Study Habits Quiz: This quiz from the Open University covers four different areas—Organization and Planning; Completing Assignments; Note-taking; and Reading for Learning—and offers feedback on each.

1		EXERCISE: Take the quiz, and take notes on the feedback. Where are your strengths? Where do you need to improve? (While you’re at this site, you might also want to check out its many other useful resources, which include a downloadable study planner, a “getting organized” checklist, and more.

2		EXERCISE: Start at the Instructions page for Version 1. Read the instructions carefully. Now click over to the test itself , and take it. (You can download and print the PDF file, or simply print the HTML page using the “Print” option on the “File” menu.) After you’re done, jot down a few notes below on how you think you did. Next, go to the Following Directions Test [Answer] Key, and check your answers. How’d you do? Did you find some activities more difficult than others? Think for a moment (and take a few notes on) the following: What was the test designed to do? Was it effective? Finally, go to the Explanation of the Following Directions Test. Was the test designed to do what you thought? Did you find the whole process useful in any way? (If so, you might want to try Version 2.)

3		EXERCISE: Perform this exercise—once without paying attention to the clock, and once strictly within the three-minute time limit--and reflect on how well you did. Did you find it more difficult to do the exercise when you were timing yourself? If so, why? What kinds of strategies might you use to overcome the additional stress most of us feel in time-pressured situations?