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STUDY SKILLS
Presented by Bui Thi Khoi Nguyen
October 12, 2008
HOW TO SUCCEED IN
COLLEGE?
1) Have Clear Goals
2) Stay Physically and Emotionally Healthy
3) Choose a Professor Carefully
4) Make Good Use of the Library
5) Get Involved in Campus Life
6) Manage Your Money/ Your Time
QUESTIONS
What are your own ideas about what a
“skill” is and how study skills are
developed? Do we need study skills?
DATA ANALYSIS
• Statements:
70
1) We can study well 60
without study skills. 50
40
2) Study skills are
30
20
innate skills.
10
0
3) We need to be
naturally clever if
we want to get good
study results.
Question Question Question
1
2
3
Agree
Don't know
Disagree
OUTLINE
DEFINITION
COMPONENTS
STRATEGIES
EFFECTIVE
STUDY SKILLS
PLANS
STUDYING
TIPS
I. DEFINITION
1) A skill: is a learned activity - something
that you can develop through practice and
reflection.
2) Study skills: involve developing personal
qualities such as awareness, commitment,
determination, perseverance, selfmotivation, time management, positive
thinking.
Reference Source: “The Study Skills Handbook” by Stella Cottrell
II. COMPONENTS
1) Self-awareness and self- evaluation
2) Awareness of what is required
3) Methods, organization and strategies
4) Confidence and permission
5) Familiarity: Practice and habit
Being “naturally clever”?
III. STRATEGIES FOR
DEVELOPING YOUR STUDY
SKILLS
 Main steps:
1) Identifying your current skills and qualities.
(Something you do well, difficulties you
overcame, personal achievements…)
2) Evaluating your skills and setting priorities.
3) Practicing and monitoring your progress
C-R-E-A-M STRATEGY:
(Creative- Reflective- EffectiveActive- Motivated)
WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED
LEARNING STYLE?
1) Are you an Auditory Learner?
Learn best with information presented in an auditory language format:
reading aloud or talking things out.
2) Are you a Visual Learner?
Learn best with information presented in a written language format or
in another visual format such as pictures or diagrams, writing at
chalkboard, clear handouts, and extensive use of an overhead
projector.
3) Are you a Tactile Learner?
Learn best in hands-on learning settings in which they can physically
manipulate something in order to learn about it.
Your learning style is your strength!
EFFECTIVE LEARNING
 Examples of ineffective learning:
a) Work when you are too tired to
concentrate.
b) Listen or read without questioning and
challenging what you hear or read.
c) Sit down to study but let your mind
wander to other matters.
d) Learn things off by heart without really
understanding them.
e) Don’t ask for help when you need it.
f) Don’t make connections between what you
learn in different subject areas
g) Don’t relate your study to real life.
h) Worry that other people have taken far
more notes than you.
i) Lock yourself away to work solidly
EFFECTIVE STUDY SKILLS
"Practice doesn't make perfect; perfect
practice makes perfect." !!!!
Developing creative and critical analytical
thinking skills
The SQ3R method: Survey, Question, Read,
Recite, Review.
Taking Notes
 Managing the time
 Studying in groups
 Making and revising a schedule that
meets your needs and saves time:
Effective diary–keeping

EFFECTIVE DIARY-KEEPING: (a
complete and updated record)
- Write all study deadlines, exam dates,
important days…
- Write where, with whom each appointment
or lecture is.
- Add in very specific study tasks.
- Schedule some free time to review what got
missed.
- Map the times to discuss, think, prepare for
the subject.
Taking Notes
1) Get Ready to Take Notes (Before Class)
2) Take Notes (During Class)
3) Rewrite Your Notes (After Class)
STUDY GROUPS
• Each group member contributes to
discussions.
• Group members actively listen to each
other without interrupting. Only one group
member speaks at a time.
• The other group members work
collaboratively to resolve any concern raised
by a group member.
• Group members are prompt and come
prepared to work.
• The group stays on task with respect to its
agenda.
• Group members show respect for each
other.
• Group members feel free to criticize each
other but keep their criticisms
constructive. This can encourage group
members to reveal their weaknesses so that
they can strengthen them.
• Group members feel free to ask
questions of each other.
• At the end of each study session, an
agenda including specific group
member responsibilities is prepared for
the next session.
• Above all, the positive attitude that “we
can do this together” is maintained.
Powerful Studying Tips
• Study Space: avoid distractions/arrange items where you can
reach them easily.
• Study Habits: Prioritize and stick to it !
• Preparing for Class: use highlighter!
• The Classroom: sit near the front of the class, Think! Writing
down each word is a WASTE OF TIME, Don't be afraid to ask
the teacher or friends.
• Memory Strategies: we remember 90% of what we read,
hear, see, say and do. (FLANAGAN(1997))
• Revision Strategies:
• Test/Examination Taking: try the "memory dump"
technique
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REVISION STRATEGIES
Have a revision mentality for the
whole term:
+clear, visual, colorful and memorable
notes
+ review at regular intervals/don’t wait
until the last minute!
2) Use time carefully:
+ draw up a revision timetable and
priority organizer.
1)
3)
Keep a positive mindset: See difficulties as
challenges to devise new strategies.
4) Work with others: arrange revision
sessions with friends
5) Ask for help
6) Use memory triggers
7) Record yourself answering questions.
8) Stay healthy
TAKING EXAMINATIONS
1) Objective Examinations:
• Surveying
• Knowing the Ground Rules: Always read directions!
• Answering Easy Questions First
• Picking out Key Words: Learn to spot the key words in the
statement that define the meaning
• Reading Multiple-Choice Questions: Eliminate
obvious false choices
• Reading Other Types of Questions: If you don't know
the answer, give it your best guess!
2) Essay Examinations:
Planning your time!
• Follow directions
• Choose the ones you know most about
• Prepare an outline of your answers: do a
"memory-dump."
• Answering essay questions directly
• Good handwriting
• Pay attention to Grammar, punctuation,
and spelling
THE D-E-T-E-R STRATEGY
FOR TAKING TESTS
• D = Directions
• E = Examine
• T = Time
• E = Easiest
• R = Review
IV. PERSONAL DEVELOPING
PLANNING
• Reflection: think deeply who you are, who you want to be,
what you want, why you want it..
• Increasing self-awareness: of your strengths,
inspirations, qualities, ambitions…
• Finding opportunities and choices that
broaden your perspective.
• Taking personal responsibility: for your own
education, choices and forward learning.
Developing a strategy to get where you
want to be: targets, take action, develop skills,
review position.
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
WANT TO IMPROVE AND DO
WELL IN SCHOOL.
Work Smart, not hard!