Strategies for all subjects

1. Study Strategies for All
December 2021

2.  Review: Learning Styles/Bloom’s
 Preparing to Study
 Course Documents
 Attitude
 Reading Effectively
 Note-taking
 Memory Techniques
 Referrals
Overview

3. Visual
Auditory/Aural
Reading
Kinesthetic
 Remembering
 Understanding
 Applying
 Analyzing
 Evaluating
 Creating/Synthesizing
Learning Styles Bloom’s Taxonomy
Review

4.  Identify the best time of day to study
• Morning? Night?
 Find a good place to study
• Few distractions
• Going to the same place signals “study time” to the brain!
 Study difficult or boring subjects first
 TURN OFF PHONE!
 Rotate Study strategies!
• Avoid studying in the same way for more than one hour
 Plan for short breaks in study time
• Take 5-10 minutes to move around, have a chat – but don’t forget to
come back!
Preparing to Study—suggestions for
students

5.  Syllabus—Student Workshop 2/3 @4PM*
 Instructor info
 Learning outcomes
 Materials
 Course calendar
 Rubric
 Guidelines
 Objectives
 Grading Criteria
Course documents

6.  Discourage negative self-talk
 Encourage an open mind
 Move past complaints
 Cite Growth Mindset*
 Hard work
 Good strategies
 Input from others
Attitude

7.  Survey—Preview material.
 Question—Create a question in the margin.
 Read—Read the section.
 Recite—Answer the question in own words.
 Relate—Compare information to something already
known.
 Review—Review, and review again!
Reading—SQ4R

8. Note-taking

9. Note-taking (cont'd)

10. Memory Techniques
Acronyms
Acrostics
Rhymes or songs
Visualization
Chunking
Study in groups

11.  Campus and Community List
 Students Supporting Students
 LinkedIn Learning—Search Study Skills
Referrals

12. Thank you!