Writing

WRITING. Effective writing is quality writing. To achieve this, analyze your writing for two characteristics: content and form, in other words what you write and how you write it. Writing without form is like a human body without skeleton, writing without content is like a skeleton with no flesh ( Mt.Edgecumbe ).If you want your ideas to be clearly and accurately understood, both characteristics must be present in you writing. The writing process consists of the following steps: 1. pre writing, 2. Organizing, 3. writing, 4. revising, 5. editing, 6. writing the final draft after several revisions.

•PREWRITING: is brainstorming. The purpose is to create as many ideas related to the subject as possible, as quickly as possible Examples of brainstorming are listing, fast writing, spidering, and mapping.

•ORGANIZING: is selecting an opinion about the subject, choosing enough of the right type of detail from the prewrite and adding when needed, and crating an order for those details and fitting them into the form.

•WRITING:is simply following the shaping of the form and posting the fragments into complete sentences and adding when needed.

•REVISING: is adding and deleting information, changing the order of the details and forms, and looking for major mechanical errors.

•EDITING: is checking the writing for basic writing errors, like spelling, punctuation marks, and grammar.

•WRITING THE FINAL DRAFT:is the last step in writing when you are finally satisfied with what you have written after several revisions.

Reading

Reading - The way you read while studying is not like reading for pleasure. You can make your study reading more effectively by using the methods "PSQ5R" stand for Purpose, Survey, Question, Read selectively, Recite, "Rite", Reflect, and Review.

•Purpose - Before starting to read, determine your intention for reading the material.
•Survey - Skim the whole material. taking notes of chapter heading, topics, and subtopics .This is a valuable way to save time.
•Question - Decide on the questions that you have to answer. This allows you to actively search for answers to particular problems and rations.
•The 5 "R" - After following the advice you are now ready to read selectively with the purpose and questions in mind; mentally recite what you learn from your reading in outline or point form; then reflect.

Choosing a Study Area

Choosing a Study Area - The right study area is a quiet place with adequate lightning where you can study without anyone bothering you. Have a study desk wit ha chair that supports your back. Never study on your bed, because doing so invites you to lounge and eventually fall off to sleep.

Time Management

Time Management. You can carry out your job as a college student not just college students but also elementary and high school students either efficiently or inefficiently depending on your habit patterns of using time and wasting time.

Best Technique For Developing Efficient Habits of Time

1.Long-Term Schedule - list of fix commitments you are required to meet every week during the semester.

2.Intermediate Schedule - shortlist of major events and amount of work to be completed in each subject.

• Prepare a new list each week, every Sunday night.
• List day first
• Post the list on a wall in your bedroom

3.Short-Term Schedule - list of specific things to be done.

• Write your schedule for the next day before sleeping
• Carry schedule with you, and cross out each item as you accomplish it.