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Forget W hat You K now A bout Good S tu d y Habits
B enedict C arey
Take the notion that children have specific learning 
styles, that some are ‘visual learners’ and others are 
auditory; some are «left-brain» students, others «right- 
brain.» In a recent review of the relevant research, 
published in the journal Psychological Science in the 
Public Interest, a team of psychologists found almost 
zero support for such ideas. ...
Psychologists have discovered that some of the 
most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong. 
For instance, many study skills courses insist that
a ) ___________, a study room or a quiet corner of
the library, to take their work. The research finds 
just the opposite. In one classic 1978 experiment,
psychologists found that college students who studied 
a list of 40 vocabulary words in two different rooms 
one windowless and cluttered, the other modern, with
a view on a courtyard b ) ___________ who studied
the words twice, in the same room. Later studies have 
confirmed the finding, for a variety of topics. ...
In a study recently posted online by the journal 
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Doug Rohrer and 
Kelli Taylor of the University of South Florida 
taught a group of fourth graders four equations,
c)
. Half of the children learned by
studying repeated examples of one equation, say, 
calculating the number of prism faces when given the

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10 Answer the questions.
a. What did the psychologists find in 1978?
b. What was the outcome of the research?
11
Do the following psychological test using 
1-5 
scale. (Ask your teacher to tell your results).
Effective Habits for Effective Study
5-Always; 4-Most of time; 3-Half the time; 
2-Sometimes when I think of it; 1-Never.
a. I set a positive mood for my studies, and schedule 
a productive time to study, find a less distracting 
space, etc.
b. I vary my study activities to include not just 
reading, but also group discussions and hand-on 
work.
c. I organise and centralize notes and assignments, 
both in a notebook and in a folder in my computer.
d. Each week I dedicate a short time to review my 
notes and assignments and then evaluate my 
progress.
e. Before each class or study session I review the 
assignment and my notes.
f. After each class or lecture, I review and organise 
my notes as quickly as possible.
g. After studying a unit, I transfer what I have 
learned into my own words and examples.
h. I mark what I do not understand, and seek 
alternatives (experts, websites, textbooks) for help.
i. I separate vocabulary and concepts that are new to 
me, define them on note cards, and talk about them 
in study groups.
i. I reward myself for well done assignments.
number of sides at the base, then moving on to the 
next type of calculation, studying repeated examples
of that, d )_______________ which included examples
of all four types of calculations grouped together. Both 
groups solved sample problems along the way, as they
studied. A day later, e) _____________, presenting
new problems of the same type. The children who 
had studied mixed sets did twice as well as the 
others, outscoring them 77 per cent to 38 per cent.
f ) ___________ the same in experiments involving
adults and younger children.
Cognitive scientists do not deny that honest-to- 
goodness cramming g ) ___________. But hurriedly
12 Tick the correct tips to write a diary.