41 easy tips and strategies to
help students get an ‘A’ grade
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Develop
ways to read books more quickly and effectively
1. Make sure you try to scan your textbook prior to arriving
at your class.
2. When scanning a book make sure you are reading for both
details and ideas.
3. Always read any assignment guides and materials in FULL.
4. Try to always look for what are the main or central ideas
that need to be covered and what exactly will be assessed.
5. A useful measure to recall the material you have read is
to get another person to ask you questions or alternatively
ask yourself questions about the material you have read. i.e.
What is the main assessment criteria?
6. Carry out reflection by transferring the different
information that you have read into useful and practical
knowledge. (i.e." Why exactly is this criteria or point
important?)
7. Write
brief summaries. |
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How to
improve my learning in the classroom
8. ALWAYS ..Go to your class. . . . Every lesson is important.
Do not skip lessons.
9. Try to think about the specific subject prior to you
attending the class. Try to anticipate what you think
will be discussed in class.
10. Make sure you always pay attention for the entire class.
Do not allow yourself to become distracted.
11. Concentrate on what your teacher is doing and saying, not
on the people walking down the corridor or the notices on the
class notice board.
12.Always focus on what the teacher/speaker is actually
saying. Try to learn how to tune out the teacher/speaker's
voice quality, mannerisms, appearance, accent etc.
13. It is always important to make sure you are listening with
your mind not judging what is said with your emotions.
14. Try to develop the skills of listening for the important
word cues that illustrate or reveal the teacher/speaker’s
emphasis. These include words like most important, on the
other hand, in addition to etc. |
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Tips on
note taking.
15. Make sure you take as complete notes as possible.
Practice your note taking skills. Learn how to abbreviate
words and develop you own shorthand methods. One useful tip
is to leave out vowels (wrk hrd) and use a ‘g’ for ‘ing’ (stdyng).
Use other common single letters or different symbols. For
example:
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The
letter or symbol |
Replaces |
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? |
question |
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w/o |
without |
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b/c |
because |
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2 |
to,
too, two |
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& |
and |
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4 |
for,
four |
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ch |
chapter |
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p |
page |
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# |
number |
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b4 |
before |
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etc. |
and
others |
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G8 |
great |
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$ |
dollars |
16. Make
sure you get the important facts or details written down
correctly.
17. Try to have just one notebook and keep all your individual
subject specific notes in that one book.
18. It is important to re-read and review your notes. Read
them again after the class and try to fill in any blanks or
missed out notes. Read and review again before the next
class in order to remember what you covered last time and try
to anticipate what you expect to come this time.
Tips on
exam taking
19. Read the whole exam paper first. Make sure you read all
the relevant exam questions first.
20. It is good to answer what you think are the easiest
questions first.
21. Make sure you underline or highlight the most important
facts and any key words in questions before you begin to write
your answer.
22. It is always good to take a couple of minutes to organize
your thoughts before you begin to write.
23. When you are taking a true/false or multiple choice test
pay attention exactly what is written - consider the
absolutes. Choose the BEST answer.
24. Do not
leave a multiple choice or true / false question blank.
24. Always try to answer any questions you are sure you know
the answer to first. Come back to the more difficult ones
later.
25. Use your time wisely. Do not spend more than the allocated
length of time any one specific question.
26. Never
leave an exam early. Look back over your answers if you have
the time and proof read carefully.
Important
dos and do nots
27. Do not study for a test while watching television or
eating a meal etc.
28. Do not try to study while straining to listen to the
basketball game on the TV in the other room.
29. Do not stay up all night studying.
30. Do not try to study when you are very sleepy.
31. Do practice past papers and exam questions to improve your
test performance.
32. Do hand in your homework neatly done and on time.
33. Do practice different memory strategies.
34. Do stay healthy and fit and try to eliminate your bad time
wasting habits.
Managing
you time
35. It’s a good idea to keep a daily/weekly "to do"
calendar/notebook.
Put the different tasks in the order of priority. Make sure
your list is realistic.
36. It is advisable to try to schedule work or study that
demands high levels of concentration, such as taking notes on
a specific text in 50 minute time periods. Then have a short
break.
37. Make sure you have always allowed enough time in your
schedule for conducting library research.
38. When
researching on the internet do not become distracted by
irrelevant sites.
39. Get
specialist help wherever possible. Make sure assessable work
has been properly proofread before submitting it
40. Get some sleep.
41.
Balance your time – even though study is extremely important,
don’t cancel all of your leisure activities either.
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