Study Skills

Elements of Study Skills

100

When you:

Write down assignments in an agenda book

Devise a “To Do List” short intervals in the beginning

Use a calendar to chunk long term projects and unit tests

Organization

200

• Keep “To Do Lists” short- 15 minute for each task and build stamina over time

• Do hardest assignments first

• Reward with a favorite activity after homework is completed

• Take a minute to reflect….. Were tasks completed during the time frame?

Time Management

300

What are these called:

Kinetic Learner

Visual Learners

Auditory Learners

Learning Styles

400

This is important for: 

• Understanding of key concepts

• Retention of information

• Clarification of unclear topics

Note-Taking

500

• Preview assignment before reading:

•     1. Look at pictures and captions maps, graphs and charts

•     2. Read chapter titles and bold headings and vocabulary in bold print. Try to determine  big picture.
   Read the chapter.

•  Summarize the main idea. It can be orally or in  writing

• This is a skill that takes time and will not be achieved readily

Reading with a purpose

Notetaking

100

When should you: review the class objectives and check Canvas for lecture notes or PowerPoints. 

before each class

200

Should be used as the heading out your outline

topics posted in each PowerPoint  

300

How often you should read your newest notes

at least 3 times per week

400

is use to designate what you want to read again

markings and highlights

500

word that means to take notes

Annotate

Remember

100

• Studies indicate that ________ of material is forgotten within 7 days if it is not reviewed or recited again by the student

66%

200

• Studies indicate that ________ of material is forgotten within 6 weeks if it is not reviewed or recited again by the student

88%

300

a word that is made up by taking the first letters of all the key words or ideas you need to remember and creating a new word out of them.

acronyms

400

Associate a visual image with a word or name to help you remember them better. (To remember the name Rosa Parks picture a woman sitting on a park bench surrounded by roses)

Visual image

500

breaks a long list of numbers into smaller, more manageable chunks.

Chunking

Common Exam Words

100

• Just give the key words, no need to write long sentences

List

200

• This means you need to only list the differences between two things

Contrast

300

• Break down a topic into its parts and discuss the relationships that exist between the whole (topic) and the parts. Be specific. 

Analyse

400

• Give the exact meaning of a word, phrase or concept. Be specific; use details and give examples

Define

500

Said: "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.“ 

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

Common Exam Words 2

100

• Organize the main points and give supporting statements or details.

Outline

200

Give an overview of the subject.

Summarize

300

Mention the two or three most important facts about a person or subject area. Watch for directions that ask you to identify and explain briefly. 

These require more than a few facts. 

Identify

400

• Make a judgment on the topic in question based on the information at hand and your own values and experiences.

Evaluate

500

Said: “Study skills are fundamental to academic competence.”

Jill Seibert professor of psychology University of South Carolina