what we will cover memorising effective reading note-taking using the internet as a study tool
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WHAT WE WILL COVER
• Memorising
• Effective Reading
• Note-Taking
• Using The Internet as a Study Tool
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MEMORY STRATEGIES
MEMORISING
• When you are studying for exams you often have to remember a lot of details, of names, dates, etc.
• Naturally enough, people often find remembering lots of different pieces of information quite difficult.
• However, there is a technique that may prove useful. Firstly, though, let’s test our memories as they are.
MEMORY TEST 1
You have 2 minutes to remember as many items as possible from this shopping list.
Pasta
Carrots
Eggs
Tomatoes
Biscuits
Teabags
Onions
Bolognese sauce
Chicken
Minced beef
Jam
Olive oil
Peppers,
Bread
How many can you remember?
LOCI OR ‘MEMORY PALACE’ TECHNIQUE
• The ‘Loci’ or ‘Memory Palace’ technique is an effective way to increase your capacity to remember different items by associating them in an unusual way with an environment you are familiar with.
• Video that explains how to use the Loci technique
• Video that shows it in action
MEMORY TEST 2The next slide has a list of 15 animals.
Give yourself two minutes to remember all the animals using the loci technique, then write down as many as you can
remember.
Hippo
Killer whale
Spider
Sparrow
Dog
Horse
Lion
Monkey
Goldfish
Wolf
Dolphin
Badger
Pigeon
Scorpion
Snake
HOW MANY DID YOU REMEMBER THIS TIME?
DID THE TECHNIQUE HELP?
EFFECTIVE READING• When you are studying for exams you often have a significant
amount of reading to get through.
• In many cases the things you have to read are quite complex and often difficult to understand e.g. the Shakespeare play.
• Students often report that their eyes ‘glaze over’ when they’re trying to read. Others say that they can spend an hour reading something and then barely remember what they read afterwards.
• There is however a reading technique that can help you engage with even difficult books and texts, and to stay focused, and retain the information you just read.
SQ3R• The S-Q-R-R-R technique is a proven method to help engagement
with text and retention of information after reading.
• It stands for Skim – Question – Read – Recite – Review.
• This method is highly effective by guiding you through the steps of how to engage with a chapter or article before, during and after the reading process itself.
• Check out the youtube clip for this topic to find out how to use this method, and print the worksheet that helps take you through the steps.
• SQ3R Reading Technique Video
NOTE-TAKING
• A lot of people like to study by taking notes when reading. However, the method they use to take notes often isn’t structured.
• Good note taking is highly structured, and helps you to retain information after the reading process, and the notes can then act as a new study resource in the future.
NOTE-TAKING, THE CORNELL METHOD
• The Cornell Method of note taking is a proven technique that will maximise your learning while taking notes.
• With the Cornell Method, what you do with the information you’ve gathered after taking the notes is as important as the process of taking the notes themselves.
• Check out the youtube clip that goes with this topic for a demonstration How to take Cornel Style Notes
• You can then print out the template worksheet for this topic and try the method yourself!
USING THE INTERNET AS A TOOL FOR STUDY
There are some fantastic web sites available to help with
Leaving Certificate study. They won’t replace using your
notes, text books or other study guides. But they will allow
you to take a break from ‘reading and writing’. You can also
use them to jog your memory in an exam.
READ & LISTEN
Before you start, download MyStudyBar or NaturalReaders.
You can then copy and paste text from any of these websites
into Microsoft Word, and then use these software
programmes to turn them into an mp3.
ONLINE MATHS HELP
http://www.mathcentre.co.uk/students/courses
Is a good site to help with your Maths study. It includes iPod videos, lessons, test yourself
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/ Is a good site for revising, practising & testing yourself
ONLINE ENGLISH HELP
skool.ie and Sparknotes have great resources for poetry, the comparative text and film studies.
http://www.skoool.ie/examcentre_senior.asp?id=5273
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/
SCIENCE - ONLINE HELP
• Interactive periodic table with videos from the University of Nottingham
http://www.periodicvideos.com/
BUSINESS- ONLINE HELP
• skool.ie has interactive lessons and tests
http://www.skoool.ie/senior.asp?id=1174
• This site has great Video tutorials: e.g. guide to financial statements
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/statements/view_tutorial.html
LANGUAGES
• Listen to and watch programmes, read the transcript, do the worksheets
GEOGRAPHY
• Simply type your topic into YouTube, settle back and watch / listen. Tip: re-calling these videos is very useful in the exam as they will give you a structure to write to.
• For example google ‘dynamics of population’ you will get a dynamic list of online video resources
HISTORY
• You can also use YouTube for history topics.
• Another useful site is History In Service.
• Type in the period in history, topic and primary or secondary source