Transcript Study Skills - Lake–Sumter State College

Study Skills
SUMMER 2013
I have to read how many chapters by
tomorrow?????!!!!!!?????
 Why read before class?
 Use your syllabus as your best friend
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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
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go to content outline
find pages in text that address that topic
highlight or underline those headings
go back and read just about those content topics
be sure to look at charts, tables, graphs, and
boxes
Outcome I
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
SQ3R method of studying
 Before lecture
 S = Survey
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Q= Question
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Preview chapter using syllabus content outline (as discussed previously)
What am I supposed to learn
 Get from syllabus learning outcomes and content
R= Read
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The paragraphs you marked
 After lecture
 R= Review
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Look at objectives from syllabus and turn them into questions (instant study
guide)
R= Recite
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Answer questions at end of chapter, study guide; practice NCLEX questions
Outcome 2
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
Study Group Warning!!
 Do not split up material among group members for study
materials creation
 Example of best way to create study guide
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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
Using your VARK to get the results that you want
Visual Study Strategies
More Visual Strategies
 Create & study Graphics, diagrams, & flow charts
 Use lots of color, highlighters, pens, underline
 Use symbols for words
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More Visual Strategies
 Convert your lecture “notes” into a learnable package
by reducing them 3:1 into picture pages
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 Handwritten notes better than printed
 Use different
visual variety
font sizes and styles and colors for
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
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
More Aural Strategies
 Leave lots of white space in notes
 Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen
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Collaborate with read / write person
Expand your notes after class by talking to others
 Read your notes out loud
Practice for Aural
 Describe the following concept out loud as if
teaching to another person
Signs and symptoms of hyperglycemia
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Thirst
Frequent urination
Fatigue
Headache
Blurred vision
Trouble concentrating
Increased serum glucose
Read/Write Study Strategies
 Emphasis is on words and lists
 Write notes from text & lecture
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You’ll have excellent notes
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Use headings and lists
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Convert notes into a learnable package by reducing them 3:1
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Read your notes again and again
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Rewrite ideas and principles into other words
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Keep re-writing and re-writing
More Read / Write Strategies
 Make index cards
 Use mnemonics
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Steps of the nursing process - ADPIE (assessment, diagnosis,
planning, implementation, evaluation)
 Crossword puzzles, games, scrabble
 Practice multiple choice questions
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Use NCLEX books
 Read topic in multiple sources
Practice for Read/Write
 Create a mnemonic for the signs and symptoms of
hyperglycemia
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Thirst
Frequent urination
Fatigue
Headache
Blurred vision
Trouble concentrating
Increased serum glucose
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
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)
Practice for Kinesthetic
 Write a short case study about a patient with
hyperglycemia signs and symptoms
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Thirst
Frequent urination
Fatigue
Headache
Blurred vision
Trouble concentrating
Increased serum glucose
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
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See a diagram of how it works
Heard about it from a friend
Read something about it
Try it for yourself
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
Methods of Taking Notes
 Open Notebook
Class Notes
Add notes from text or
peer
Key words and concepts
Fill in details for
concepts on left
Terms you don’t know
Define terms on left
Cornell Note Taking System
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CLASS NOTES
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ASAP after lecture
summarize concisely in
RECALL column
cover right column and use
summary in RECALL
column as cues to facts
from lecture