| METHODS OF STUDYING
1. Three R's of studying: - Read many times.
- Recite in your own words.
- Review often. 2. Memorize by learning Read a section over until it is thoroughly understood. Read aloud with expression. Emphasize difficult points out loud. If you cannot clearly express the ideas in your own words you do not know them yet. 3. Test yourself Make up different types of tests:
(a) True/False
(b) Multiple Choice
(c) Fill in the Blanks
(d) Essay Questions
(e) Numerical Response 4. If you have access to a tape recorder, tape your answers to your "test" questions. Listen to yourself and check your answers. if you found something difficult or you missed part of the answer, try again and again until you have the flill answer in your own words.
5. Note the main ideas and organize the details and examples under these. Then make up your own test questions and answer them later.
FIND THE METHOD THAT SUITS YOU BEST. USE IT. IMPROVE IT. "OVERLEARNING" GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE TO FACE A TEST. QUICK TIPS FOR IMPROVING MEMORY
These Memory Boosters are powerful tools - pick one to practice each week to remember important content. - 1. Connect what you want to remember to a strong emotion through a moving story, song, or activity.
2. Personalize it by using your friends names and things you can relate to from your home and neighborhood.
3. Act it out as a skit or role play in a way to make it fun.
4. Present and review it in all of your senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
5. Embed it in a real-life application that you can relate to and value.
6. Make it important to know.
7. Use distributed exposure - repeat it within 10 minutes, then again in 30 minutes, repeat it the next day, then in two days, then five, and so on.
8. Develop concrete connections and reminders.
9. Summarize it in words or mind maps.
10. Draw a picture that represents it.
11. Use acronyms.
12. Use Memory Chunking- no more than seven things to remember in any category.
13. Put it on a colorful, easily-seen poster and display it above eye height on the left side of your bed. MNEMONIC DEVICES
Mnemonic strategies are memory aids that provide a systematic approach for organizing and remembering facts that have no apparent link or connection of their own. Mnemonics provide the tools necessary to memorize and recall almost any information. 1. Acronyms - use the first letter of each word in a sentence to represent the first letter of the word/list you wish to memorize.
HOMES
(To learn the names of the Great Lakes)
ROY G BIV
(To remember the colors of the rainbow) 2. Poems, Rhymes, Rhythms - use a familiar tune, substitute information to be learned: details, sequencing. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. 3. Chunking group bits of information together - phone numbers 4. Picture - use a picture to help you recall information 5. Name - associate the name of someone to a particular concept / phrase / idea you want to remember COMPLETING A CONCEPT MAP 1. Choose the Concept to be Mapped
2. Identify the objectives that need to be met
3. Collect materials that can be used to supply information Including:
- Textbook, Notebook, Lab Manual
- Other Textbooks (Grade 9 ,Grade 10 or Grade 11)
- Projects and Tests
4. Review the material that is related to the concept you are mapping
5. Summarize the general areas that need to be covered
6. Write these general points as headings
7. Identify the key points under each heading
8. Record the page or reference where this can be found Transfer this chart onto the Concept Map Handout (revise format if necessary)
9. Present your Concept Map to others in your study group
10. Revise your Concept Map based on your study group's feedback
11. Provide members of your group with a copy of your revised Concept Map
12. Go through your tests to find questions related to your concept
13. Cut and paste these on the back of your Concept Map
14. As you read over each concept, refer to the questions to see if you can answer them (without the answer), then check to see if you are right.
15. Try to create another question different from the ones you1ve worked on Test your group, using a combination of your question and past test questions when you are finished a particular unit.
16. Put all of your concept Maps, relating to the same Unit, together for future reference. Last but not the least, studying in group and sharing concepts and other info. are always beneficial, it not only clears doubt but it also makes one feel much more confident. As we,have been provided , such a great platform,by the name of GoIIT for sharing,thinking and learning. SO, PLEASE THINK OVER IT , ITS A TRIED AND TESTED METHOD............ KEEP SMILING..................
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