How to Study

time management skills
assessing, 8
maximizing, 26
tiredness, fighting, 40
TOEFL (Test of English as a 
Foreign Language), 211
topic sentences, including in
papers, 156
“top-of-the-mind” recall, assessing,
6–7
trace, using in essays, 206
true/false tests, taking, 197–198
tutorials, primary emphases,
102–103
U
understanding versus memorizing,
70
V
verbs, using in essays, 205–206
vertical files, using for research,
126
“visual” students, preferences of,
28
Index
229

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W
When? question, answering, 53
Where Does Your Time Go? chart,
81
Where? question, answering, 53
Who? question, answering, 53
Who’s Who series, consulting for
research, 124
Why? question, answering, 54
word clues, seeking, 52–53. See
also key words
writer’s block, overcoming, 157
writing, essence of, 155
writing papers, 12
writing skills, scoring, 11
How to Study
230

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About the Author
Ron Fry is a nationally known spokesperson for the improvement of
public education and an advocate for parents and students playing 
an active role in strengthening personal education programs. Aside
from being the author of the vastly popular How to Study Program,
Fry has edited or written more than 30 different titles — resources
for optimum student success.
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