Study Skills Workshop

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Study Skills Workshop

• Thursday, November 4, 2005
• Asian American Center
• F. Michelle Bringas

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What are Effective Habits for Effective Study

• Take responsibility for yourself
• Center yourself around your values and principles
• Put first things first
• Discover your key productivity periods and places
• Consider yourself in a win-win situation
• First understand others then attempt to be
  understood
• Look for better solutions to problems
• Look to continually challenge yourself

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What is the SQ3R Strategy?

• Survey
• Question
• Read
• Recite
• Review

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How Do I Get More Out of my Reading?

• What is the problem?
• How do you read your text book?
• What are some general tips I can apply?
• What is an effective way to use my highlighter?
• How can I stay focused?

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What is the Cornell Method of Note taking?

• Recall Notes Lecture Notes

1. Record
3. Recite
4. Reflect 5. Review
Summary
2. Reduce
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What is Time Management?

• What does everyone have but no one has enough?
• We all have a limited amount of time 168
  hours/week
• We all have more things we would like to do in
  life than we have the time to do.
• We can usually improve our choices about how we
  spend our time, so that we are more likely to
  accomplish our goals.

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How Can I Manage my Time more Effectively?

• I dont have enough time in my day to get all of
  my studying done.
• I have so many things to do. Where do I start?
• I never feel like I get anything accomplished
  when I study.
• How do I implement these recommendations?
• To schedule an individual time management and
  study skills consultation, please contact the
  Coaching for Success Academic Program at
  753-1206.

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Where does your Time go each Week?

• Sleeping
• Dressing grooming
• Meals (preparation eating)
• Attending Class
• Traveling
• Working
• Non academic
• Add total hours

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Where does your Time go each Week?

• 168 hours /week
• - Total Hours
• Time available for studying
• 3 hours per credit hour
• 12 hours 36 credit hours
• Studying is your job

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What Are the 5 Steps to Avoiding Procrastination?

• Step One Identify what do you want to do
• What is the final objective?
• What are the major steps to get there?
• What have you done so far?

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What Are the 5 Steps to Avoiding Procrastination?

• Step Two Identify why you want to do a project
• What is your biggest motivation?
• What other positive results will flow from
  achieving your goal?

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What Are the 5 Steps to Avoiding Procrastination?

• Step Three Identify obstacles
• What is in your power to change?
• What resources outside yourself do you need?
• What will happen if you dont progress?

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What Are the 5 Steps to Avoiding Procrastination?

• Step Four Identify your plan
• What are the steps (large small )?
• How much time will it take?
• What time of the day, week, month will you
  dedicate yourself to work your plan?
• What are your rewards at each accomplishment?
• Build in time to re-assess the plan

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What Are the 5 Steps to Avoiding Procrastination?

• Step Five Be able to admit to realities
• False starts and mistakes are learning
  experiences.
• Distractions and escapes can be managed
• Frustration is a part of the process
• Visualizing your success will help to achieve it