This document provides tips and strategies for students to improve their study skills, including setting goals, managing their time, dealing with poor grades, prioritizing tasks, reading effectively, understanding different learning styles, listening skills, critical thinking, and the importance of sleep. Some key points emphasized are setting priorities, visualizing goals, seeking assistance, using the SQ3R reading method, discovering your learning strengths, cultivating active listening, and applying critical thinking to problem solving and decision making.

1. Study Skills

2. Change-Setting Goals Changes in the days to come! One of the first changes you may notice about continuing your education is that you have to learn to juggle many things at once. This will include your course work, finances, and maybe your family. Learning how to set priorities is a critical step to successfully handling the challenge. You need to keep your goal in sight at all times and tell yourself you can do this!

3. Change-Setting Goals

5. Adopt the idea that you are responsible for you

6. Refuse to allow friends and family to tear you down

7. Control what you say to yourself

8. Take carefully assessed risks often

9. Don’t compare yourself to other people

10. Develop a victory wall or victory file

11. Keep your promises and be loyal to friends, family and yourself

12. Win with grace – lose with class

15. Did you come to class prepared and ready for discussion?

16. Did you ask questions in class for clarification?

17. Did you meet with the instructor during office hours?

18. Did you seek outside assistance in places such as the writing center or math lab?

20. Come to class prepared: read your texts and handouts and do the homework

21. Turn in projects on time

22. Participate In class

23. Ask your instructor about the best time to come for extra help

24. Do not sleep in class

25. Be respectful to other students

26. Turn off your cell phone

27. Call ahead if you are going to be late

29. Work hard to understand your learning style

30. Work hard to develop a sense of community

31. Join a club or an organization

32. Watch your finances carefully

33. Visualize your Goals

34. Maintain a sense of self esteem and self respect

35. Learn to budget your time

38. Concentrate on the rewards of managing yourself and your time

39. Break up big tasks into small ones

40. Give yourself a time limit to accomplish a task

41. Set a regular time for study and do not vary from it

42. Start studying with positive, realistic thoughts

43. Establish study habits

44. Set reasonable, concrete goals that you can reach in about 20 to 25 minutes

45. Face fear; look it right in the face

46. Get help from your instructor

47. Avoid whining and people who whine and complain

48. Allow yourself more time than you think you need to complete an assignment or to study for a test

49. Practice your new study habits for 21 days

50. Actually reward yourself when you have accomplished an important body of work

51. Start on the difficult, most boring tasks first

52. Find a quiet place to study

54. Read What are the top two academics problems among students today? The two greatest problems students face are: math and reading! Here is a six pack that can actually help you: The ingredients for successful reading: Use these tools to improve your reading comprehension, analysis and speed! The material you’re reading Pencils An open mind Highlighter A Dictionary A note book

55. Read SQ3R to the rescue: An effective way to approach a chapter is to use the SQ3R method. This method has been successful for millions of students. SQ3R can be a life saver when it comes to understanding material that is overwhelming.

56. Learn

57. Learn Is there one best way to learn? The way one learns depends on many variables such as learning styles, your personal intelligences, personality typing, your past experiences and your attitude. Discover your talents! Are you a:

58. Learn What can you learn from your personality? Sensing/Intuition – Sensing types gather information from their five senses, whereas intuitive types are not very well organized but rely on their gut feelings. Extroversion/Introversion –Extroverts prefer to live in the outside world and introverts draw strength from the inner world. Judging/Perceiving – Judgers are very orderly people and they must have structure in their lives. Perceivers are just the opposite. Thinking/Feeling – Thinkers are logical people, they do not make decisions based on feelings or emotion. Feelers make decisions on what they feel is right and just. What type are you?

59. Listen

61. Listen objectively

63. Figure out unfamiliar words in context

64. Enhance your vocabulary

65. Write down everythingSeek help by practicing the language and maybe start your own conversation group! Kisa nou te di O que você disse

66. Listen The L-Star System One of the most effective ways to take notes is the L-Star System:

67. Sleep

69. going to bed only when you're sleepy

70. exercise regularly

71. maintaining a regular schedule

74. Look at things differently

75. Analyze information

76. Ask questions

77. Solve problems

79. Critical Thinking Critical thinking is essential skill to the nurse. Critical thinking requires a great deal of commitment on your part. Critical thinking can affect the way you live your life. Critical thinking is the hallmark of an educated person. It is the hallmark of character and integrity, and it is the hallmark of successful student nurses. Let it be yours!