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Study tips and more to help you adjust to the back to school routine 10 Tips for Studying to Music New A quick checklist if you want to listen to music while you're studying 10 Ways to Reduce Test Anxiety New A quick checklist to help you relax about tests A Place to Study New Learn the importance of having a specific place to study, and what features it should have A Time to Study New Learn the importance of setting a specific time to study, and how you can work it into your schedule Back to School in Style New Do a little on-line shopping for your back to school clothes this year Beat the Bus New School mornings are hectic, but you have a better chance of being on time with an organized routine Before You Buy a School Backpack New What to consider when shopping for a backpack College Rules! Book Review New Your guide reviews this book about adjusting to college life Get Off to a Great Start New Tips to help you start the school year on the right foot How Much is Too Much? New How much homework should you be doing at each grade level Setting Goals New How to set academic goals, and why you should bother Student/Parent Homework Contract New Personalize and print this homework agreement between you and your parents Top Online Tutoring Services New Best choices for tutoring services that are offered via email, chatrooms, message boards, or fax Top Scientific Calculators New The best calculators that include functions for trigonometry and algebra Why Bother With Homework? New All this emphasis on studying more and getting good grades may seem like too much. Here's why it is all so important Why Should I Keep an Agenda Book? New What an agenda book is, and how it could help you

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Effective Habits
for Effective Study

You can prepare yourself to succeed in your studies.
Try to develop and appreciate the following habits:

• Take responsibility for yourself
  Responsibility is recognition that in order to succeed
  you can make decisions about your priorities, your time, and your resources

• Center yourself around your values and principles
  Don't let friends and acquaintances dictate what you consider important

• Put first things first
  Follow up on the priorities you have set for yourself, and don't let others, or other interests, distract you from your goals

• Discover your key productivity periods and places
  Morning, afternoon, evening; study spaces where you can be the most focused and productive.  Prioritize these for your most difficult study challenges

• Consider yourself in a win-win situation
  You win by doing your best and contributing your best to a class, whether for yourself, your fellow students, and even for your teachers and instructors. If you are content with your performance, a grade becomes an external check on your performance, which may not coincide with your internally arrived at benefits

• First understand others, then attempt to be understood
  When you have an issue with an instructor, for example a questionable grade, an assignment deadline extension, put yourself in the instructor's place. Now ask yourself how you can best make your argument given his/her situation

• Look for better solutions to problems
  For example, if you don't understand the course material, don't just re-read the material. Try something else! Consult with the professor, a tutor, an academic advisor, a classmate, a study group, or your school's study skills center

• Look to continually challenge yourself

Partially adapted from the audio cassette by Steven Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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