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We'veallheardthephrase,“Worksmarter,notharder.”Whenitcomestostudying,thereare someveryspecificwaystoimproveyoureffectivenesswithoutaddingloadsofextrawork.

Createagameplan.Beforeyoubeginyourstudysession,createagameplanforexactlyhowyou willstudy.Considerwhatyouwillstudy,howlongyou'llspendoneachsubjectandwhatstudymethodsyouwilluse. 1 Takeatleast10minutesbeforeyourstudysessiontomapoutyourgame plan.

Outlineyournotes.Takingthetimetoboilyournotesdowntoastandardoutlinecanhelpyou grasptheoverallconceptsyou'restudying.Youcertainlycanborroworcopysomeoneelse'snotes,but youmustworkhardtoputeverythinginyourownwords. 2 Manytimes,understandingthebig pictureisjustasimportantasrememberingalltheindividualfacts.Outliningallowsyoutofileindividualfactsunderlargerideas.

Maintainbalance.Balancecanbedifficulttomaintaininschoolbutit'scrucialforsuccess.3 Seektocarryoutabalancedlife.Makesuretomaintainasociallifeanddevelophobbiesoutsideofschool.Stayintouchwithyourfamilyandkeeptheminformedofyourschoolprogress.It's certainlyachallenge,butlivinginbalancewillkeepyouonthepathtosuccess.

4 Ifyouwanttodowellinschool,yousimplyhavetodoit.Buttherearespecificwaysto studybetter.Makethemostofyourlimitedtime. 5

Byfollowingthemethodsabove,youcanraisethequalityofyourstudyingsessionswithoutnecessarilyincreasingthequantity.

A.Keepfromspinningyourwheels.

B.There'snowaytogetaroundstudying.

C.Writeoutyournotesbyhandduringclass.

D.Ifyoudon't,you'llfailtounderstandthelargerconcept.

E.Thisallowsyoutostudytherightmaterialsattherighttime.

F.Thelastthingyouwanttodoisburyyourselfinamountainofbooks.

G.Don'tspendallyourtimestudyingorallyourtimehangingoutwithfriends.