2. Study Readiness Training for
IETDs
Session 2

3. Session 2 objectives
• To develop a study system to revise the AFK exam
• To identify mistakes in interpreting MCI
• To write a long-term study plan
• To set study group ground rules

4. Passive versus Active Learning

5. Approaches to Study: Deep vs. Surface Learning

6. Strategic Learning
•Learning to achieve highest possible marks
•Focus on assessment requirements & criteria
•Effort to understand knowledge to show learning
•Focus on perceived approaches of the exam

7. What’s a Study System?
• A way of organizing your learning based on your
preferred learning styles, personality, study
time, motivation, attitudes, goals, beliefs, etc.
• A way of engaging your brain in a deeper way of
thinking that requires the use of notes, mind
maps, outlines, summaries, and revisions

8. Study Systems
A.S.P.I.R.E
• Approach: have a positive attitude, avoid
distractions, & make time in your schedule
•Select: choose what materials to review
•Piece together: synthesize & summarize the material
•Reflect: think about the application of what you
learned
•Evaluate: examine your learning in quizzes and
explore ways to improve your weak areas.

9. Study Systems
M.U.R.D.E.R
• Mood: have the right attitude & study environment
•Understand: mark what you don’t comprehend
•Recall: summarize key information when you finish
studying
•Digest: go back to the material you didn’t
understand, try to understand it and make it easier to
recall
•Expand: apply the concepts you are learning
•Review: go back all over the material until you are
confident of your knowledge

10. 4R’s Learning
• Reducing: condense information into small chunks
• Reciting: say the reduced material in your own words
• Reflecting: connect the new information with concepts
you already know
• Reviewing: revise materials and areas until you
completely understand it

11. Task 1:
Develop your own study system and present it to
your group

12. Exam questions & higher levels of
thinking

13. Multiple Choice Questions

14. Identifying Mistakes in Interpreting MCI

15. Task 2:
Review the exam questions in the handout and
identify mistakes in the interpreting the multiple
choice questions
,

16. Test Taking Strategies
•Begin reviewing early
•Conduct short daily review sessions
•Read texts before study group sessions
•Review notes immediately after group sessions
•Review with a group
•Break up the study tasks into manageable chunks
•Study the most difficult material when you are
alert

17. Developing a Study Plan
It provides a roadmap to prepare for the exams
• Define content areas
• Determine strengths & weaknesses
• Identify resources available
• Develop a realistic schedule
• Study with others
• Plan for self-review sessions

18. Task 3:
Write your long-term study plan to review the AFK
exam blueprint

19. Study Group

20. IETDs Study Group Spirit