Do You Have These Study Habits？ 你有這些學習習慣嗎？

by Grace Fleming

景一 編譯

Have you ever wondered how you can bomb1 a test after studying for hours？ A poor test result after many hours of studying is really confusing. If this happens to you， its possible that your current study habits are failing you， but you can turn them.

你是否想知道，在復習了好幾個小時后，為什么還能把考試搞砸？好幾個小時的認真學習只換來糟糕的考試成績，這真的很令人困惑。如果這種情況發生在你身上，可能是你目前的學習習慣不對，但你可以改變它們。

1. Taking Linear2 Notes做線性筆記

Linear notes are lecture notes that students take when they try to write down every word of a lecture in good order. You may be wondering： How can it be bad to write every word of a lecture？ Its not bad to write every word of a lecture， but it is bad to think youre studying effectively if you dont follow up with your linear notes in some way.

You must revisit your notes and put all the information into a chart3 or outline. Right before every new lecture， you should review your notes from days past. You should think and make relationships between key concepts4 before you sit down for a new lecture.

做線性筆記指的是，學生在做課堂筆記時試圖按順序記下每一個單詞。你可能會想：把課堂的每一個字都記下來不好嗎？把一堂課的每一個字都記下來并不是壞事，但如果你不對你的線性筆記采取任何后續手段，卻認為自己是在有效地學習，這就糟糕了。

你必須重新審視你的筆記，并將信息全部歸納到圖表或大綱中去。在每堂新課之前，你應該復習過去幾天的筆記。在坐下來聽新課之前，你應該思考并弄清關鍵概念之間的關系。

2. Highlighting5 the Book在書本上亂做標記

Bright colors on a page make a big visual impact. If you highlight a lot as you read， it may seem like a lot of good studying is going on when that is not the case. Highlighting does make important information stand out on a page， but that doesnt do you much good if you dont follow up with some meaningful active learning with that information. Reading highlighted words again and again is not active enough.

You can put highlighted words onto flashcards6 and practise until you know every concept. You should also develop a way of color-coded highlighting. Highlight new words in one color and new concepts in another， for example. You could also highlight separate topics according to a color code.

頁面上鮮艷的顏色會產生很大的視覺沖擊。你在閱讀的時候如果標記了很多內容，這看上去也許是個好習慣，但事實并非如此。做標記確實會使重要信息在頁面上凸顯出來，但如果你沒有對這些信息進行有意義的主動學習，這就對你沒什么好處。一次又一次地看被標記出來的內容并不算足夠主動的學習。

你可以把標記的內容寫在抽認卡上來進行練習，直到你熟知每一個概念。你還應該制定一套使用不同顏色來做標記的方法。例如，用一種顏色來標記新詞，用另一種顏色來標記新的概念。你還可以用不同顏色來標記不同的主題。

3. Rewriting Notes重……