MCQ: 1. Effective time management skills include: a. spending as much time on a course outside of class as you spend in class.

b. scheduling holes or gaps in your schedule to allow for the unexpected. c. using a day planner and planning every minute of your time with scheduled activities and sticking to your plan. d. not allowing any flexibility or spontaneity in your life.

2. One of the benefits of knowing how you learn best is that you can a. choose instructors with a learning style opposite to yours so that you will be able challenged to strengthen your weak areas. b. choose courses that are completely taught by lecture because that is the style that suits every learning style. c. study with other because someone in the group will help you master the material d. adapt your study strategies to suit the way you prefer to learn.

3. In order to increase retention of the material being learned, what is the best time after reading or after class to review what you have learned? a. within 24 hours b. after 24 hours c. within 48 hours d. after 48 hours

4. Mona has a major exam in one week, what would be the best schedule for study time? a. 10 hours the day of the exam, including 4 10-min breaks b. 5 hours today and 5 hours the day b4 the exam, including 4 10-min breaks each day c. 90 minutes every day until the exam, including 1 10-min break each day.

d. 30 minutes every day until the exam, including 1 10-min break each day.

5. To be an active listener, you need to a. find a comfortable chair. b. keep looking at your colleagues notes to make sure you are following the lecture c. prepare questions about the topic to increase interest. d. write down every word the instructor says.

Short Answer: 1. Goal setting is an important characteristic of a successful person and successful people usually set S.M.A.R.T goals. Explain what the acronym S.M.A.R.T means and modify the following goals to make them S.M.A.R.T : a. I want to lose weight. b. I want to get better grades. c. I want to improve my social life. 2. Motivation could be defined as the interest process that both energizes and quides behavior. Each person has a different set of motivators. Explain the relation between motivation and achievement and glve some examples of what motivates you.

Reading and Summary: A. Read the attached passage ....... develop a summary sheet in the form of an outline, table, a list of points, key terms, or definitions. Make sure to use your own words and to avoid copy/paste style. B. Question about the passage. C. Develop 2 short answer questions based on the same passage.

Note Taking ( but I heard that you wont have note taking this year)