Marty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart

In brief:

• 30 min study sessions with 5 min breaks
• no music except certain study music
• special desk/ room for studying/working
• learn concepts before facts (be able to explain things in your own words)
• take notes
• teach another person
• use mnemonics
• for textbooks: – feel free to move to different chapters- it’s not a novel

– for each chapter: see images, main points and questions

– write down questions in the book

– read bold words, titles, names, main ideas and marked text

– read first and last sentence of each paragraph

– read the whole book

– try to answer questions

– reread the book and answer questions you couldn’t before

– reread with a marker and pencil

– answer questions, come up with your own for the main topics

– write an essay for topics that a child could understand