Study SkillsStudy Skills

Active Learner vs Passive Active Learner vs Passive LearnerLearner

Active vs Passive LearningActive vs Passive Learning

Engaged in materialEngaged in material

QuestioningQuestioning

HighlightingHighlighting

Attention: “ Be here Attention: “ Be here now”now”

Using associationsUsing associations

Using repetitionUsing repetition

Creating organizationCreating organization

Disengaged in Disengaged in materialmaterial

Passively listening or Passively listening or reading materialreading material

Attention: wonderingAttention: wondering

Not utilizing learning Not utilizing learning strategiesstrategies

Not asking brain:Not asking brain:

““What do I know?”What do I know?”

Memory ModelRegistration

Short – TermMemory

Working Memory

Rehearsal•Practice•Organize•Associate

Long – TermMemory

Loss ofMemory/Forgetting

Methods for Remembering DataMethods for Remembering Data

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What methods do you use to remember What methods do you use to remember information? phone numbers , names , information? phone numbers , names , dates, random data?dates, random data?

Useful Study tipsUseful Study tips

Study groupsStudy groups

Daily recall of new data : mind map, group Daily recall of new data : mind map, group discussion, tell a frienddiscussion, tell a friend

Train brain to focus ( checkmark exercise) Train brain to focus ( checkmark exercise)

Reciprocal teaching ( peer teaching)Reciprocal teaching ( peer teaching)

WHAT IS AN ACTIVE LEARNER?

TaskTask Passive LearnersPassive Learners Active LearnersActive Learners

Class LecturesClass Lectures Try to write everything that the Try to write everything that the professor saysprofessor says

Decide what is important and then Decide what is important and then write it out in own wordswrite it out in own words

Textbook ReadingsTextbook Readings Read (all you do is move your Read (all you do is move your eyeballs from line to line down eyeballs from line to line down the page) then get bored or fall the page) then get bored or fall asleep, forget what you read by asleep, forget what you read by the time you get to the end of the the time you get to the end of the paragraph or pageparagraph or page

Read, think, underline key Read, think, underline key concepts, question, try to link concepts, question, try to link ideas, create a structure for the ideas, create a structure for the topic, map out the structure, topic, map out the structure, summarize in own words or in table summarize in own words or in table form (for more information on form (for more information on active reading, refer to the handout)active reading, refer to the handout)

StudyingStudying Reread notes, texts and handoutsReread notes, texts and handouts Organize study materials and topics Organize study materials and topics / themes; make outlines, graphs, / themes; make outlines, graphs, charts, diagrams; search for charts, diagrams; search for patterns or trends; figure out patterns or trends; figure out possible exam questions; look for possible exam questions; look for comparisons or contrastscomparisons or contrasts

WHAT IS AN ACTIVE LEARNER?

TaskTask Passive LearnersPassive Learners Active LearnersActive Learners

Written class Written class assignmentsassignments

Follow the instructionsFollow the instructions Discover the purpose and Discover the purpose and significance of the assignment, significance of the assignment, identify the concepts and principles identify the concepts and principles associated with the assignmentassociated with the assignment

Term papersTerm papers Do only what is requiredDo only what is required Try to gain knowledge and make Try to gain knowledge and make connections to course content and connections to course content and objectivesobjectives

Learn materialLearn material Memorize by rote is primary Memorize by rote is primary strategy, may give up easily strategy, may give up easily when work becomes very when work becomes very difficult, interested only in difficult, interested only in gradesgrades

Use meaningful memory skills as Use meaningful memory skills as well as rote, are interested in the well as rote, are interested in the challenge of learning, do not give challenge of learning, do not give up easily, believe they can get up easily, believe they can get smarter by working hardsmarter by working hard