STUDY HABITS QUESTIONNAIRE (YES or NO)

PLANNING TIME _____1. Do you keep up to date with your assignments? _____2. Do you use schedules to organize your time and to set aside time each day for studying?

GETTING STARTED _____3. Are you easily distracted from studying? _____4. Is your study desk large enough, free of distracting objects, and equipped with needed materials, and located in a quiet place?

PREVIEWING TEXTBOOKS _____5. Do you look over the text as a whole before dealing with individual chapters? _____6. Before studying a chapter or an assignment in detail, do you make use of clues in the book (headings, illustrations, summaries)?

READING TEXTBOOKS _____7. Do you look for the main ideas in what you read? _____8. Do you read section by section and then study that section before going on? _____9. Do you underline or highlight your textbook, make notes in the margin, and question yourself on what you have just read? _____10. Do you review regularly?

REMEMBERING _____11. Do you organize material to make it easier to remember? _____12. When studying material to be remembered, do you quiz yourself?

LISTENING AND TAKING CLASS NOTES _____13. Do you take notes in class, refine and study them soon after class and review them frequently? _____14. During class, do you search for main ideas?

CLASSROOM INVOLVEMENT

_____15. Do you ask questions in class and/or talk to your instructor about the course? _____16. Do you attend class regularly?

PREPARING FOR TESTS _____17. In studying for a test, do you distribute your time over several sessions? _____18. Before a test, do you over learn the material? _____19. Do you make up test questions that you think will be asked, and quiz yourself on them?

TAKING TESTS _____20. Do you feel confident and relaxed when taking tests? _____21. At the start of a test, do you read the directions and test questions with care? _____22. Doyou make plans for distributing your time among the questions? _____23. When taking an essay test, do you outline your answer to a question before you start answering it? _____24. At the end of a test, do you proof-read or check your answers?