Study skills are simply the various skills you need to be able to study efficiently. Many people have surprisingly poor study skills. Attempting to learn facts and recite them like a parrot isn’t enough to pass most exams nowadays.
Not every subject requires exactly the same techniques, but we can identify a list of core skills that are common to most subjects. Without these skills successful study would be difficult or impossible to achieve. Some of these skills are listed below.
The following skills are largely receptive skills. That is, they deal with acquiring and processing new information.
*Skimming consists of reading rapidly to get an overview; when skimming you don’t read every word. Instead you look at introductory pages, titles, headings and any pictures or diagrams for clues about the contents and how the text is structured. You might glance at parts of the main text but would not read it in detail.