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Study Skills

Study Skills. Ms Jane O’Connor. Technique 1. Active recall. Read the text. Close the book. Recite as much of the text as you can remember. Check. Repeat.

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Study Skills

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  1. Study Skills Ms Jane O’Connor

  2. Technique 1 Active recall

  3. Read the text. • Close the book. • Recite as much of the text as you can remember. • Check. • Repeat. (This is a variation of the “Look, Say. Cover, Write, Check” method of learning spellings and vocab. It’s very important not to skip the “check” step) Active Recall

  4. Actively read this paragraph about oxygenated blood. You have 2 ½ minutes.Now, write down as much of the paragraph as you can recall.Finally, compare what you wrote with what’s on the slide. How much did you remember? Did you write down any incorrect information?

  5. Technique 2 Make summary notes on a topic

  6. Reduce a page of text to an index card.You’re aiming to:Simplify the material Identify the important informationShorten the information, leaving out less important detailsTry to reduce the text by 80% or 90%.

  7. Human circulatory system Cardiovascular=heart Pulmonary=lungs Systemic(Blood vessels) = veins artery capillaries • Distributes: • Blood • Nutrients • Oxygen • Carbon dioxide • Hormones Red blood cells White blood cells Platelets Plasma The heart

  8. Now, read the page about environmental factors affecting organisms. The page has about 500 words, so try to summarise it in 50.You have 15 minutes to complete this.When you’re finished, compare your summary with the person beside you.

  9. Technique 3 Make a mind-map, using colour, pictures, text, etc.

  10. Helps us visualise information through using pictures, colour and branches. • Makes us think about the information because we have to think in categories. • Allows us to think in terms of connections and associations, which is a more organic, natural way of thinking. • The next slide explains this, in a mind map. There’s a copy of it on p.5 of your handout. The theory behind mind maps

  11. Read WH Auden’s poem, Funeral Blues. Make your own mind map, using this slide as a guide.

  12. Techniqueno. 4 Leitner Method

  13. Slope of a line (m) m = y2 - y1 if 2 points on the line are (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) x2 - x1 2 points (4,3) and (5,6) m = y2 - y1 =6-3 = 3 = 3 x2 - x15-4 1 *it doesn’t matter which point you use as 1 & which as 2

  14. The Leitner system is a form of spaced repetition that help you study the cards you don't know more often than the cards you already know well. The following video shows you how the system works: In the previous slide, there’s an example of a summary card. In this case, it’s a maths formula. You might learn this by practising active recall, or by doing practice questions. How can you ensure you remember how to apply this formula after you’ve moved on to the next section of the course?

  15. Day 1: Put all your cards in Box 1 and review them. If you get a card right, move it to Box 2. If you get it wrong, it stays in Box 1. • Day 2: Review Box 1 (as on Day 1: move correct cards up to Box 2, but keep incorrect cards in Box 1). • Day 3: Review Box 1. Review Box 2. If you get a card right, move it up to Box 3. If you get it wrong, move it back to Box 1. • Day 4: Review Box 1. Review Box 3. If you get a card right, it can leave the box and you don't have to study it again. If you get it wrong, it goes all the way back to Box 1. Leitnersystem

  16. Homework assigned by teachers is designed to help you practise skills and consolidate classroom learning. Do it. • Start now! Don’t leave revising until the last minute. • You’ll be fine. And finally…

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