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C.A.S.ACenter for Academic Student Achievement
&Islander Success Advocates
Attend classes– Attendance counts in MOST classes– Don’t just sit there, participate– Pay attention! Take notes! Ask questions!
Know your instructor– What are their tests like? Ask around.
(Also, go see your Professor during office hours)
Schedule regular study periods– Either by yourself or in a group
Be realistic– Don’t expect to get an “A” without studying or
going to class. It’s not going to happen!
Establish a regular study area/place– Where do you feel most comfortable and
relaxed?– Where would you study best?
Study in short periods of time- Don’t try to cram everything into one
night
Start study sessions on time – Set a schedule and stick to it
Study when you are most alert and awake - Are you a morning person or a night
owl?
Set a specific goal for each subject you study– Read a chapter or complete an assignment
Start assignments as soon as they are given– Don’t have to finish them, just get the ball
rolling
Review your notes regularly– Helps you become more familiar with the
material
Take regular study breaks– Don’t overexert yourself
Study your most difficult subjects first– This way you can get help if you need it
(Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, Writing center)
Stay on top of your work– Don’t Procrastinate! “People who have a high GPA prepare for a
test a week before” Reward yourself for reaching your
goals– Movies, hang out with friends, etc.
Curve of Forgetting
Day 1-At the beginning of the lecture, you go in knowing nothing, or 0%. At the end of the lecture you know 100% of what you know.
Day 2- If you have done nothing with the information you learned in that lecture, didn't think about it again, read it again, etc. you will have lost 50%-80% of what you learned. Day 7- We remember even less Day 30- We retain about 2%-3% of the original lecture! This nicely coincides with midterm exams, and may account for feeling as if you've never seen this before in your life when you're studying for exams - you may need to actually re-learn it from scratch.
Here's the formula for making time to review material: Within 24 hours of getting the information - spend 10 minutes reviewing and you will raise the curve almost to 100% again. A week later (day 7), it only takes 5 minutes to "reactivate" the same material, and again raise the curve. By day 30, your brain will only need 2-4 minutes to give you the feedback, "yes, I know that..."
The Curve of Forgetting describes how we retain or get rid of information that we take in
Supplemental Instruction– Study session led by a student who has already
taken the course and has done well in it– They attend your class everyday and take notes
over material covered Tutoring
– We have tutors for just about every core class– Schedules located at http://casa.tamucc.edu
Writing Center– Get help with essays, lab reports, resumes,
bibliographies, etc.– Some instructors give extra credit for going to WC
Come visit us at
CASA!
Glasscock121A
or online athttp://casa.tamucc.edu