[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-1-en-105":3,"doc-detail-572538-en":53,"doc-seo-572538-105":76},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,14,19,24,29,34,39,44,49],{"id":8,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":11,"show_sort_weight":12,"slug":13},11,1,"Template","Presentations",90,"presentations",{"id":15,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":16,"show_sort_weight":17,"slug":18},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":20,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":21,"show_sort_weight":22,"slug":23},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":25,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":26,"show_sort_weight":27,"slug":28},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":30,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":31,"show_sort_weight":32,"slug":33},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":35,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":36,"show_sort_weight":37,"slug":38},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":40,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":41,"show_sort_weight":42,"slug":43},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":45,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":46,"show_sort_weight":47,"slug":48},21,"Paper Templates",5,"papers-templates",{"id":50,"doc_module":9,"doc_module_name":10,"category_name":51,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":52},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":54},{"doc_id":55,"user_id":56,"nickname":57,"user_avatar":58,"doc_module":9,"category_id":8,"category_name":11,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":60,"doc_content":61,"file_id":62,"file_url":63,"file_type":64,"file_size":65,"view_count":66,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":67,"language":68,"language_code":69,"site_id":70,"html_lang":69,"table_of_contents":71,"faqs":72,"seo_title":73,"seo_description":60,"update_tm":74,"read_time":75},572538,2336475104736,"วิน","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/22000c4c5e0e5b17e70?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1786591360781797222","10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades - While Studying Less","A study guide that helps students earn better grades while reducing time spent studying. It frames academic performance through Desired Preparedness and a Study Time equation based on Class Time, Learning Quality, Study Time, and Study Efficiency. The book emphasizes that grades need not be perfect, focusing instead on practical goal-setting, improving learning during class, and taking action quickly. It is organized into 10 steps covering attention, note-taking, textbooks, planning, environment, organization, procrastination, smarter studying, writing papers, and group projects.","10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less)  \nThis book is free! Have a friend who would find it useful? They can get their own copy right here.  \nIf you like what you read here, you’ll find tons more study tips, career advice, and other info on becoming an awesome college student at College Info Geek ([colle](collegeinfogeek.com)[g](collegeinfogeek.com)[einfo](collegeinfogeek.com)[g](collegeinfogeek.com)[eek.com](collegeinfogeek.com)).  \n—————  \nCopyright © 2015 Thomas Frank  \nAll rights reserved.  \nDone with the help of coffee and more coffee.  \nThanks to all the students who helped edit the first draft of this book!  \n-Ransom P.  \n-Victoria C.  \n-Clayton B.  \n-Audrey C.  \nCover icons:  \n- “Coffee”symbol is by Edward Boatman.  \n- “Book” symbol is by Dmitry Baranovskiy.  \n- “Goat”symbol is by Anand Prahlad.  \n- “Brain”symbol is by anonymous, public domain.  \nAll [icons are from thenounproject.com](icons are from thenounproject.com).  \nIntroduction  \nThere is a goat icon on the cover of this book because putting it there made it easy to start this introduction. Also, goats are hilarious.  \nMoreover, goats are really smart, and they’d probably get damn good grades if they stopped yelling long enough to think about goat school.  \nEnough about goat grades, though-this book is meant to help you improve your grades.  \nA couple facts to put out there before we begin:  \nFor most students, my opinion on grades is that they do not need to be perfect. After you define your goals, you’ll find that your coursework is not a magical Hogwarts train that will take you to them. It’ll help, but alone it’s inadequate. Focus on getting good grades while also gaining skills outside of class, building things, doing extracurriculars, making connections and - yes - making time to have fun. Even if it’s just playing 10 minutes of Goat Simulator (don’t worry, that’s the last goat joke) .  \nThe main point of this book is to help you earn better grades, but the almost-asimportant sub-focus is to cut down your study time. It’s my aim here to give you tools and tactics that help you perform better in less time. There’s a neat little equation I invented below that explains this a little better.  \nThe Study Time Equation  \nWhat are the factors that actually go into earning awesome grades? In my mind, the best way to look at this is to envision the final goal not as the tangible reward-the grade-but rather as the state of being you want to achieve.  \nI define this as Desired Preparedness. This applies to any class you’re in-or, to get more granular, to any specific exam/assignment/project.  \nThe grade is simply a result you can use to quantify your desired preparedness. Once you’ve set that goal, there are four factors that will go into achieving it.  \n1. Class Time  \n10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less)  \n2. Learning Quality  \n3. Study Time  \n4. Study Efficiency  \nGiven those factors, here’s the initial form of the equation:  \nPretty simple, no? Now we just do some algebraic fiddling to solve for Study Time:  \nAssuming you’re committed to attending all your classes, Class Time is fixed. It’sa constant. If you’ve already set a goal for Desired Preparedness, that’s fixed for now as well.  \nThis means you’ve got two variables to work with: Learning Quality and Study Efficiency. To decrease the amount of time you need to spend studying, increase either of them. Or be a baller and increase both.  \nBook Overview  \nThe rest of this book is dedicated to giving you strategies and tactics to do just that. I’ve organized the book into 10 steps, each of which covers a different skill area:  \n• Paying Better Attention in Class  \n10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less)  \n• Taking Effective Notes  \n• Getting More Out of Your Textbooks  \n• Planning Efficiently  \n• Building Your Optimal Study Environment  \n• Staying Organized  \n• Defeating Procrastination  \n• Studying Smarter  \n• Writing Better Papers  \n• Making Group Projects Suck Less  \n","cbCaioqyGLRzfRZ8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioqyGLRzfRZ8","pdf",1491007,3,88,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## The Study Time Equation\n## Book Overview\n# Step 1 - Pay Better Attention in Class","[{\"question\":\"How does the book explain the relationship between grades and studying time?\",\"answer\":\"It uses Desired Preparedness as the underlying goal state, then connects grade outcomes to factors including learning quality and study efficiency to reduce required study time.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the four factors introduced in the Study Time Equation?\",\"answer\":\"The equation includes Class Time, Learning Quality, Study Time, and Study Efficiency, with Class Time treated as fixed for committed students.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized for readers who want to start immediately?\",\"answer\":\"It lists 10 steps as a set of skill levels that can be tackled in any order, encouraging readers to begin with the step that matches their biggest problem area.\"}]","10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades - While Studying Less | PDF",1791927920,31,{"code":4,"msg":77,"data":78},"ok",{"site_id":70,"language":69,"slug":79,"title":59,"keywords":80,"description":60,"schema_data":81,"social_meta":136,"head_meta":138,"extra_data":140,"updated_unix":141},"10-steps-to-earning-awesome-grades-while-studying-less","",{"@graph":82,"@context":135},[83,98,118],{"@type":84,"itemListElement":85},"BreadcrumbList",[86,90,93,95],{"item":87,"name":88,"@type":89,"position":9},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":91,"name":10,"@type":89,"position":92},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/",2,{"item":94,"name":11,"@type":89,"position":66},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/presentations/",{"item":96,"name":59,"@type":89,"position":97},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/10-steps-to-earning-awesome-grades-while-studying-less/572538/",4,{"url":96,"name":59,"@type":99,"image":100,"author":105,"headline":59,"publisher":107,"fileFormat":110,"inLanguage":69,"description":60,"dateModified":111,"datePublished":112,"encodingFormat":110,"isAccessibleForFree":113,"interactionStatistic":114},"DigitalDocument",{"url":101,"@type":102,"width":103,"height":104},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/10-steps-to-earning-awesome-grades-while-studying-less/572538.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":57,"@type":106},"Person",{"url":87,"name":108,"@type":109},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-19","2026-10-13",true,{"@type":115,"interactionType":116,"userInteractionCount":66},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":117},"ViewAction",{"@type":119,"mainEntity":120},"FAQPage",[121,127,131],{"name":122,"@type":123,"acceptedAnswer":124},"How does the book explain the relationship between grades and studying time?","Question",{"text":125,"@type":126},"It uses Desired Preparedness as the underlying goal state, then connects grade outcomes to factors including learning quality and study efficiency to reduce required study time.","Answer",{"name":128,"@type":123,"acceptedAnswer":129},"What are the four factors introduced in the Study Time Equation?",{"text":130,"@type":126},"The equation includes Class Time, Learning Quality, Study Time, and Study Efficiency, with Class Time treated as fixed for committed students.",{"name":132,"@type":123,"acceptedAnswer":133},"How is the book organized for readers who want to start immediately?",{"text":134,"@type":126},"It lists 10 steps as a set of skill levels that can be tackled in any order, encouraging readers to begin with the step that matches their biggest problem area.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":96,"og:type":137,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":108,"og:description":60},"article",{"robots":139,"canonical":96},"index,follow",{"doc_id":55,"site_id":70},1792316605]