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Mastering the marterial 7TimelinesIn a world history class, for example, you could put large sheets ofpaper on your bedroom wall to begin timelines. Because you arestudying different countries during similar time periods, you couldwrite each country’s timeline in a different color. Use the same colorsto make notes of events and people in those countries. Or maybe des-ignate a different color for each era—that way you could keep track ofwhat was happening when. If you are using parallel tapes (audio tapesused for similar purposes), categorize them by having one tape foreach country or one for each century.FlashcardsFlashcards or cue cards are a popular learning aid. You can get a bitcreative with them. Lucia uses different-sized index cards for differ-ent subjects: 4 6 for science topics and 3 5 cards for math.Roberta has different colored index cards for various topics, andTimmy writes subcategories in various colored markers. The beautyof index cards is that they are very portable; you can carry them withyou throughout the day in your backpack or purse. Here is an example of a cue card. combination the four basic types of decomposition chemical reaction single-displacement (single-replacement) double-displacement (double-replacement) Front of Card Back of CardAudio RecordingIf one of your learning styles is auditory, try making audiocassettesor CDs on a recording device. Perhaps you want to record a lectureor simply talk to yourself about new information you are studying,recording your observations and connections. Two of the main advantages of using cassettes or CDs for reviewingmaterial is that they can be portable and private if you have the right 10 SECRETS TO ACING ANY HIGH SCHOOL TEST114equipment. Listen on the bus or while jogging or waiting in a dentist’soffice. Tapes and CDs help solidify the material and give greater flex-ibility and variety to your study plan. S O U R C E S I N C Y B E R S PA C E You will find some great study ideas and tips at these URLs. • www.readingmatrix.com/reading/reading_texts.html—How to highlight and take margin notes. • www.mtroyal.ab.ca/CurrentStudents/study_studying.htm—How to study textbooks. • www.maps.jcu.edu.au/netshare/learn/mindmap/—How to make a mind map (mapping).Just the Facts• Be an active reader, skimming ahead, jumping back, and coming up with questions.• After you read, think back on what you read, looking at the big picture.• Rework sample problems and proofs and study the explanations.• Make decisions about what information is important, and then organize it using mastery techniques such as taking notes, high- lighting, rewriting, outlining, mapping, categorizing, and doo- dling.• Make timeline posters, flashcards, cassettes, and CDs for review, variety, and improved recall. 115 Mastering the Materials Secret 9TACKLING MEMORY TRICKS n Spanish class, Señora Solis gave Jack a list of vocab- I ulary words to learn. There were Spanish words in one column with the English translations in the other. Jack took the list home and memorized both columns. He put the list on his bedroom mirror, on his refrigerator, in his notebook, and on his TV set. Jack was proud of his efforts and felt he really knew those words. Then came the test. Jack took one look at it and froze. Señora Solis asked for the English translations of the Spanish words Jack had studied. But she changed the order of the words, and Jack had only memorized the list in a certain order. She also asked how some words fit into sentences. Jack couldn’t fill in the blanks. He could repeat the exact vocabulary list, but he couldn’t translate them at random or use them in a sentence—at least not under the stress of taking a test. Has Jack really learned the words?What do you think Jack can do to ace his next vocabulary quiz inSpanish class? Maybe you would suggest these techniques: Jack can make flash-cards and review them on the bus, mixing up the cards. He can drawpictures of what the words mean. He can use the words in conversa-tion, substituting one of his new Spanish words when it fits into thecontext. Jack can sing the words in the shower or rap their meaningswhile dancing. He can listen for the words on a Spanish TV show orlook for them in a Spanish newspaper. He can visualize crazy picturesto link the words on the list together or to link the terms to informa-tion he already knows. Hey, Jack, arriba! 117 Tackling Memory TricksMEMORIZING AND REMEMBERINGYou are studying a lecture or a textbook chapter. You understand it—and now you want it to stick! How do you make sure you won’t for-get it by tomorrow? The trick is to start by identifying what isimportant to you and relating it to something you know. Use it inyour conversations, write it down, draw it, or record it. Get activelyinvolved with the new material, using your preferred learning style(see Secret #5). Although most students memorize a great deal before a quizor test, the truth is that straight memorizing is the least effective wayto remember anything. Better ways to remember facts and formu-las are:1. associating them with something you already know2. applying multiple senses: hearing, seeing, smelling, touching, speaking3. drawing or diagramming4. using mnemonic devices—memory t ...