Study Skills

The NEBOSH Construction Certificate is like any other examination-based award. To be successful there are several things a student needs to do. The best results can be achieved by planning in the following way  

Choose an upright chair rather than an armchair and make sure that the workspace is large enough. The size recommended by Warwick University, for example, is a minimum of 60 cm x 1.5 m. If possible, find a place where study materials do not have to be cleared away as it is very easy to put off starting work if they are not instantly accessible. 

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Basic study skills needed to study chemistry Macroscopic and microscopic properties of matter The SI (Metric) system Basic problem solving techniques Unit Conversion Method Significant figures... 

Test Taking Strategies and Study Skills for the Utterly Confused... 

If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then Just in Time Math is the right book for you. Designed specifically for last-minute test preparation, Just in Time Math is a fast, accurate way to build your essential computational and word problem skills. This book includes nine chapters of common mathematical topics, with an additional chapter on study skills to make your time effective. In just ten short chapters, you will get the essentials—just in time for passing your big test. 

Chapter 1 Study Skills reviews fundamental study strategies including how to budget your time, how to create a study plan, and how to use study aids such as flashcards. 

You already know a great deal about studying. You couldn t have gotten this far—to the doorstep of graduate school—without effective study skills. The following pages will help you fine-tune your study methods so you can make efficient use of your time. 

James, Elizabeth. How to Be School Smart Super Study Skills. (New York Harper Trophy, 1998). 

Luckie, William, and Wood Smethurst. Study Power Study Skills to Improve Your Learning and Your Grades. 

Some pharmacy schools provide regular workshops for students or parts of courses devoted to time management, study skills, stress management, and other pharmacy school and life survival skills. If your school is not one of those, however, this chapter is here to help get you on your way to being a better time manager. Additionally, there are books and articles referred to throughout this chapter that can serve to help you become a successful time manager. 

When she pointed all these things out to me, I said, We can work with that. I know what to do. So instead of telling this kid with these deficiencies to go to the university student resource (and feel stigmatized or inferior), we brought the study skills person to the classroom. I then got the social psychology person to come in for some extra things outside the classroom. We addressed that within the... 

For help in interpreting graphs, see Appendix B, Study Skills for Chemistry. 

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