2. Improving Your Study Skills
Time management
Find a good study environment
Reading textbooks
Take notes accurately and effectively
Revision
3. Time Management
Learn to say ‘NO’
Make a timetable
Plan most demanding activities for the
times when you work best
Fit short tasks into spare moments in the
day
Be realistic - don’t try to achieve the
impossible
Prioritise important and urgent tasks
4. Avoid Time Wasters:
Television
Phone
Visitors
Ineffective planning
Lack of self-
discipline
Procrastination!
6. Tips on overcoming
Procrastination
Break large tasks into small manageable
parts.
Work on difficult or unpleasant tasks first.
Reward yourself when you complete a
task.
Try to study at the same times each day
7. Study Environment
Keep regular study
hours
Be comfortable, but not
too comfortable
Use a clean, clear work
space
Assemble all required
materials
Limit distractions –
QUIET
8. Reading Textbook
S = Survey
Look for structure & organization
of chpt.
Q = Question
Turn each heading into question
3 R’s = Read, Recite, & Review
Read to answer above question
Recite the answer to question
Review – immediate & delayed
SQ3R TechniQue
9. “What we learn with
pleasure we never
forget”
Organized notes help you better understand the
important concepts and ideas of the subject
matter.
Taking notes help you concentrate instead of
day dreaming.
Physically recording the information can help in
incorporating it into memory.
Taking Notes- Advantages
10. THE CORNELL NOTE TAKING
SYSTEM
Recall Column
--2 Inches--
Reduce ideas
after class into
a few words.
Record Column
--6 Inches--
Record the lectures as fully as
possible.
Reduce Column
Reduce the main
points of this page of
your lecture notes.
--21/2
Inches--
11. Record
•Record in Class
•During the lecture, write as many facts
as you can.
•Use shorthand to get the full idea.
•Leave spaces between ideas so you
can fill in more later
12. Recall
Recalling what you wrote in your notes, write
questions in the Recall column of your
notes to quiz yourself on the material.
Write your questions as close as possible to
the beginning of the section in your notes you
are quizzing yourself on.
Write a question for each new idea presented
in your notes.
The questions you write in the Recall column
will become your best method for checking
what you have learned
13. Reduce
Reduce after class
As soon after class as possible,
summarize these ideas and facts in as
few words as possible in the Reduce
Column.
This helps show relationships between
points and strengthens memory.
It also prepares you for exams gradually
and well ahead of time.