This study guide outlines different methods for organizing lecture notes and textbook materials to improve comprehension and memory retention. It discusses summarizing information on summary sheets, creating concept maps to arrange information visually, using index cards to organize concepts in a straightforward manner, and predicting essay questions to focus on major topics likely to be tested. The primary advantages of a study guide are reducing the amount of information to be learned and improving memory by putting concepts in your own words. Old exams and commercial study guides can also aid studying by providing practice questions.

1. STUDY GUIDE
Eunice Jane B. Ternio

2. Study Guide
• organize lecture notes and text book material so
that you can increase your comprehension and
memory of large amounts of information.
• The purpose of a study guide is to help you
synthesize and summarize the information.
• Serves as mini outline.
• It is especially useful for difficult or complex
concepts or subject areas.

3. Primary advantage of a study guide
a) reduces the amount of information to
be learned
b) memory is improved by putting the
information in your own words and
organizing it in ways that are meaningful
to you

4. Common types of Study
Guide
SUMMARY SHEET
 This is the most common method of organizing
information. You simply summarize the underlining
and marking both in your text and in your lecture
notes.

5. CONCEPT MAP OR GRAPHIC
OVERVIEW
• Arrange a chapter's titles and subtitles using
geometric shapes such as circles, squares,
triangles, radiating lines and arrows to place
information in a meaningful pattern.

6. INDEX CARDS
• Index cards are an efficient means of organizing
information that can be written in a straightforward
manner.
• Index cards are very easy to make and a few could
even be made after reading a chapter.

7. PREDICTING ESSAY QUESTIONS
• One advantage of essay exams is that you will be
tested on the major concepts. Thus it is relatively
easy to predict the types of questions you will be
asked.

8. OTHER STUDY AIDS
OLD EXAMS
• Old exams are one of
the best ways to test
your grasp of the
information.
• they give you experience
in taking a test using
"real" examples.
COMMERCIAL STUDY
GUIDES
• Many publishers also print
study guides to
accompany the textbook.
They can shortcut your
task of summarizing the
information after studying
the text.

11. Example:

13. THANK YOU! STUDY HARD 