Climb Up-Study Methods and Examination Techniques.

Climb Up

A guidebook on Study Methods and Examination Techniques with Charts and Templates for Scheduling and make a timetable for self-organization.

Helping your children and students with organized and smart study, making notes, revision, and attempting examinations with confidence.

Contents

Chapter One- Who is this book for? 

• School students   
• College and University students       
• Students with a job       
• Time-pressures    
• Fears and complexes     
• Relationship with-teachers     
• Adjusting your pace      
• Concerned parents        
• The Homework    
• Inculcating reading habits      
• Motivating children       
• Keeping in touch with teachers        
• Supervising senior students   
• Taking help from technology  

Chapter Two-Studying  

• Starting your studies    
• Know the syllabus
• Get the reference books and necessities     
• Identify the important parts of your course
• Preferred environment and modes of study
• Place of Study     
• Preferred posture 
• Joint Studies       
• Fighting distractions     
• Preparing plans and timetables        
• What is the plan?
• Timetables 

Chapter Three-Reading 

• Skimming (Examining a book)
• How do you skim-read? 
• Scanning (Locating an important point or topic) 
• How do you scan – read?        
• Serious reading   
• Summarizing       
• How fast can or should you read      
• Vocabulary problems    
• Concentration     
• Prefixes and suffixes     
• Mastering difficult words        
• Vocalization
• Failing to remember      
• Remembering      
• Markings on pages        

Chapter Four-Listening and notes taking  

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• Listening to remember  
• The art of notetaking    
• Filing the notes    
• Classification       
• Use of folders       
• Use of cards         

Chapter Five-Revision   

• Importance of revision   
• Methods of revision       

Chapter Six-Fighting stress and anxiety    

• Anxiety      
• Stress         
• Fighting stress and anxiety    
• Set achievable goals      
• Divide the load    
• Brief diversion     
• Recreation  
• Exercises    

Chapter Seven-At the examination   

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• Getting seated      
• Before starting to answer the questions     
• Answering the questions         
• Writing the answer        
• Reviewing the Answer   
• Number of questions/sections to be attempted   

Chapter Eight-10 Ways to achieving goals.

• Goals: A 10-part formula for setting and achieving your goals

Chapter Nine-Time Management      

• Benefits of Time Management 
• Our time wasters 
• Students’ time wasters  
• Suggestions for effective use of time 
• How to better manage your time      
• Avoid negative traits      

Chapter Ten-Career planning 

• Creating your own destiny      
• A common desire 
• What is a career? 
• Why do we need a career plan?        
• Determine your destiny 
• Need for determination 
• Earn for tomorrow        
• Our view of career planning   
• The need for career planning  
• Self-employment  
• How can parents and teachers help?
• Finding out What interests them      
• Guiding, not instructing
• Experiential learning    
• Think about your future
• Flair for business
• Changing careers 
• Changing counselors     
• Creating self-awareness
• Supplying information  
• Assistance in seeking employment   
• Human needs and career plans       
• Physiological needs       
• Security needs     
• Social needs        
• Internal feelings and emotional satisfaction        
• The desire to go up       
• Employment or self-employment: The Choice is Yours! 
• The most suitable profession  
• Post-choice problems    
• For those who seek employment      
• For those who opt for a business     
• Try to be on the top       
• Towards a successful career   

Chapter Eleven-Glossary of examination terms and Charts.  

Charts and templates

A-1-Stock taking-Plans, Projects, and Uncompleted work.
A-2-Plan and future inventory-
A-3-SWOT and priority-based planner
B-1-Goal Planning Chart
B-2-Goal Planning Statement
C-1-Analysis of Problems and difficulties
C-2-Analysis/solution of interpersonal disagreements.
C-3-Solutions of problems
C-4-How to solve a problem-Step by step exercise.
D-1-Examination initial Planning Chart.
D-2-Examination trend chart, Planner and Status indicator
D-3-Examination Week-ending planner
D-4-Study Progress Chart
D-5-Weekly Plan-Quantitative Plan
D-6-Day-Week-Qualitative time.
D-7-Priority-based Day Planner
D-8-Revision timetable
D-9-Paper attempt planning chart
D-10-Ideas and Points Pool during the examination