A. Get your things in order B. Plan your time well C. Study anywhere or everywhere D. Speak out and ask more E. Do more than you are asked F. Make yourself busy |
"If I don't understand what my teacher is explaining in science, I ask him to say it again," says Anna Lee, "also asking more helps a lot."
"When a teacher asks us to do a lot of homework," says Dave Roman, "I will draw up a timetable and plan to do it little, so it isn't so tiring."
One student put a vocabulary list on the wall of the bathroom. He learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth. Another student used the time to remember biology terms while practising running
In high school, Mike played football, painted and was in the band. "I was so busy that I couldn't waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything in order," he says.
Christi is an excellent student at the university. If her maths teacher asks her to do five problems, she does ten. If the history teacher asks her to read five pages, she reads ten." Part of learning is practising," she says, "and the more you practise, the more you learn."