SuccessPlanner

KNOW YOURSELF

Student Wall Planner and Study Guide

Study Technique - Learning

Study Effectiveness

Learning Style and Learning Behaviour

Drive/Motivation

Know Your Learning Style

(1) Not everybody learns from the same way.

Most people actually have a preferred learning style.

Your Learning Style

Find out which of the three learning styles suits you best: Auditory – listening Visual – seeing and writing Kinesthetic – motor skills - action

Your best learning style will help you with increased data retention and Study.

Your Learning Style

(2) Your learning style has implications for how you study and

Also how you manage your learning at school and at home

Auditory - (3) Learn by Listening

Learn from verbal instructions Talk while you write Remember names but forget faces Distracted by noise Remember by listening, especially

with music Games and pictures are annoying and

distracting

(4) Auditory Learner

Learn from tapes/digital recorder Listen and take notes Review notes frequently Sit in the classroom where you

can hear well Read, summarise and recite it

aloud

Visual (5) – Learn by Seeing + Writing or Drawing

See words or pictures Remember faces but not names Vivid imagination Think in pictures Facial expression can tell their moods Use colour Tend to draw diagrams and flow charts

to summarise

(6) Visual Learner

Use charts, maps Notes and flash cards Practice visualising or picture

words/concepts in your head Write out everything for frequent

and quick visual review Place notes around you

Kinesthetic – (7) Learn by Using Motor Skills – ‘Action’

Learn by doing, being mostly active and moving

Not an avid reader Remember what was done, not what

was seen or discussed Doesn’t ‘hear’ things well Touch is important Impulsive Loves games

(8) Kinesthetic – Learner

Learn taking and keeping notes Write things out several times is

important Explore things physically – mould,

manipulate, hit or pound

Know YourLearning Behaviours

Effective learners (9) ACTIVELY seek to advance their learning,

Ineffective learners (10) PASSIVELY wait for everything to come to them.

Checklist

Use the checklist to give you a quick assessment on how you are using the various (11) learning behaviours as your disposal at the moment.

Learning Behaviour

(12) Changing your habits in and out of class is not a easy task.

If there are learning behaviours you want to work on and change – you have to write them down as your

goal andFrequently ask yourself if you are

making progress or not

Managing Test Anxiety

It is (13) natural to feel anxiety about taking tests.

A little test anxiety helps motivate you to prepare for your best.

It is what you do with the anxiety that is important.

Managing Test Anxiety

(14) Any time you face a challenge in life you are likely to be faced with similar anxious feelings.

If you are too anxious about taking a test it can affect your preparation and your ability to answer questions properly.

What Can I Do About Test Anxiety?

(15) Good Study Techniques

(16) Study Routine is Important

(17) Rest and Well Fed

(18) Stay Away from Junk Foods

(19) Don’t talk to people about the material as you wait to go into the test

(20) Deep Breaths

(21) Focus on Positive Self-Statements

DETER Strategy

Follow a plan for taking the test such as:

(22) D = Directions Read the test directions very carefully

(23) E = Examine Examine the entire test

(24) T = Time Appropriate amount of time per marks given

(25) E = Easiest Easiest questions first

(26) R = Review Allow time for reviewing the test at the end