This was a course delivered by Ravishankar Gundlapalli and Vani Shankar at Stanford Splash Fall 2011 on Oct 30, 2011.

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Study Skills and Time Management
Oct 30, 2011
Ravi Gundlapalli Ph.D.
Vani Shankar
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Original Topics
Study Skills
Time Management
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How about these?
Learning Strategies
Time Leadership
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Learning Strategies
Find your learning style
Visual  Take good notes, draw pictures
Auditory  Explain to someone, read aloud
Kinesthetic  Make models, group study
•Pick a style that works
• One style may not work for all subjects
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Learning Strategies
Study regularly, not several
chapters at once
Read ahead, if you can, to get a rough idea
Connect with previous chapters so a story
begins to form in your mind
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Learning Strategies
Shift your mindset
Mindset A: I am preparing for a test
Mindset B: I am learning the subject
Which one do you think is better?
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Learning Strategies
Do your homework, mindfully
Not when
o chatting
o texting
o listening to music on ear phones
o facebook open
o watching tv
o lying upside down  or in odd positions
o in the car on the way to school
o there is lot of noise around you
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Learning Strategies
Explain to someone
Pick one person who you know is listening
Keep a paper or notebook next to you,
write down the topic when this happens
Factoid: We don’t know what we don’t know
Only way to know what we don’t know is to tell
someone what we know
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Learning Strategies
Maintain a Learning Tracker
Got an awesome grade  capture why that
happened (contributing factors)
Fell short of expected grade  reflect on
why and fix it before the next test
Continuously improve the way you learn
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Learning Strategies
Draw pictures or mind maps
A picture is worth a thousand words
Put it up near your study area
Exercise: What is Angioplasty?
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The Real Truth
What you learn may fade away
Way you learn will be your strength for life
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Next Topic
Time Leadership
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Jack has a state-level speech &
debate competition on Nov 19, 2011
When should Jack begin the preparation?
A. The night before, on Nov 18 2011
B. About 2-3 weeks before
Quiz
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Cadel Evans wants to win again in
Tour De France 2012
When should Cadel begin practicing?
A. About 4 months before
B. A week before on June 24th, 2012
Quiz
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Jill wants to get into Harvard Class of
2018
When should Jill begin working at this goal?
A. Summer 2013 (App due: 1/1/14)
B. Starting now
Quiz
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Mom wants to make fresh apple pie
next Sunday
Mom should start preparing the dough …
A. Starting now
B. Night before
Quiz
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Let us reflect…
What can we learn from the Quiz?
- Planning and preparation are important
- Time to start preparing depends on activity
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Time Leadership
Prioritize your tasks
Urgent,
Not Important
Urgent,
Important
Not Urgent,
Not Important
Not Urgent,
Important
Importance
Urgency
Low High
Low
High
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Tasks in a typical week
1. Eating / Sleeping
2. Texting
3. Phone calls
4. Movies/TV
5. Visiting Friends
6. General Reading
7. Hobbies
8. Recreation/Sports
9. Online Games
10. Talents
11. Relaxing
12. School time
13. Homework
14. Help at home
15. Voluntary Activities
16. Chatting/Email
17. School Homework
18. Dreaming
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Game
Place Eight (8) of your most important
tasks (blocks) into the jar of marbles
without letting the marbles spill over
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Lesson Learned – First things First
Reference
Habit #3 from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
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Time Leadership
Analyze your time sinks
• Do not let time lead you, you take the lead
• Maintain a log (approximate) and review
• Plan TV/games/chatting time too, wisely
• Re-prioritize, to minimize time sinks
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Universal Principles of Excellence
• Result is directly proportional to effort
• Focus on the process. Good process will
always yield good results
“We become what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is not an act but a habit”
….Aristotle
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Q & A
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