How To Study Or Improve Your Study Skills - Top 5 Hubs & 2 Useful Websites - Good Study Means Results

There's no way around it, when we want to -or have to- learn anything, we must put some effort and study into it. But what are the right ways to study? The best way to study is the one that works for you. The only way for you to know what that is, is to first learn what methods there are, then choose some and finally experiment to see if it's working for you. If it is, it will become a habit and you won't have to worry about it again. If it isn't, try some other ones until you find the study skills that work for you. Just remember that various kinds of subjects may each require a different style of study, so be flexible about adding new techniques to your skill set.

From the time we learned to use a spoon or tie our shoes and studied our parents motions, we have been gathering study skills. These "skills" were acquired unconsiously in a-catch-as-catch can manner.

Then when we went to school, we continued on in the same way. At least I don't remember any teacher, not one, taking the time to teach us good study skills, do you? Sure they may have offered bits of advice or even commands - but it wasn't actively taught and then reinforced.

Knowing what information is the most important and how to absorb it is so necessary, especially today in our information-filled world if it is to be of any use.

I listed points of good studying that I think are important, but as I started to research it to be able to add more, I realized there are already some good Hubs and websites available full of tips. So rather than rewrite it all, and probably not any better, I thought I'd bring them together in one handy location.

Within these Hubs and Websites, I hope you find the Study Skill tips that are just right for you!

How To Study Effectively offers eight tips, the most interesting of which I thought were to keep a study diary and create a filing system for your notes.

Learning Techniques - Study Guide has a short introduction to learning styles and nice summaries of various memorization methods. It also offers ten tips, several of which I'd never thought of - particularly, "Learn before you memorize."

Study Tips From a Straight-A Student. How to Study in College. Study Skills, and How to be Successful in College has a good section on how to get the most out of your reading assignments.

Study Skills: Six Research Strategy Secrets goes indepth with these tips about how to find just the information you are looking for.

The Difference Between Studying and Learning: Study Habits versus the Habit of Thinking is a great reminder that beyond memorization, we have to apply what we are learning.