Essential Study Skills are learned in elementary school and developed as the student progresses through middle school, high school and college. The student should improve and practice the essential study skills every year. These study skills need to become automatic in the day to day pursuit of a student’s education. Essential study skills that form the basis of a student’s school career are: the best study time, organizing the material of the class, master the skill of note taking, develop a study schedule, and learn proper research skills. Of the five essential study skills listed here note taking, proper research skills, and organization are the most important skills to master because the others will fall into place.

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The student must experiment different times to find what best suits them as far as the right time to sit down with the books. Not all students study alike or at the same time. By experimenting at different times the student will find the right time for study. It could be immediately after school of it may be just before bedtime but the student must be comfortable with the time selected. In the beginning most students are not in possessing of organization skills. The best to learn how to organize is in elementary school. Each student should have folders of various colors one for each subject they study and maintain the hand outs for each subject in the folder. Note taking can be simple in the beginning but must develop as the student progresses through school. Start out with just trying to capture the highlights of a class and as the student becomes proficient they can develop their own method. All students need to develop a study schedule listing everything they do each day to find open time to enter study time. Remember also to record Tests, project due dates and other important due dates. The last essential study skill is learning to do proper research for those upcoming term papers. This is where the use of three by five cards comes in handy. The underlying method in essential study skills is to develop and practice each skill until it is a part of your daily routine