SuccessPlanner

Student Wall Planner and Study Guide

LEARN HOW

TO STUDY

Why Study?

Keep Your Parents and Teachers Happy?May be it is to improve:

Knowledge Understanding Self Satisfaction Information Recall Marks

Process

Stop NOW!

Do you NEED to improve?

Yes No

Do you really WANT to improve?

Yes No

Do you BELIEVE you can improve?

Yes No

Do you want to know HOW to improve?

Yes NoNow ACT on the methods to be shown!

Study

Study is not learning. Study (1) is the process that should

help you to retain what you are taught and what you learn in the long term.

Study

By studying what you are taught you will be better able to:

(2) Recall it

(3) Use it

(4) Explain it to others and

(5) Achieve results that are the best reflection of your ability

Study

Study is about:Doing a variety of things to

get your mind actively engaged in your work

Doing things oftenWays that help you remember

and apply what you have been taught

Study

Study is:

(6) A routine that you organise and use to achieve your very best effort

(7) An activity that requires discipline

The 12 Pieces to the Puzzle

1 Set Your Goals 2 Learn (8) How to Study 3 Understand and Use Your (9) Wall Planner 4 (10) Prepare for Examinations 5 Manage the Basics 6 Know Yourself

The 12 Pieces to the Puzzle

7 (11) Motivate Yourself 8 Improve Your Memory and Recall 9 Use Mapping Strategies 10 Improve Your Reading and Essay

Technique 11 Streamline Your Bookwork and Note

Taking Technique 12 (12) Evolve as an Independent Learner

Study is …. Something that takes organisation, time and effort A process of doing things frequently Not a ‘natural’ thing for most people (13) Work you set for yourself

A focus on routine Repeated practice until you are confident (14) A way of achieving your best personal results Making the effort to see your teacher if you do not

understand things A way to avoid the need to ‘cram’ at the last minute Growing in confidence about your school work and

ability

Something that only ‘smart’ students do Doing any work set by the teacher Reading over things Doing assignments Homework Something you ‘get back to later’ Repeating the same mistakes Something you do after you get a bad test result Spending lots of hours doing the wrong activities Sitting in your room for hours just (15) looking

through your notes

Study is NOT ……..

Study Technique - Learning

Study Effectiveness

Learning Style and Learning Behaviour

Drive/Motivation

Study Record

The Student Wall Planner has a Study Record section.

Place a () in the box for each (16) 30 minutes of study you do for each subject area.

Many students find this progress (17) method encouraging.

Homework v’s Study

Sometimes student think study is doing assignments

Sometimes student think study is doing homework

Sometimes student think study is reading over their notes

Study is (18) done to supplement homework and assignments

Even is you have no homework you (19) always have STUDY!

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Homework v’s Study

If no study is done on new material covered in class, then on average one forgets up to 80% of what was taught within 24 hours

However if the new material is studied within 24 hours it takes 7 days before 80% is forgotten

If a 2nd study review is done within the next 7 days then it takes 30 days to forget up to 80% of the material

Think About Your Homework and Study Habits

COMPLETE THE TABLE (1) Try to avoid doing too much (2) Plan Specific times (3) Utilise same period of time daily (4) Specific goal for my homework and

study times (5) Hardest task first?

Think About Your Homework and Study Habits

(6) Start my work on time (7) Review my notes before beginning

assignments (8) Tell friends not to contact me

during homework and study sessions (9) Phone a friend when a task is too

difficult (10) Use weekends to review my

school work

Analyse Your Time

Experiment and try different times and see which works for you.

You simply need to discover which (20) general time (or combinations) suits you best with other activities or interests you have.

Remember to get all things into balance.

Time Analysis Chart (Average Hours Per Week)

Age Homework Assignment Study Total

10 3 3 2 8

11 4 3 2 9

12 5 3 3 11

13 7 4 4 15

14 8 4 4 16

15 9 5 4 18

16 10 6 5 21

17 11 6 6 23

Analyse Your Time

Are you doing the suggested time on homework, assignments and study?

When is the best time of the day to do things?

Early in the morning before school? After school – fresh in your mind? Evening after a meal and relaxed

Try something new – get up early one morning a week for the next 5 weeks to do your work

Other Study Ideas

1 Form a Study Group2 Summarise Topics – Pages3 Cards – Definitions and Key Points4 Diagrams5 Extended Reading (beyond text) 6 Review Daily/Weekly Information