study skills

1. Study Skills: Do I Really Need This Stuff? (3rd edition)
Chapter 1:
Do I Really Need This Stuff?
Simply put, discipline is doing what you really don’t want to do
so you can do what you really want to do.
--John C. Maxwell
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2. Chapter Outcomes
Identify at least two study skill challenges that you have.
Identify at least two study skill strengths that you have.
Explain how you can use your study skill strengths
to minimize one of your study skill challenges.
List at least five study skill topics covered in this book
that you can use immediately.
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3. Traditional Beliefs
of College Students
College is a
means to an
end.
College is
more than the
classroom
environment.
College
students
already have
the tools they
need to
succeed.
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4. Arguments Against
Study Skills Courses
Why do I need that?
That’s a course for
students with
problems--not me!
I am too smart for this
course!
Why do I need this
course? I do my
homework every
night. Isn’t that
studying?
My adviser made me
take this course.
What a waste of time.
Sounds like an easy
A!
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5. Challenges vs. Strengths
Challenges:
Things which give you difficulties and problems, or which
become obstacles.
Strengths:
Those things you do well.
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Challenge
Overcoming
Strength
Success

6. High School vs. College
High School College
Course materials evolves over term. Syllabus of entire course distributed
on first day.
Smaller class sizes. Large lecture class sizes.
Several grading opportunities. Fewer grading opportunities.
Less freedom. More freedom.
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7. More
Freedom
Fewer
Grading
Chances
Large
Lecture
Size
Syllabus
on first
day
Study
Strategies
Discipline
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8. What Are Study Skills
Study
Your personal effort to learn
something.
Synonyms:
• Inspection
• Reflection
• Contemplation
• Review
• Analysis
• Concentration
Skill
Something you can do with a
degree of expertise.
Synonyms:
• Mastery
• Competence
• Command
• Aptitude
• Expertise
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9. Study
Skills
Your abilities
to learn how to
do academic
things well and
in a disciplined
manner
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10. Core Life Skill Principles
Critical Thinking
Power of Practice
Locus of Control
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11. Gathering
Information
Weighing
Accuracy
Determining
Appropriateness
Making a
Rational Decision
Critical
Thinking
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12. Power of Practice
Practice
Think
Use
Reflect
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13. Locus of Control
External
• Looks outside of self
• Blames others
Internal
• Looks at self
• Accepts Responsibility
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14. Work
Challenges
• Identify Challenge
• Change Behavior
Strengths
• Understand Strengths
• Maintain Habits
Practical
Skills
Academic
Success
Positive
Self Image
Student
Success
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15. Personal Covenant
• I realize that my choices and actions reflect my
priorities.
• I further recognize that my choices and actions
affect my dreams,
and personal well-being.
• I pledge to make choices during this term that
reflect respect, responsibility, and honesty
toward myself and others.
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16. Chapter 1 Review
• Effective study skills will help you discover the
best ways for you to learn and excel on campus.
• You have strengths. Use them. You have
challenges. Recognize them and work to minimize
them.
• Use your critical thinking skills to exam your
strengths and challenges. Practice strategies that
will help you.
• Develop disciplined habits that will take you to
the highest levels you can reach as a student.
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