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........ "Using the Web" Activities     Part 13: Student Resources: After-School Homework Assistance, College and Career Planning, and Financial Aid Using the Web: Developing Effective Study Skills Overview Many of us associate studying with reviewing notes and textbooks; however, there are numerous strategies that extend beyond these activities and can help you make the most of your study time. Whether you study independently or prefer to share and discuss material with a group, your study style has a great impact on what you learn. The following activity invites you to reflect on your study habits and identify areas for improvement. Respond to the questions below, and investigate the associated Web resources to help you devise an effective study system. When you establish good study routines in the present, you will be set for creative and lifelong learning. How do you learn best?  Click on the Exam Tips link (http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/lsu/online.html#exam) for some questions to help you determine the ways in which you learn best. What motivates you to succeed in your courses and on exams? Check out the Motivating Yourself exercise (http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/motivation.htm) which helps you identify intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Helpful charts prompt you to monitor and record your progress in a course, project, exam, etc. What kind of time management techniques do you use? In what ways could you manage your time more efficiently?  Visit Techniques to Manage Procrastination (http://128.32.89.153/CalRen/procrastechniques.html) and compare your time management approach with the techniques listed in the Web site. Describe your "study system". Be sure to include such details as where you typically study, with whom, for what period of time, and so forth. Go to Index Study System (http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tstprp4.htm) for a method of studying that encourages reflection and offers a gauge for assessing how well you know the material. In what ways is your study system successful? In what areas do you desire improvement?  Incorporate some of the strategies listed at Thinking Like a Genius (http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/Genius.htm) into your study system to help you learn productively and creatively like Leonardo da Vinci, Einstein, and other great thinkers.     Copyright © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved.