Effective_Study_Skillbbbbbbbbbbbbbhs.ppt

Editor's Notes

• #1: Learn active, deep processing strategies Explore the different purposes for study tasks Learn about active reading and note making strategies Practise using learning strategies Study skills for college – remembering what worked for you in school or work but then being Aware of the differences in college and making adjustments. Today we’ll focus on reading and notetaking but we’ll touch on other areas too.
• #2: So what are the main differences between School and College?
• #3: School curriculum is limited – you can usually cover most, if not all of it. You get the opportunity to Revise in class and via homework. College curriculum You can’t cover 100% of the course and the content is more difficult, requires time to understand. Have to be smart about what to cover Look ahead to the year in advance
• #5: In school you might hear a teacher asking: Where’s your homework? Where were you this morning? It is a teacher’s job to animate and make a subject interesting. In college, you have to ask When is my essay due? What do I need to do to do well? How do I improve my essay? What is a good essay? It is up you to Take initiative, To engage and make learning active and interesting.
• #6: Make your study more alive.
• #8: Active learning may look like a prayer group or a ouija board session (at least in this photograph) But it is invaluable, it is really about understanding something by doing something with the information: Hands-on learning. Set up a study group (we can help) 2. See your subject everywhere (news, podcasts, see its relevance) 3. Engage in seminars (they are not to check up on you, they are not homework, they are for you to get the most out of). 4. Get to know staff – they are your peers and they are there to help you, if you don’t understand something ask. 5. don’t Attend Lectures to tick a box but to learn more – it really helps to spend 2 or 3 minutes before hand looking over lecture slides if you can get them advance. They are not a replacement for lectures but will help provide a skeleton that you can flesh out at the lecture – like reading the table of contents of a book before reading it. 6. Active Note taking – not transcription – info does not enter your brain, but more like interrogation – getting information out of a source. Talk Teach Write Discussion Visualisation Diagrams & Pictures Summaries Mini-quiz Teach Key points
• #9: There are other ways to revise, ask friends, tutors etc. what they do.
• #10: School curriculum is limited – you can usually cover most, if not all of it. You get the opportunity to Revise in class and via homework. College curriculum You can’t cover 100% of the course and the content is more difficult, requires time to understand. Have to be smart about what to cover Look ahead to the year in advance
• #11: Have a purpose for reading. Why are you reading? Increases your motivation. Gives you a reason and something to look for.
• #14: Overview Summarise main points Understanding Get the gist of the topic Gather supporting evidence Critique or evaluate enjoyment
• #18: Place
• #19: Activate your brain Copy and Paste Makes it Dangerous
• #20: Create summary sheets by topic, main idea or concept. Use diagramming, charting, outlining, mind maps, writing or tables.
• #21: Ok, let’s look at training – preparing and revising for the exam event. I mentioned the importance of knowing the type of exam because you’ll approach them differently. MCQ – Multiple Choice Question – exams are where there’s a stem (Tissue oedema is caused by) and then a list of options (a, b, c, d) that you have to choose the right answer from. This type of exam is looking for you to be able to recognise the right information and it requires accurate knowledge. What does this mean in terms of how you revise? Do not get distracted by false answers There are different types: T/F, What does this mean in terms of revision?