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Studying can be come easy when students know the study methods that work best for them. There are several knonw learning methods that the best students use and each of them does not work for all students.

In this post, we take a careful look at what we call the “5 Powerful Study Methods To Use For Effective Study.” Students can use one or more of these methods to achieve academic success.

As you read through, match the methods against what you have used before and apply the ones that work for you. Do not forget that it is often not easy to use the same study method to learn everything.

The 5 Powerful Study Methods To Use For Effective Study

PRWR method – Preview, Read, Write, Recite

1. 1. Preview the material.  Identify the directions of the assignment/project, read the questions over, look at any charts/graphs that go with the assignment or materials you are studying.
   2. Read and re-read.  Look through the material and identify new vocabulary.
   3. Write down highlights from material or questions you may have.  Write definitions for new vocabulary works.
   4. Recite or learn material by repetition.

In some instances, others refer to this method or the READ, RE-READ, REVISE, RECOLLECT, AND REPRODUCE method, which is simply put as the 5Rs of study.

Acronyms and Acrostics

1. 1. Acronyms: An acronym is an invented combination of letters.  Each letter is a cue to an idea you need to remember.
   2. Acrostics: An Acrostic is an invented sentence where the first letter of each word in the sentence is a cue to an idea that you need to remember!

EXAMPLE: The order of the planets: My very energetic mother just served us nine pizzas (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars). Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto).

Verbal Repetition

Read or repeat things out loud.  Make up a chant with a group of students; create a rhyme or rhythm to use to help you remember!

Location Method

Remember items on a list by imagining each are located in a different place in a familiar room.  Sometimes it even works to visualize the items written down on paper.

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