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Study Skills

Study Skills. Penncrest High School. Do you know how to study?. Ask yourself:. Do you repeat what you’re trying to remember to yourself over and over? Do you waste time when studying (you have just finished reading and have no idea what you just read)?

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Study Skills

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  1. Study Skills PenncrestHigh School

  2. Do you know how to study?

  3. Ask yourself: Do you repeat what you’re trying to remember to yourself over and over? Do you waste time when studying (you have just finished reading and have no idea what you just read)? Do you have trouble getting ready to study? Do you have a good place to study? Do you complete ALL of your homework EVERY day? Do you know your learning style? Do you know what to do when you do not understand?

  4. If you answered “yes”… • ….to ANY of those questions, then you are in the right place • We can help you get off to a good start as a brand-new ninth grader at Penncrest High School!

  5. How can you be successful in school?

  6. Success in school is due to • Time Management • Motivation • Good study habits

  7. It takes effort! • YOU must be willing to set aside time to study and do homework. • You will need to sacrifice at times. • BUT, you can actually spend less time studying if you do the right things. • We have ideas and tools to help you!

  8. “You cannot teach a man or woman anything; you can only help them to find it within themselves.” Galileo • “Just as eating against one’s will is injurious to one’s health, so study without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.” Leonardo Da Vinci

  9. What are study skills?

  10. Study Skills • Study skills, or study strategies, are approaches to learning. • Critical to success in school • Essential for acquiring good grades • Useful for learning throughout life • Study skills include an array of skills: • Organizing • Taking in new information • Retaining information • Handling assessments

  11. Top Ten Study Skills For High School Students

  12. 1. Manage Your Time Wisely • Get used to keeping track of your time in high school, and it will pay off for you in college and/or your career path. • Managing your free time is just as important as managing your “busy” time. • Long-term planning • Many people fail tests or exams because they start their preparation too late rather than because they lack the ability. • The most important thought to remember is, “Organize early; prepare regularly.”

  13. 2. Organize! • Priorities can be divided into the following: • Urgent—must be done now • Important—must be done soon • Unimportant—must be done eventually • Keep a weekly or monthly planner, or use a journal. • Make “to do” lists. • Use your iPad or cell phone calendar to keep track of assignments and important dates and events. • Relying on “just remembering” can be difficult when your obligations and assignments start to pile up.

  14. 3. Identify How You Learn • Find out what works for you— • Are you a flashcard student? • Are you a student who needs to write things down many times to learn and remember? • Are you a student who likes to hear material out loud? • Experiment with new strategies • But, hold on to tried and true strategies that have worked for you in the past.

  15. Ask: Is There a Better Way to Study? • Start reading/studying for 10-15 minutes. • Then, build on that once you become comfortable, studying for at least one hour at a time. • Work hard, but be realistic. • Stop if you can no longer concentrate or remember. • Take breaks when studying. • Some (perhaps many) people cram for tests by studying into the wee hours the night before. • Take an honest look at your study habits. • Repeated short sessions of studying are more effective than a six-hour cram session the night before a test.

  16. 5. Catch Some “Zzzs” • Do not stay up until 4:00 a.m. studying for a test! • It won’t work now, and it won’t work in college. • Sleep has been scientifically documented to be a significant factor on your GPA as well as how well you perform on other tasks.

  17. 6. Attend Class and Pay Attention7. Ask Questions • Do not be afraid to ask your teachers for help! • Teachers are not here to scare you; they are valuable resources. • Other students in the class can be great sources of information and support also (plus, they can become friends).

  18. 8. Form Study Groups • Studying with other students and working on assignments together can be helpful. • You can clarify points you may not understand and help others by explaining the part they find difficult. • Teaching others will help you better understand the information also.

  19. 9. Sharpen Those Writing Skills • Learn the “fine art” of the essay. • Take notes in class. • Do not try to write everything your teacher says, but be sure to highlight the important points. • Consider comparing notes with other students to review parts of the lesson you found difficult or you missed. • Both essay writing and note taking are important skills to master for college and career tasks.

  20. 10. Set Up a Study Area • If you always work in one place, your brain will begin to switch into “study mode” as soon as you sit down. • Where you study can determine how much you concentrate. • Make sure the place is comfortable, but not too comfortable. • You want to try to study in the same type of situation in which you will be testing (sitting at a desk or table versus lying across the bed). • Set up your workplace to ensure that the materials you need are always on hand. • Do not interrupt your studying to retrieve something that should have already been there. • Ensure space for books and notebooks as well as a place for memory aids and other materials.

  21. What about music?

  22. It CAN help you learn! Educational psychologists have found that music with a rhythm of 60 beats per minute actually helps you learn! But, most modern music has a rhythm of 100-140 beats per minute, which lowers your brain’s ability to retain information. Classical music has the correct rhythm!

  23. Types of Study Skills

  24. Memorization • The process of committing something to memory • Deliberately storing information in memory for later recall • “Recall by rote” • Reading over notes or a textbook and re-writing notes

  25. PQRST Method • Question: The student formulates questions to be answered. • Summary: The student summarizes the topic, bringing an understanding into the process. • Preview: The student looks at the topic to be learned by glancing over the major headings or the points in the syllabus. • Read: The student reads through the related material, focusing on the information that best relates to the questions formulated earlier. • Test: The student answers the questions drafted earlier.

  26. Flash Cards Summary Summary methods vary, but most involve condensing the large amount of information into shorter notes. Often these notes are then condensed further into key facts. • Flash Cards are visual cues on cards. • Being discrete and separate, they have the advantage of allowing students to re-order them, pick a selection to read over, or choose randomly for self-testing.

  27. Visual Imagery • Some learners have a visual learning style and will benefit greatly from taking information from their studies, which are often heavily verbal, and using visual techniques to help retain it in memory. • Diagrams can be used to bring all the information together and aid the recall of information learned very quickly. Pictures can then be transferred to flash cards that are very effective last-minute revision tools rather than rereading any written material. • Use graphic organizers to help organize and remember information.

  28. Acronyms and Mnemonics Mnemonic Acrostics Acrosticsare phrases or poems in which the first letter of each word or line functions as a cue to help you recall the words that you are trying to remember. For example, “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” is used to remember the order of operations in math (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction). • Amnemonic is a method of organizing and memorizing information. • Some use a simple phrase or fact as a trigger for a longer list of information. • For example, the Great Lakes can be recalled by the word HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior).

  29. Traffic Light System • Green: topics to be studied first—important and also simple • Red: lowest priority—complex and not vital • A traffic lights system is a simple way of identifying the importance of information, highlighting or underlining information in colors. • This process reminds students to start with the things which will provide the quickest benefit, while “red” topics are only dealt with if time allows. • Amber: topics to be studied next—important but time-consuming

  30. Remember— Effective studying is an active process. It requires effective time management, which in turn may reduce your actual time spent studying. Effective studying can produce a sense of understanding, happiness, and mastery. By learning to study in an effective way you not only earn good grades, but you will also please yourself, parents, and teachers. You also do not miss out on your social life. It is a win-win situation.

  31. Good luck, and welcome to PHS!

  32. References: Campusexplorer.com Coedu.usf.edu Examiner.com HowtoStudy.com TestTakingTips.com Wikipedia.org

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