Complete these interactive practice exercises that correspond to the Internet icons located throughout your textbook.

Chapter   1:   Discovering Your Learning Styles

• Practice 1 - Cognitive Learning Styles Preferences
• Practice 2 - Other Learning Styles
• Practice 3 - Multiple Intelligences

Chapter   2:   Processing Information Into Your Memory System

• Practice 1 - The Information Processing Model
• Practice 2 - Twelve Principles of Memory

Chapter   3:   Managing Your Time

• Practice 1 - Increase-Decrease Method
• Practice 2 - Using Schedules
• Practice 3 - Applying Time Management

Chapter   4:   Setting Goals

• Practice 1 - Different Kinds of Goals
• Practice 2 - Tips for Reaching Goals
• Practice 3 - Goal-Setting and Time Management
• Practice 4 - Summary Notes

Chapter   5:   Increasing Concentration; Decreasing Stress and Procrastination

• Practice 1 - Setting the Physical Stage for Concentration
• Practice 2 - Setting the Mental Stage for Concentration
• Practice 3 - Techniques for Dealing with Internal and External Distractors
• Practice 4 - Decreasing Stress
• Practice 5 - Decreasing Procrastination

Chapter   6:   Boosting Your Memory and Preparing for Tests

• Practice 1 - Five Theories of Forgetting
• Practice 2 - Using Mnemonics to Boost Your Memory
• Practice 3 - Preparing for Tests
• Practice 4 - Dealing with Sources of Test Anxiety

Chapter   7:   Using a Reading System

• Practice 1 - Surveying a Textbook
• Practice 2 - Surveying a Chapter
• Practice 3 - Using the SQ4R Reading System
• Practice 4 - Recording on Index Cards
• Practice 5 - Recording in the Margins

Chapter   8:   Strengthening Comprehension and Critical Thinking Skills

• Practice 1 - Active Reading and Thinking
• Practice 2 - Understanding What You Read
• Practice 3 - Using Word Structure Clues (Roots)
• Practice 4 - Identifying Main Ideas
• Practice 5 - Understanding Organizational Patterns
• Practice 6 - Annotating Your Textbooks
• Practice 7 - Writing Summaries

Chapter   9:   Creating Cornell Notes for Textbooks

• Practice 1 - Using the Five R's of Cornell #1
• Practice 2 - Using the Five R's of Cornell #2

Chapter 10:   Listening and Taking Lecture Notes

• Practice 1 - Understanding Listening Skills
• Practice 2 - Strengthening Your Listening Skills
• Practice 3 - Using the Cornell Note Taking System for Lectures
• Practice 4 - Techniques for Recording Information
• Practice 5 - Techniques for Organizing Information
• Practice 6 - Finding Solutions to Common Notetaking Problems

Chapter 11:   Using a Variety of Notetaking Systems

• Practice 1 - Creating Visual Mappings
• Practice 2 - How to Study from Visual Mappings
• Practice 3 - Creating Hierarchies
• Practice 4 - How to Study from Hierarchies
• Practice 5 - Creating Comparison Charts
• Practice 7 - Creating Three-Column Notes

Chapter 12:   Developing Strategies for Objective Tests

• Practice 1 - Performing Well on Tests
• Practice 2 - Use Four Levels of Response
• Practice 3 - Answering True-False Questions
• Practice 4 - Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
• Practice 5 - Answering on Matching Tests
• Practice 6 - Ten Educated Guessing Strategies
• Practice 7 - Taking Computerized Tests

Chapter 13:   Developing Strategies for Recall, Math, and Essay Tests

• Practice 1 - Answering Recall Questions 1
• Practice 2 - Answering Recall Questions 2
• Practice 3 - Taking Math Tests
• Practice 4 - Preparing for Essay Tests
• Practice 5 - Understanding Direction Words
• Practice 6 - Strategies for Answering Essay Questions
• Practice 7 - Exercise 13.9 Optional Assignment
• Practice 8 - Exercise 13.10 Writing Essay Answers