Practice Exercises

Chapter 1

• Practice 1: Cognitive Learning Styles Preferences
• Practice 2: Additional Learning Preferences
• Practice 3 Multiple Intelligences

Chapter 2

• Practice 1: The Information Processing Model
• Practice 2 Processing Problems
• Practice 3 Using Your Working Memory
• Practice 4: Twelve Principles of Memory

Chapter 3

• Practice 1: Increase-Decrease Method
• Practice 2: Using Schedules
• Practice 3: Applying Time Management

Chapter 4

• Practice 1: Goal Setting Skills
• Practice 2: Motivation Strategies
• Practice 3: Increasing Concentration
• Practice 4: All About Goal Setting

Chapter 5

• Practice 1: Ideal Study Area
• Practice 2: Concentration Strategies
• Practice 4: Decreasing Stress
• Practice 5: Decreasing Procrastination

Chapter 6

• Practice 1: Five Forgetting Theories
• Practice 2: Using Mnemonics to Boost Your Memory
• Practice 3 Checking Your Memory
• Practice 4: Preparing for Tests
• Practice 4: Dealing with Sources of Test Anxiety
• Practice 5: Dealing with Test Anxiety

Chapter 7

• Practice 1: Active Reading
• Practice 2: Levels of Reading
• Practice 3: Surveying a Textbook
• Practice 5: The Steps of SQ4R
• Practice 6: Using a Reading System

Chapter 8

• Practice 1: Increasing Reading Comprehension
• Practice 2: Improving Your Vocabulary Skills
• Practice 3: Increasing Comprehension Paragraph by Paragraph
• Practice 4: Identifying Main Ideas
• Practice 5: Understanding Organizational Patterns
• Practice 6: Annotating Your Textbooks

Chapter 9

• Practice 1: Using the Five R's of Cornell #1
• Practice 2: Creating Cornell Notes
• Practice 3: Combining Cornell Notetaking and SQ4R
• Practice 4: Using Index Card Notes

Chapter 10

• Practice 1: Understanding Listening Skills
• Practice 2: Applying Skills to a Listening Situation
• Practice 3: Notetaking Options
• Practice 4: Organizing Information in Lecture Notes
• Practice 5: Keeping Up with the Lecture
• Practice 6: Working With Your Notes

Chapter 11

• Practice 1: Creating Visual Mappings
• Practice 2: Creating Hierarchies
• Practice 3: How to Study from Visual Mappings and Hierarchies
• Practice 4: Creating Comparison Charts
• Practice 5: Working with Graphic Materials

Chapter 12

• Practice 1: Use Four Levels of Response
• Practice 2: Performing Well on Tests
• Practice 3: Answering True-False Questions
• Practice 4: Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
• Practice 5: Answering on Matching Tests
• Practice 6: Ten Educated Guessing Strategies
• Practice 7: Taking Computerized Tests

Chapter 13

• Practice 1: Practice Filling-in-the Blanks
• Practice 2: More Practice Filling-in-the Blanks
• Practice 3: Answering Questions with Lists
• Practice 4: Answering Definition Questions
• Practice 7: Answering Recall Questions
• Practice 8: Taking Math Tests
• Practice 9: Understanding Direction Words
• Practice 10: Strategies for Answering Essay Questions
• Practice 11: Five Essay Questions
• Practice 12: List of Essay Questions