IMAGINING BEYOND THE POSSIBLE

IMAGINING BEYOND YOUR POSSIBILITIES10 MINUTE ESSENTIAL STUDY SKILLS Presented by The Three Sisterswww.tseas.wordpress.com

1DO YOU THINK YOU CANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE SMART TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL?GOOD STUDENTS SUCCEED BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW HOW TO STUDYThey know enough who know how to learn Henry Adams

2WHAT SCHOOLS TODAY ARE NOT ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS, INCLUDING SMART STUDENTS, FIND SCHOOL DIFFICULT FOR MANY REASONS & MAY FAIL/DROPOUT

STUDENTS ARE DISCOURAGED TO TRY BECAUSE THEY LEARN TO BE AFRAID IN SCHOOL TO FAIL. I have not failed, Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work Thomas Edison

STUDENTS ARE DISCOURAGED TO THINK CRITICALLY BY EDUCATORS WHO DONT LIKE QUESTIONS

3WHAT LEARNING ISTRYING & THINKING & ATTITUDEYOU CAN ONLY FAIL WHEN YOU DONT TRYDONT PERSEVEREAFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKESTHINKING CRITICALLY ASK QUESTIONS THINK FOR YOURSELFIts not that Im so smart, its just that I stay with problems longer Albert Einstein

4ATTITUDENo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor Roosevelt

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5STUDY SKILLS MAKE THE DIFFERENCETHERE IS A LOT SAID ABOUT STUDY SKILLSBUT THESE ARE SIMPLE BASIC STUDY SKILLS TO SHOW YOU HAVE TO LEARNIF YOU ADOPT EVEN A PORTION OF THESE STUDY SKILLS YOU WILL IMPROVE IN SCHOOL

6PREPARATION TECHNIQUESYou learn more in class if you know more before you get there so before class: Read the materialPractice problems. Write down questions Use planners and notebooksCheck school emails constant Bring books and materials

7CLASS NOTES USE SEPARATE NOTEBOOK FOR EACH CLASSLIST THE DATE FOR EACH CLASSREDUCE & CONDENSE NOT EVERYTHING IS CRITICALDEVELOP YOUR OWN SHORT-CUT SYSTEM SO YOU DONT HAVE TO WRITE EVERYTHING IF YOU MISS A CLASS GET THE NOTES ASAPPAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LECTURETEACHER MAY GIVE HINTS AS TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT & WHAT MAY BE ON TEST TEACHER MAY REPEAT IMPORTANT THINGSBEGINNING & ENDING OF LECTUREWHAT TEACHER WRITES ON BOARDHOW TEACHER RESPONDS TO QUESTIONSWHAT TEACHER DISCUSSES THAT IS NOT IN BOOK

8READING THE TEXTBOOK STAY CURRENT WITH READING MOST EFFECTIVE RETENTION STRATEGY IS TO STUDY/READ, SLEEP & REPEAT HIGHLIGHT & MAKE NOTES REDUCE & CONDENSE NOT EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT USE STUDENT SOLUTION MANUALS & STUDY GUIDES READ GROUPS OF WORDS TOGETHER, NOT SINGLE WORDS

9STUDY TECHNIQUESMAKE FLASH CARDSSAY IT OUT LOUDDO BRAIN EXERCISESUSE TECHNIQUES TO MEMORIZEPICTURESRHYMESSONGSSTORIES RELATE TO WHAT YOU KNOWRELATE WORDS TO EACH OTHERMNEMONICS technique to help learning, e.g. a red Indian though he might eat tobacco in church for the correct spelling of arithmetic. ACRONYMS abbreviations, e.g. FIFO, first in first out

10MEMORIZATION THROUGH STORIESRemember as many of the following objects after viewing them for 15 seconds: apple, fence, turkey, fly, rug, car, girl, money, paper, school, bread.

You can remember more by making up a story: On my way to school, I had jumped a fence to get an apple but a wild turkey began chasing me so I wished then that I had a car or a magic rug so I could fly away fast but that would probably cost a lot of money and I had only enough money to buy bread. When I got to school, I borrowed a piece of paper from the girl sitting next to me to write this crazy story.

11TEST PREPARATIONGO TO TEST REVIEW SESSIONSSTUDY WITH OTHERSHELPING OTHERS TO LEARN HELPS YOU LEARNLOOK AT OLD EXAMS IF AVAILABLETALK TO STUDENTS WHO HAD TEACHER BEFORESTUDY NOTES & BOOK AT LEAST TWO TIMESTWO DAYS BEFORE AND DAY BEFOREKNOW HOW YOUR TEACHER TESTSFIRST EXAM HIGHLIGHTS HOW TEACHER TESTS, SUCH AS MULTIPLE CHOICE, ESSAYS, DATES, DETAILS, FROM THE BOOK OR FROM NOTES WHICH HELPS WITH DETERMINING HOW TO STUDY IN THE FUTUREREAD THE TEST INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLYCHECK THE ENTIRE TEST OVER BEFORE STARTING

12TEST TAKING FREE YOUR MINDDATA DUMP: JUST BEFORE YOU GO INTO EXAM REVIEW THE MOST CRITICAL MATERIAL, THEN WHEN YOU FIRST START THE TEST, WRITE DOWN ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, SUCH AS ON THE BACK OR SIDE OF THE TESTANSWER EASY QUESTIONS FIRSTMARK HARD QUESTIONS THAT YOU SKIP SO YOU CAN FIND THEM EASILY LATERMARK QUESTIONS THAT YOU ANSWER BUT WANT TO COME BACK TO CHECKIF YOU START TO OVERTHINK/SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON ONE QUESTION, PUT DOWN ANY PART OF THE ANSWER YOU HAVE AND COME BACK TO IT LATER

13TEST TAKINGBE SURE TO ANSWER THE ENTIRE QUESTIONMULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONSUSE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION READ ALL OF THE ANSWERSBE CAREFUL OF NEGATIVESBE CAREFUL OF ALL OR NONE OF THE ABOVE ANSWERSANSWERS WITH ALWAYS OR NEVER IN THEM ARE USUALLY NOT RIGHTBE CAREFUL OF CARELESS ERRORSUNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON TEST

14VOCABULARYGet over it you have to learn vocabulary for nothing expresses intelligence greater than words.Combining forms are the building blocks.Abused/misused words

15COMBINING FORMSa, an absence, withoutabaway fromadtowardambitwoannot, withoutAntebeforeAntiagainstAutoselfBitwoBiolifeCerebrbrainCircumaroundContraagainstDeaway fromDiathroughDistake apartDysbadEcout, awayEndowithinExoutGento formHemione-halfHeterootherHyperaboveHypobelow

InfrabelowInterbetweenIntrawithinLogoknowledgemegalyenlargementMesomiddleMetachangeMicrosmallmorphoform, shapeNeonewOidresemblingOligofew, littlePanallPerthroughPerisurroundingPhonosoundPhotolightPolymanyPostafterPrebeforeProbeforeRebackRetrobacksinistroleftSubunderneathSuperabove, excessSupraaboveSyntogether, withTransacrossTrophydevelopment

16ABUSED/MISUSEDAccept/exceptRegardless/irregardlessAffect/effectAllusion/illusionAll right/alrightTheir/there/theyreIts/itsAssure/ensure/insurePrincipal/principleCompliment/complementLose/looseWhose/whosYour/youreThan/then

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