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The week ahead...although finals are here, my work load is coming to a gradual nonexistent phase. however, there are still project to finish and complete. With that being said my plans for study skills/ reading strategies are this: to do lists, SQ3R, note cards, time managing, and paraphrasing.
In my counseling class much to my surprise we will be having a final, so in order to prepare for this I will be looking over each of my chapters and their main topics and attempting to paraphrase them in order to make sure that I know my stuff. this will prepare for the final and give me reason to show that I am prpared for the ending test. All the while, while giving me a little stress relief.
In my math class I will continue to use and study daily 3X5 cards. This will help through consitency to remeber and be able to visualize the cards and thier definitons upon being tested. I find that this helps greatly with remebering and being able to see the card as I am actually testing.
In my english class we are preparing for the final in class essay, so I will be disecting an essay and a movie and developing my thoughts into a paper. My paln is to use the SQ3R for the essay that needs to be read so that I can really have alot of time put into thinking about the topic I will be required to write about.
Alll through the week time managment will be extremly important, as all of my classes will need time designated to them for finals preparation. To do lists will and are a daily part of my regimine, as Heather Halverson said "It does feel quite rewarding just to cross things off, a true high".
In consideration to my post last week: what helped was the actual writing things down. I try my best to be a girl of my word, so haing it here publicly published even, made me hughly accountable. Hence, for the most part I did what I said I was going to do. All except study the math 3X5 cards and that was because after seeing the teacher I was told I caould use the formulas fromthe book (I didn't have to have them memorized). This was great news! Well one thing I am doing differently, unfortunately will be to turn this assignment in on time. As I sit in front of the computer Sunday evenig at 8:56 p.m. sadly it is too late to recieve credit for this. Although, having a to do list I conviently did not pay it much attention the past two days. So it actually brings up another thing to do differently: Pay attention to my to do list.....not just write them.

What's coming up

The strategies that I will be using this week will be: 3X5 cards, associating ideas, making personal connections, SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review).
The week ahead holds many challenges for me...up until this week I have been doing well in my on-line math class. I still understand the concepts that we are learning. The only problem is that this week there are so many formulas to remember that I am getting a little nervous. If I had time perhaps it would not be so bad, but I have just been introduced to these formulas and the test is Thursday. So my immediate plan is to make 3X5 cards that have the formulas on them, along with any type of examples or personal associations I can make that will enable me to memorize them. I will be studying these cards every time I have a few minutes to spare, it will probably average out to about 30 minutes each day. Another thing that I am going to do is to meet with my professor during his office hours to get some outside help and to see if he has any suggestions on how to make the formulas stick so that I can pass the test and hopefully remember the concepts for the next time that I need them; like the final exam thats coming up in a few weeks.

I plan to use the SQ3R in my counseling 151 class. In this class I have noticed that my main goal is just to get the assignments completed, with little care to what I actually take from the homework. So my plan for this is to put some time into. I know that SQ3R takes alot more time than just reading through it so that is where I plan to begin.

These skills are important to accomplish the tasks that I need to because witout them I would have no idea how to prepare for a test or how to really achieve the most out of my learning and the time I put into it. All of the study/reading stratgies that I have choosen will allow me to get the best benefit from my studying and will also hone the skills themselves. For the most part becoming an active student is new to me, and by practicing these skills often soon they will become like second nature and natural to me.