1 / 42

Learning, Study and Memory Skills

Learning, Study and Memory Skills. by Petris Lapis BCom LLB LLM Master Results Coach. Our Journey. Memory Skills The Learning Mindset How You Learn Best Study Skills Taking Notes Exam Skills. Activity: How Good is Your Memory?. How do you Remember?. Strawberries Turkey Dish cloths

adila
Download Presentation

Learning, Study and Memory Skills

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Learning, Study and Memory Skills by Petris Lapis BComLLB LLMMaster Results Coach

  2. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  3. Activity: How Good is Your Memory?

  4. How do you Remember? • Strawberries • Turkey • Dish cloths • Orange juice • Sausages • Bread • Cookies • Ham • Butter • Ice cream • Matches • Cheese • Self raising flour • Pasta • Tyrannosaurus Rex

  5. Fun Facts About Your Memory • First and last things easier to remember • Patterns, maps and sequences easier to remember • We love oddities • Our brain is good at pictures • Worry makes it hard to remember • It takes practice to have a better memory

  6. Herman Ebbinghaus

  7. More Herman Ebbinghaus

  8. Mnemonics • Rhymes and catch phrases • Spelling acronyms • List order acronyms

  9. Activity: Design Your Own Mnemonics

  10. Memory Pegs

  11. Other Magnificent Memory Ideas • No distractions • File your notes • Think about what you are studying • Stay positive • Make it fun • Make notes • Focus • Learn your way

  12. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  13. The Peak Learning State • Brain waves Beta - alert Alpha - relaxed Theta - drowsy Delta - asleep What is this one? This image comes from The ADD NueroFeedback website (www.addneurofeedback.com).

  14. Using Colour to Help Us

  15. Anchors • How it goes in is how it comes out • Choose your anchor triggers wisely

  16. Activity: Study Mind Set and Anchor

  17. Activity: The Samurai Learning State

  18. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  19. Three Major Learning Styles

  20. Activity: Are You Visual, Auditory or Kinaesthetic?

  21. Active or Passive Learner • Active Learner • Passive Learner Knowledge is never a heavy burden

  22. Activity: Are You an Active or Passive Learner?

  23. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  24. Activity: 50 Great Reasons

  25. Activity: Your Best Ever Study Tips

  26. Some Other Study Tips • Study in quiet • Think positively • Get everything you need before you start • Take a break every 20 to 50 minutes • Eat well • Set goals • Jot down what you learn • Use colours • Be comfortable • Exercise

  27. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  28. Mind Maps Mind map of Madame Curie’s life from www.mindmap.co.uk – artist unknown

  29. Your Own Mind Map Play Fun Family Friends Exercise Happiness Food Being Kind

  30. How to Read a Text Book • Skim and write down main headings • Main ideas under headings – highlight – look for graphs and diagrams – mark important parts • Test your understanding – look for areas you need to read more about

  31. Study Tips Quiz

  32. Your Study Goals

  33. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  34. Before Exams • Prioritise • Manage your time • Study timetable • Prepare and check • Practise

  35. Essay Exams • Read instructions • Allocate time • Show working if question asks for it • Start with easy question • Answer question asked (Not one you wish had been asked)

  36. Multiple Choice Exams • Parts • Test and instructions • Stem of each question • List of distracters • Answer booklet or score sheet

  37. Multiple Choice Exams • Read ALL instructions carefully • First reading • Second reading • Review • Look at time available • Check whether penalties for wrong answers • Answer booklet/score card

  38. Multiple Choice Questions • Examine the stem • Examine the distracters • On second reading • Guessing? • Changing answers

  39. Our Journey • Memory Skills • The Learning Mindset • How You Learn Best • Study Skills • Taking Notes • Exam Skills

  40. Thank You

  41. “May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm on your face. May the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again May you learn easily and May Life hold you softly in the palm of Her hand.” – Old Gaelic Blessing (Modified) Petris LapisExtollo Pty LtdGPO Box 783BRISBANE QLD 4001 (07) 3229-4822 info@extollo.com info@lifeskiller.com

More Related