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Eastern Mennonite University  Academic Support Center
10 Tips for Success 
Control Your Study Environment 
1. Set aside a xed place or study and nothing but study.2. Beore you begin an assignment, write down on a sheet o paper the time you expect to nish.3. Strengthen your ability to concentrate by selecting a social symbol that is related to study, such as puttingon a certain scar or hat or setting a little gurine on your desk.4. I your mind wanders, stand up and ace away rom your books and spend a ew minutes daydreaming.5. Stop at the end o each page, and count to 10 slowly when you are reading—this idea may increase yourstudy time.6. Set aside a certain time to begin studying.7. Don’t start any unnished business just beore the time to start studying.8. Set small, short-range subgoals or yoursel by dividing your assignment into subsections.9. Keep a reminder pad so that i you happen to think about something that needs to be done, you can jotit down and orget it until later.10. Relax completely beore you start to study.
-excerpted from Systems for Study by Alton L. Rayor and David M. Work, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1970.
 
How to Take Notes
1. Write down the principle idea – not every word that is said2. A pen rather than a pencil is recommended.3. Keep each subject in a separate spiral notebook 4. Be ready to take notes when the class begins5. Listen, concentrate. I you do not understand something, ask about it.6. Write, write. It is better to take too many notes than not enough.7. Write clearly so you can understand your notes.8. Ater awhile you will develop your own “shorthand.”Some Shorthand Suggestions 
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Improving Concentration
(Focusing Your Attention)
echniques to direct your attention to what you are reading or studying1. Give yoursel a goal – set a time limit and work toward it.2. Choose goals that are easy to accomplish.3. Reward yoursel – when you have accomplished a goal. Be certain that the goal justies the reward. Forexample, learning ve new words in Spanish does not justiy a two-hour V break.4. Get interested in the subject – read critically, try to predict what the author will say next, and try to re-late new material to inormation you have already learned.5. Pre-read to get a mental outline o the material.6. Establish a purpose or reading makes reading an active, searching, question and answer process ratherthan an exercise in word recognition.7. Combine physical and mental activities.8. Vary your activities – physical activities, such as taking notes and underlining, combined with mentalactivities, such as reading and memorization will help you to ocus your attention. 
-excerpted from McWhorter, Kathleen College Reading and Study Skills 
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