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Performance Studying Tips: |
| Conditioning
yourself to your workspace:Choose
a place where you only do academic work.
In this way, you create a dynamic in
which the place is associated with work
and so your productivity increases.
If you need to worry or procrastinate
by socializing, surfing the net, or
writing letters, then leave that place
so that it does not become associated
with putting off work. Be Process-Oriented,
Not Outcome-Oriented: The bases are
loaded, it's the last inning of the
game, and you are up to bat. If you
start thinking about how much the outcome
of the game depends on you, you will
miss the ball. As they say, keep your
eye on the ball; that is all you have
control over. The same is true with
papers and exams. Obsessing about what
might happen to your GPA takes away
from your focus on showing what you
know in every question. |
| Dealing with
Academic Setbacks: When you make
a mistake in answering a question in class
or do poorly on an exam, there is the
temptation to tell friends how badly you
did or to ruminate on the error. If you
do this, you end up unconsciously rehearsing
the error over and over. Instead, rehearse
success. For example, ask yourself what
was the problem or what skills do you
need to develop to do better the next
time. Instead of recounting the failure,
say how you will do it successfully the
next time. If you watch elite athletes
when they are interviewed after making
a mistake, they will usually avoid rehearsing
what they did wrong and will focus on
how one does it better. |
| Dealing with
Anxiety Contagion: When you are
surrounded by people who are preparing
for exams or papers, such as during midterms
or final exams, excessive anxiety can
spread like wildfire in the dorm or the
department. What happens is that students
become anxious not because they need to
be, but because everybody else is anxious.
Ways to deal with this include: 1. Acknowledge
the anxiety contagion and make fun of
it as a way to distance yourself; 2. Give
yourself ways to get perspective like
studying some place else or going to the
mall 3. Clarify your priorities; do not
let others contaminate you with their
expectations or their less-than-productive
study strategies. |
Links:
www.api.cde.ca.gov |
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Studying
Tips
CA Dep. of Ed.
CAHSEE
ISIS
STAR Testing
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