Study Skills Checklist

Male_____     Female_____                                       7th grade_____     8th grade_____  

1.   Y   N    I spend too much time studying for what I am learning.

2.   Y   N    I usually spend hours cramming the night before an exam.

3.   Y   N    If I spend as much time on my social activities as I want to, I don’t have 

                   enough time left to study, or when I study enough, I don’t have time for a    

                   social life.

4.   Y   N    I usually try to study with the radio and TV turned on.

5.   Y   N    I can’t sit and study for long periods of time without becoming tired or

                  distracted.

6.   Y   N    I go to class, but I usually doodle, daydream, or fall asleep.

7.   Y   N    My class notes are sometimes difficult to understand later.

8.   Y   N    I usually seem to get the wrong material into my class notes.

9.   Y   N    I don’t review my class notes periodically throughout the semester in

                   preparation for tests.

10.  Y   N   When I get to the end of a chapter, I can’t remember what I’ve just read.

11.  Y   N   I don’t know how to pick out what is important in the text.

12.  Y   N   I can’t keep up with my reading assignments, and then I have to cram the

                   night before a test.

13.  Y   N   I lose a lot of points on essay tests even when I know the material well.

14.  Y   N   I study enough for my tests, but when I get there my mind goes blank.

15.  Y   N   I often study in a haphazard, disorganized way under the threat of the next

                   test.

16.  Y   N   I often find myself getting lost in the detail of reading and have trouble

                   identifying the main ideas.

17.  Y   N   I rarely change my reading speed in response to the difficulty level of the

                   selection, or my familiarity with the content. 

18.  Y   N   I often wish that I could read faster.

19.  Y   N   When my teachers assign papers I feel so overwhelmed that I can’t get

                   started.

20.  Y   N   I usually write my papers the night before they are due.

21.  Y   N   I can’t seem to organize my thoughts into a paper that makes sense.