Study Techniques for Students

Study technique - the 5R-STUV
Use any of these techniques, or some of them, to revise your school work.

Study technique - the PQ3R-STUV

P - Preview
Q - Question
R - Read and underline R - Recite and write
R - Review
S - Summarize
T - Test yourself
U - Use
V - Visualize

We all have 24 hours, but some people have more time than the rests. How does that add up? You don't have to be sitting at your desk all the time when studying. Use the 'V' while helping out with housework - Visualize your lessons while doing the laundry. Review those notes you've Re-copied from your textbook and Summarized on 3x5s while waiting for the bus. Question yourself about that science topic while walking from school. Read or Recite from notes, magazines, newspapers, etc. and Use articles or any news item to help you remember or organize your thoughts on subjects. Do quick Revisions while waiting for breakfast, or waiting for your late teacher to show up. You get the drift - use any of these techniques while doing anything in your 24 hours daily.

7 steps to a brilliant mind
(1) Positive mental attitude and positive physical action
(2) Clean air for the brain (nope, smoking doesn't help)
(3) Mental challenges for the brain
(4) Food for the brain
(5) Exercise for the brain
(6) Sleep for the brain
(7) Meditation

Habits that help memory work
(1) Understand
(2) Spread your study time
(3) Recite out loud important points
(4) Believe in yourself
(5) Repeat several times
(6) Use keywords, secret word, or a funny word
(7) Revise before sleeping and when waking upup
(8) Visualize often