Honors Geometry may just seem like any another math class that is a small step up from Algebra I, but it is a completely different class that demands a different type of mindset. For me, Honors Geometry was much harder than Algebra 1, but I was still able to be successful in this class. I will give you some tips on how you can be successful in this class since it is challenging and may push you pass your limits on certain occasions. First, never be afraid to ask questions in class, talk to other classmates, or see your teacher out of class for extra help. Most students that ask questions aren’t always the ones that don’t understand everything, they are the students who care and want to make sure they understand everything they are expected …show more content…
If you do your homework on the night it is assigned, you will then have an extra day to go ask questions or talk to classmates about how to do a problem on the homework. The homework in Honors Geometry can sometimes be more time consuming than homework for other classes, so it is not the best idea to do it last minute right before class. Also, it is a great idea to start preparing for quizzes and tests earlier rather than later. Studying for a quiz or test the morning before is more like memorizing the information, which can put more stress on you. I found myself waiting to study till last minute at the beginning of the year, so I have started preparing for quizzes and tests the day we are told we are going to have a quiz or test in the future. To get additional problems on a certain concept, use the online book and do some of the monitoring progress problems because they give you step-by-step instructions. Lastly, just doing your homework isn’t enough to be prepared for quizzes and tests, so use other methods that work best for you to study. Quizlet, flashcards, and study groups are helpful studying methods I used this year to help myself prepare for quizzes and tests. However, sometimes when I crammed all night on Quilt the night before a quiz or test, I became very stressed which could result in a worse quiz or test
When it comes to textbook reading, preparation is just as important as reading the material. It is easy to find yourself just reading the textbook and then looking back at what your read and not remembering anything you just read. Not every class demands a thorough reading of the textbook, so it is very important to ask the professor to see what he/she will be testing on, either notes in class or the readings form the textbook. For example in a psychology class the professor expects his/her student to know the textbook inside and out...
Geometry Dash is an immersive and rhythmic platformer by RobTop Games. In Geometry Dash, you play as a moving icon, which jumps up in the air when a player presses the left mouse button, which can also be held down to jump continuously. The speed of the icon can be altered when the icon comes in contact with a speed changing portal.
Everyone has its strength and weaknesses, it can see from when the exam is around the corner. Some students will prepare early but some are not.
Being that I'd come from a rural area middle school with limited options for class outside of required knowledge, honors classes were a token to me and I learned quickly that they weren’t easy whatsoever. I heard the word “honors” and instantly jumped
Personally, I am an advocate for cramming the day before the test, but not right before bed. Instead, I study first, do a little bit of homework, study some more, finish my homework, and then study once again. If I study a little bit each night, by the fourth or fifth night I will begin to feel as if I have over-studied and then begin mixing up each piece of information. In this essay, I have compared and contrasted both methods and it should be much easier for each student to choose a way that works best for them. Both methods can be effective, it just depends on the students’ personality in general.
Test taking is one of the most important things to have good skills at. Test usually have a significant effect on your grade. The more you are used to test and are prepared for different types of test, the better your grade will be. I know that when I take test, I get vary nervous and I cant concentrate, but when I have the feeling of being prepared for the test, I notice that I am not so nervous when I come to take it. You should always find time to improve your test taking methods, personally I try to devote one whole hour the night before a big test so I can remember a lot the next day. In school you will have various test that some will be easy and some will be vary difficult, you should always be mentally prepared to take whatever test they give you.
When it comes to preparing for and taking tests we must avoid the myths and manage our time wisely. By doing so we can avoid test anxiety. Students we must make sure that we use all of our tools and resources available to make our learning experience a enjoyable one.
Believe it or not, Geometry is actually useful! All our lives we have been told that we would use this in our lives and we have thought “no we won't.” but we do use it in life. Geometry is used for home decorating. Also architects use it for home building.
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My Preferred learning strategies are almost similar to the identified learning strategies. Reading books, notes, making own notes always help to review during the time of exam. Always keep handouts and study from that. Another preferred method of learning is group discussion. Reading noted loudly help to memorize the information.
The first step that I will take is making sure that I understand the rubric that my teachers give me for writing assignments. This is because on some of my assignments I get points taken off because I either don’t clearly read the directions or I miss certain required parts of what was on the rubric. For example, on my first career journal I had points taken off because I looked at the syllabus that my teacher handed out to us but I didn’t check the rubric that was online that he wanted us to follow. If I would have looked at his syllabus online and used it as my outline I would have gotten a higher grade on my first career journal. My second step that I plan is to study more. I plan to do this because if I study just a little more to retain some of the information I am suppose to know then I will most likely get better grades on major assignments. Major assignments for Strategies for Student Success would include College Journals explain my college experience and how it is going so far and also my midterm and final exam which test my knowledge on all the material in our book. A major assignment that requires me to study would be the quizzes and material games. An example of me studying more is if instead of spending two hours studying and that’s it. I could study on each of my two breaks in between classes for thirty minutes and take a ten minute break and began to study again and etc. This will help me do two things. Store the information that I’ve learned and retain it as well because I’m not trying to remember everything in just one session. After the first and second steps I want to be more active in class to improve my performance in my class. This is because the more you ask questions and the more interactive in class that you are the better you tend to do on assignments as well. An example of me using this step in action would be me
Even for only a little bit, I will go through all of the notes, practice vocab, and review the concepts. The reason to study every night is to increase your retention as shown on the retention curve created by Hermann Ebbinghaus. In Ebbinghaus’s research he shows “the amount remembered depends on the amount of time put into it”(Ebbinghaus). Ebbinghaus also shows in a graph the more time people spent learning and rehearsing, the less time relearning, and the more time spent overlearning the subject even less time is needed later on when attempting to relearn the subject. In order to improve my over learning skills I am going to make flashcards for all the significant concepts( and vocabulary, people, etc) and quiz myself on all of the concepts every night in order to ingrain them into my brain. Everyday with the flashcards, before I use them, I will shuffle them, this way when I use the flashcards I can learn all of the cards and not be affected by the serial position effect. The serial position effect is where a person remembers the first and last pieces information in a list better than the information in the middle. By shuffling the cards I will remember all of the information because after a while I will have all of them memorised and not just the beginning and the end of the list. I will study these flash cards every night because according to the spacing effect, studying information dispersed over a period of time will result in better long term retention. By using the spacing effect I will be ready for my tests and have a better retention and avoid cramming. Cramming the night before a test does not yield as much memory retention as utilizing the spacing effect. The use of cramming before a test also has shown negative side effects by raising stress levels and cramming can also become a habit. Prolonged stress on the brain can be toxic on long term
For the first exam, I study very little with a piece of paper that I had written the answer to the question on the study guide on. This did not work well and I ended up doing poorly on the exam. For the second exam, I made flashcards and studied with a
8. Good health. Part of getting good study skills is to be healthy. Get the proper amount of sleep of your age and eat three good meals a day. The brain works better when it has been fed.
Review all of the lessons at night before the examination is what the examinees usually do. Most examinees consider that if they read and prepare themselves for the exam too early, they might forget. The reason is understandable but the truth is it known to increase a lot of stress if examinee can’t perceive and remember the lesson. The important thing that can always raise the chance of performing well is to prepare themselves continuously and managing the time. The process of preparing for the examination can be described in four simple steps.