Page 10 - Keys To Community College Success

When, Where, and Who: Choosing Your Best Setting 167

What and Why: Evaluating Study Materials 169
GET SMART Stay Aware of Your Money 170

How: Using Study Strategies 171
GET PRACTICAL Answer Your Journalists’ Questions 176

■ Multiple Intelligence Strategies 177

What Will Help You Remember Math and Science Material? 178

■ Talk Risk and Reward 179

How Can Mnemonic Boost Recall? 180

Visual Images and Associations 180
The Method of Loci 180

Acronyms 182

Songs and Rhymes 182
GET CREATIVE Craft Your Own Mnemonic 183

What Study Strategies Help You Put It All Together? 183
Create a Summary of Reading Material 183

Combine Class and Reading Notes into a Master Set 184
STUDENT PROFILE 186
■ Revisit Risk and Reward 187

■ Risk Action for College, Career, and Life Rewards 188

CHAPTER 8 Test Taking 190
Showing What You Know
■ What Would You Risk? Jay Dobyns 191

■ Status Check: How Prepared Are You for Taking Tests? 192

How Can Preparation Improve Test Performance? 192
Gather Information 193

Use Time Management Strategies to Schedule Study Time 194

Use Goal-Setting Strategies to Complete Your Plan 194

Review Using Study Strategies 195

GET CREATIVE Write Your Own Test 196

Prepare Physically 197

Make the Most of Last-Minute Cramming 197
Prepare for Final Exams 197

How Can You Work Through Test Anxiety? 198
Two Sources of Test Anxiety 198

■ Talk Risk and Reward 199

Test Time Strategies to Address Anxiety 200
Math Anxiety 200

Test Anxiety and the Returning Student 200

GET PRACTICAL Assess Test Anxiety with the Westside Test Anxiety Scale 201

What General Strategies Can Help You Succeed on Tests? 202

Test Day Strategies 202
Maintain Academic Integrity 203

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