Office of Special Services for Students
VMI Building, 2 nd Floor
828-9782
Lisa Webb, Interim Director
Amy Miller, Learning Specialist
Having projects done early or on time
Always being on time
Knowing where everything is
Making good use of your time
Keeping your study and work area neat
Taking good notes
Setting goals and deadlines
Use Binders
With dividers for each subject, class, and/or topic.
Use Planners
Make sure all your dates are in one place
Have a weekly ‘round up’ time
Where you review all your notes from that week
Prepare for the next day
Review notes
Pre-read
Have one place to do your work
With a desk, comfortable chair, good lighting, all the supplies you need, etc., free of distractions
Schedule everything
Tests
Project/assignment due dates
Breaks
Study time
Eating
Sleeping
Recreation
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
9:00
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MONDAY
Example Weekly 24-Hour Calendar
TUESDAY WED.
THURS.
FRIDAY SAT.
SUNDAY
LEARNING STRATEGIES CENTER 420 CCC 255-6310 www.lsc.sas.cornell.edu
Pre-Read PowerPoint's, readings, study questions, oracles, syllabus, etc. before class/lecture
Review questions related to the topic covered right after the class/lecture
CONDENSE ALL YOUR
NOTES from each lecture/class onto a
1 page worksheet
Review your worksheets
EACH WEEKEND
Try to recreate your worksheet from memory
Medical School Best Practices Created by Tamer Hadi, VCU MCV School of Medicine
Before Lab
Make notes
Familiarize yourself with terminology
Sketch pictures of what you expect to see
During Lab
Record characteristics
Locate everything
Make references
After Lab
Recap what you learned for at least 5 minutes
Complete worksheets
Keep all materials' together and in order
Be good to yourself.
Studying on a few hours of sleep and/or an empty stomach is not a good use of your time.
Avoid food and drinks with caffeine just before or just after studying.
For More Information
Please contact
Lisa Webb, lbwebb@vcu.edu
or
Amy Miller, ammiller4@vcu.edu
804-828-9782
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