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Study Skills

Study Skills. Summer 2013. I have to read how many chapters by tomorrow?????!!!!!!?????. Why read before class ? Use your syllabus as your best friend Step 1 go to content outline Step 2 find pages in text that address that topic Step 3 highlight or underline those headings

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Study Skills

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  1. Study Skills Summer 2013

  2. I have to read how many chapters by tomorrow?????!!!!!!????? • Why read before class? • Use your syllabus as your best friend • Step 1 go to content outline • Step 2 find pages in text that address that topic • Step 3 highlight or underline those headings • Step 4 go back and read just about those content topics • Step 5 be sure to look at charts, tables, graphs, and boxes Outcome I

  3. How can I improve my reading comprehension? • Have a clear idea of what and why you are reading • Syllabus • Write notes as you go • Only highlight key concepts • Most faculty supply their power point prior to class for you to print and take notes Outcome I

  4. SQ3R method of studying • Before lecture • S = Survey • Preview chapter using syllabus content outline (as discussed previously) • Q= Question • What am I supposed to learn • Get from syllabus learning outcomes and content • R= Read • The paragraphs you marked • After lecture • R= Review • Look at objectives from syllabus and turn them into questions (instant study guide) • R= Recite • Answer questions at end of chapter, study guide; practice NCLEX questions Outcome 2

  5. Structures of Study Groups Teacher tells you in class…………you retain ~20% Go over it again on your own……you retain ~60% Share info with others……………..you retain ~ 90% 3-4 people with similar study habits/schedules and a variety of strengths and weaknesses Set group goals … all must commit to coming prepared Belong to several groups Outcome 3

  6. Study Group Warning!! • Do not split up material among group members for study materials creation • Example of best way to create study guide • All members of group read material and write outline • Each member sends their outline to each other • Integrate outlines into one thorough document for all to use Outcome 3

  7. Using your VARK to get the results that you wantVisual Study Strategies • Notetaking • Use lots of white space • Draw pictures • Spatial arrangements and • Color F O R M A t

  8. More Visual Strategies Create & study Graphics, diagrams, & flow charts Use lots of color, highlighters, pens, underline Use symbols for words + -    

  9. More Visual Strategies Convert your lecture “notes” into a learnable package by reducing them 3:1 into picture pages ++ += Handwrittennotes better than printed Use different font sizes and styles and colors for visual variety

  10. Practice for Visual • Draw a representation of the following concept: • Signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia • Thirst • Frequent urination • Fatigue • Headache • Blurred vision • Trouble concentrating • Increased serum glucose

  11. Aural Study Strategies • Attend classes, you need to hear the presentation • Discuss topics with other students • Explain new ideas to other people • Use a tape recorder • If recorded class – write notes from recordings, translate into your own words and re-record in your own words • Listen to tapes while sleeping at night

  12. More Aural Strategies • Leave lots of white space in notes • Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen • Collaborate with read / write person • Expand your notes after class by talking to others • Read your notes out loud

  13. Practice for Aural • Describe the following concept out loud as if teaching to another person Signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia • Thirst • Frequent urination • Fatigue • Headache • Blurred vision • Trouble concentrating • Increased serum glucose

  14. Read/Write Study Strategies • Emphasis is on words and lists • Write notes from text & lecture • You’ll have excellent notes • Use headings and lists • Convert notes into a learnable package by reducing them 3:1 • Read your notes again and again • Rewrite ideas and principles into other words • Keep re-writing and re-writing

  15. More Read / Write Strategies • Make index cards • Use mnemonics • Steps of the nursing process - ADPIE (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation) • Crossword puzzles, games, scrabble • Practice multiple choice questions • Use NCLEX books • Read topic in multiple sources

  16. Practice for Read/Write • Create a mnemonic for the signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia • Thirst • Frequent urination • Fatigue • Headache • Blurred vision • Trouble concentrating • Increased serum glucose

  17. Kinesthetic Study Strategies • Use all your senses • Sight • Smell • Touch • Hearing • Taste • Convert your “notes” into a learnable package (3:1) • Lecture notes may be poor, so get with read/write person • Talk about your notes with another “K” person

  18. More Kinesthetic Strategies Do case studies/applications of content Write examples of the information Use pictures and photos that illustrate idea Write stories about real life examples of the content Do things to understand ( skills lab, hands on, write stories or case studies, think of examples Study while moving (treadmill, elliptical)

  19. Practice for Kinesthetic • Write a short case study about a patient with hyperglycemia signs and symptoms • Thirst • Frequent urination • Fatigue • Headache • Blurred vision • Trouble concentrating • Increased serum glucose

  20. Multimodal Study Strategies • It is necessary for you to use more than one strategy for learning. • Go to study strategies for your preferences and use strategies from each mode. • Example: Before you buy a new cell phone • See a diagram of how it works • Heard about it from a friend • Read something about it • Try it for yourself

  21. Taking Notes in Class • Many write down only 10% of lecture • Review notes after class with peers • Research study – students who reviewed notes immediately after class recalled 1 ½ times more than group who didn’t review (6 weeks later) • A student who has no notes or doesn’t study notes forgets about 80% of lecture by end of 2 weeks • Students who take copious notes, reviews immediately after lecture and several times before exam remembers 90-100%. Outcome 5

  22. Methods of Taking Notes • Open Notebook Add notes from text or peer Fill in details for concepts on left Define terms on left Class Notes Key words and concepts Terms you don’t know

  23. Cornell Note Taking System ASAP after lecture summarize concisely in RECALL column cover right column and use summary in RECALL column as cues to facts from lecture R CLASS NOTES R E C A L L

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