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Student Wall Planner and Study Guide
LEARN HOW
TO STUDY
Why Study?
Keep Your Parents and Teachers Happy?May be it is to improve:
Knowledge Understanding Self Satisfaction Information Recall Marks
Process
Stop NOW!
Do you NEED to improve?
Yes No
Do you really WANT to improve?
Yes No
Do you BELIEVE you can improve?
Yes No
Do you want to know HOW to improve?
Yes NoNow ACT on the methods to be shown!
Study
Study is not learning. Study (1) is the process that should
help you to retain what you are taught and what you learn in the long term.
Study
By studying what you are taught you will be better able to:
(2) Recall it
(3) Use it
(4) Explain it to others and
(5) Achieve results that are the best reflection of your ability
Study
Study is about:Doing a variety of things to
get your mind actively engaged in your work
Doing things oftenWays that help you remember
and apply what you have been taught
Study
Study is:
(6) A routine that you organise and use to achieve your very best effort
(7) An activity that requires discipline
The 12 Pieces to the Puzzle
1 Set Your Goals 2 Learn (8) How to Study 3 Understand and Use Your (9) Wall Planner 4 (10) Prepare for Examinations 5 Manage the Basics 6 Know Yourself
The 12 Pieces to the Puzzle
7 (11) Motivate Yourself 8 Improve Your Memory and Recall 9 Use Mapping Strategies 10 Improve Your Reading and Essay
Technique 11 Streamline Your Bookwork and Note
Taking Technique 12 (12) Evolve as an Independent Learner
Study is …. Something that takes organisation, time and effort A process of doing things frequently Not a ‘natural’ thing for most people (13) Work you set for yourself
A focus on routine Repeated practice until you are confident (14) A way of achieving your best personal results Making the effort to see your teacher if you do not
understand things A way to avoid the need to ‘cram’ at the last minute Growing in confidence about your school work and
ability
Something that only ‘smart’ students do Doing any work set by the teacher Reading over things Doing assignments Homework Something you ‘get back to later’ Repeating the same mistakes Something you do after you get a bad test result Spending lots of hours doing the wrong activities Sitting in your room for hours just (15) looking
through your notes
Study is NOT ……..
Study Technique - Learning
Study Effectiveness
Learning Style and Learning Behaviour
Drive/Motivation
Study Record
The Student Wall Planner has a Study Record section.
Place a () in the box for each (16) 30 minutes of study you do for each subject area.
Many students find this progress (17) method encouraging.
Homework v’s Study
Sometimes student think study is doing assignments
Sometimes student think study is doing homework
Sometimes student think study is reading over their notes
Study is (18) done to supplement homework and assignments
Even is you have no homework you (19) always have STUDY!
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Homework v’s Study
If no study is done on new material covered in class, then on average one forgets up to 80% of what was taught within 24 hours
However if the new material is studied within 24 hours it takes 7 days before 80% is forgotten
If a 2nd study review is done within the next 7 days then it takes 30 days to forget up to 80% of the material
Think About Your Homework and Study Habits
COMPLETE THE TABLE (1) Try to avoid doing too much (2) Plan Specific times (3) Utilise same period of time daily (4) Specific goal for my homework and
study times (5) Hardest task first?
Think About Your Homework and Study Habits
(6) Start my work on time (7) Review my notes before beginning
assignments (8) Tell friends not to contact me
during homework and study sessions (9) Phone a friend when a task is too
difficult (10) Use weekends to review my
school work
Analyse Your Time
Experiment and try different times and see which works for you.
You simply need to discover which (20) general time (or combinations) suits you best with other activities or interests you have.
Remember to get all things into balance.
Time Analysis Chart (Average Hours Per Week)
Age Homework Assignment Study Total
10 3 3 2 8
11 4 3 2 9
12 5 3 3 11
13 7 4 4 15
14 8 4 4 16
15 9 5 4 18
16 10 6 5 21
17 11 6 6 23
Analyse Your Time
Are you doing the suggested time on homework, assignments and study?
When is the best time of the day to do things?
Early in the morning before school? After school – fresh in your mind? Evening after a meal and relaxed
Try something new – get up early one morning a week for the next 5 weeks to do your work
Other Study Ideas
1 Form a Study Group2 Summarise Topics – Pages3 Cards – Definitions and Key Points4 Diagrams5 Extended Reading (beyond text) 6 Review Daily/Weekly Information