SMART Goals
Note Taking
Reading
Listening
Course Extras
100

stretch and challenging goals within ability to achieve outcome.

What Does A in S.M.A.R.T Goals stand for?

Achievable

100

Listing of ideas as they are presented. Lists may be short phrases or complete paragraphs describing ideas in more detail

What is Listing Method? 

100

1. Read carefully first

2. Make choices about what to highlight

3. Recite

4. Underline, then highlight

5. Use highlighting to check your comprehension

 What are the Five Smart Ways to Highlight




100

Make sure you are getting enough sleep and eating nutritious meals, including
breakfast. It’s hard to focus on learning when you’re hungry.
● Make sure you have all materials you’ll need for class
● Be punctual.
● Clear away all other distractions before the instructor starts.  

What is you are physically prepared?

100

168 hours 

What are the hours in a week?

200

How does the goal tie into your key responsibilities?

What Does R in S.M.A.R.T Goals stand for?

Relevant

200

Most important ideas along the left margin, which are numbered. Supporting ideas to these main concepts are indented & are noted with
capital letters. Under each of these ideas, further detail can be added, designated with an Arabic number, a lowercase letter, & so forth

What is Outline Method?

200

● Look at the table of contents

● Preview

○ Survey the entire assignment

○ Flip through the pages of the text

○ Keep preview short

○ Read summary statements

What is preparing to Read?





200

● Get your mind in the right space. 

● Get yourself in the right space. 

● Focus on what is being said. 

● Look for signals. 

● Listen for what is not being said. 

● Sort the information. 

● Take notes. 

● Ask questions. 

What is Are you Really Listening?

200

Can accomplish in 1 to 5 years

What are Mid-term Goals?

300

How will you demonstrate and evaluate the extent to which the goal has been met?

What Does M in S.M.A.R.T Goals stand for?

Measurable

300

Place a central idea in the center of the page and then add lines and new circles in the page for new ideas. Use arrows & lines to connect the various
ideas

What is Concept Maps/Mind-Map Method?

300

● Think about the relationships among

section titles, boldface words, and graphics.

● Skim quickly over parts of the section that

are not related to the key questions.

● Can you define the keywords used in the

text? 

What is Read?




300

Be prepared.
● Position yourself for success.
● Don’t wait. Ask your questions as soon as the instructor has finished a thought.
● In a lecture class, write your questions down.
● Ask specific questions.
● Don’t ask questions for the sake of asking questions.

What is ask questions?

300

Document your sources.

Start your research early

Use citations

What are ways to avoid plagiarism?

400

Set or more target dates, the "by when" to guide your goal to successful and timely completion.

What Does T in S.M.A.R.T Goals stand for?

Time-bound:

400

Two-column approach. The left column takes up no more than a third of the page and is often referred to as the “cue” or “recall” column. The right column
is used for taking notes using any of the methods
described above or a combination of them.

What is Cornell Method?

400

Review again

● Review weekly or monthly

● Look over your notes

● Read highlighted parts of your text

● Recite complicated points

● Be prepared and you can review

anytime, anywhere

● Consider re-reading difficult material 

What is Reviewing?


400

Prepare

Absorb New Ideas (Listening)

Record (Take Notes)

Review/Apply

What are Active Listing Skills?

400

is the ability to discover the value of an idea, a set of beliefs, a claim, or an argument. It requires you to use logic and reasoning to evaluate evidence or information to make a decision or reach a conclusion.

○ a foundation for effective communication,

○ the principal skill used in effective decision making,

○ at the core of creating new knowledge,

○ a way to uncover bias and prejudices.




What is Critical thinking?

500

State exactly what you want to accomplish (Who, What, Where, Why).

What Does S in S.M.A.R.T Goals stand for?

Specific

500

Review

Observe

Record 

What are the 3 phases of Notes?

500

1. Preparing

2. Reading

3. Record (capturing the key idea)

4. Reviewing

What are four steps of Active Reading
500

Prepare

Absorb New Ideas (Listening)

Record (taking notes/memorizing)

Review/Apply

What is Learning Cycle?

500

Fruit, Grain, Dairy, Vegetables, & Protein

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