM TEACHER)

· COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR CHILD

· ENCOURAGE INDEPENDENCE

· BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION WORKS

· REWARD WITH PRAISE

 

READ!!!

Read something every day.  Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading.  In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year.  

Wilfred Peterson

 

SQRRR (SQ3R) = A Way to Study

Avoid that last minute panic!

 

1.   S = Survey -"look over"

· Title

· Headings

· Introduction

· Pictures and captions

· Boldface words

 

2.   Q = Question - Change the headings into questions.

 

3.   R = Read - Read to answer the questions.

 

4.   R = Recite - "to repeat from memory" Tell yourself the answers to the questions (or write them down - take notes).  Recite the answers to your parents.  Practice writing the answers.  Recite your written answers.

 

5.   R = Review - "to go back over" Study the information before the test. 

 

 

Getting The Answer Right

 

ü   Watch for a change in directions.  They may change within the same section of a test.

ü   If you can, choose the questions you know first.  Leave the hard ones for later.

ü   Read all the choices-even after you find the right choice.

ü   Read each choice as if it were a true or false statement.  Select the choice that is true.

ü   Use common sense.  Ignore obviously wrong choices.  Look at the "good" choices carefully to pick the "best" one.

ü   Take your time.  Plan how to use given time.  Carefully think about similar choices.

ü   Be careful of statements that use words like always, never, and sometimes.