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Study Skills Corner #8 Understanding Concepts

Study Skills Corner #8 Understanding Concepts. Study Skill #8: Understanding Concepts. What is a concept?. Abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. Why bother to understand and not just memorize? - Meaningless facts are more difficult to memorize

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Study Skills Corner #8 Understanding Concepts

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  1. Study Skills Corner #8 Understanding Concepts

  2. Study Skill #8: Understanding Concepts What is a concept? Abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances Why bother to understand and not just memorize? - Meaningless facts are more difficult to memorize - Reward and satisfaction from your efforts in school - Feel better about your education and yourself - Understanding is a critical personal and professional skill

  3. Learning and Understanding Learning is the process of building understanding - Nobody else can understand for you! - It is an active process - It means making connections between what you already know and what you want to learn - Teachers don’t teach you – you teach yourself! Confusion is the beginning of learning. Don’t fight it, embrace it! Think of it like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Speed of learning ≠ depth of understanding Understanding is a continual process that is never finished.

  4. How Do You Know When You KNOW? How do you know when you understand something? - You can define it in your own words - You can give an example of it - You can diagram it or draw it - You can explain its relationship to other concepts Asking questions is the best way to ensure that you will develop understanding

  5. If You’re Confused While Reading… • Look it up! You need to know definitions of words and terminology when reading. It helps to be able to pronounce the words! • Return to the BIG PICTURE. Where does this fit in? • Jump immediately to the end. Seeing how things “come out” may help you understand what you’re reading • Find another source of information • Find an example

  6. If You’re Confused While Reading… • 6. Retrace your steps. Teachers and authors sometimes skip steps or omit “obvious” things. If you don’t see the connection, return to the last thing you did understand and go from there. • 7. Sleep on it! • 8. Teach someone else, preferably someone who knows less than you do. • 9. Ask for help. BUT…use this as a last resort since working things out on your own is a better learning strategy - and the learning will last longer.

  7. References • Robinson, A. (1993). What Smart Students Know. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc. • Web Site: Learning Science and Earning Excellent Grades at the Same Time. URL: http://www.science.psu.edu/advising/success/learningscience.html • Web Site: Study Skills Web Seminar: Memory and Understanding. URL: http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/Seminar/memory&understanding/memund1.shtml

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