Student Planner Booklet

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Student Wall Planner and Study Guide
Academic Teacher Resources
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The Student Wall Planner and Study Guide

• The Student Wall Planner and Study Guide are
  very powerful learning tools if used correctly!

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Study Team

• Working as a constructive supportive team we can
  make a real difference
• School Executive
• Teaching Staff
• Parents
• Students

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Student Wall Planner

• Often the case for improvement in study is NOT to
  study harder but rather study smarter.
• Effective study comes from both a will within a
  student and a supportive environment around the
  student that also pushes them to stick to their
  study activities and routine.

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Student Wall Planner

• The Student Wall Planner is designed to
• Help students organise their time far more
  efficiently.
• Allow students to become more aware of their
  study commitments in terms of assignments and
  assessments.
• Allow parents to be part of their childs study
  support routine.

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How to Use the Student Wall Planner

• The Student Wall Planner is laminated, therefore
  each semester the data can be wiped clean and
  revised as needed.
• There are full instructions on how to use the
  Student Wall Planner on the back of the chart as
  well as on the web site.

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How to Use the Student Wall Planner

• The Student Wall Planner is designed so parents
  can review the students study progress and update
  the information to improve study habits and study
  routine.
• The Student Wall Planner can be used from Upper
  Primary School through to Tertiary Level.

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Study Guide

• (1) Study
• (2) Set Goals
• (3) Plan for Success
• (4) Manage Your Time
• (5) Know Your Learning Style

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Study Guide

• (6) Know Your Learning Behaviour
• (7) Manage the Basics
• (8) Analyse Your Progress
• (9) Effective Communication
• (10) Take Responsibility and Act

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Study Guide

• (11) Examination Preparation
• (12) Strategy for Reading
• (13) Manage Test Anxiety
• (14) 5 Day Test Preparation
• (15) Recall and Memory Triggers
• (16) Memory Skills

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Study Guide

• (17) Guidelines for Multiple Choice
• (18) Note Taking
• (19) Some Tips and Other Advice
• (20) Visual Aids with Your Work
• (21) Reference Sources
• (22) And Much More

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Why Study?

• Keep Your Parents and Teachers Happy?
• Improve your
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Self Satisfaction
• Marks

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Study is .

• Something that takes organisation, time and
  effort
• A process of doing things frequently
• Not a natural thing for most people
• Work you set for yourself
• A focus on routine
• Repeated practice until you are confident
• A way of achieving your best personal results
• Making the effort to see your teacher if you do
  not understand things
• A way to avoid the need to cram at the last
  minute
• Growing in confidence about your school work and
  ability

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Study is NOT ..

• Something that only smart students do
• Doing any work set by the teacher
• Reading over things
• Doing assignments
• Homework
• Something you get back to later
• Repeating the same mistakes
• Something you do after you get a bad test result
• Spending lots of hours doing the wrong
  activities
• Sitting in your room for hours just looking
  through your notes

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Study

• Study is
• A routine that you organise and use to achieve
  your very best effort
• An activity that requires discipline

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Set Goals

• With all Goal Setting there are three key points
• Be realistic with your goals
• Set goals that can be measured
• Develop strategies on how your goals are going to
  be achieved

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Plan for Success

• An important part of study skills is being
  organised and seeing the big picture and
  timelines.
• The Student Planner allows students to map out
  the entire Terms work in advance.

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Manage Your Time

• While the amount of time is the same for
  everybody, it is the way we use time that varies
  greatly from one individual to another.
• The Student Planner helps to develop a Daily
  Homework and Study Timetable - Monday to Sunday.

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Study Technique - Learning

• Study Effectiveness
• Learning Style and Learning Behaviour
• Drive/Motivation

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Know Your Learning Style

• Find out which of the three learning styles suits
  you best
• Auditory listening
• Visual seeing and writing
• Kinesthetic motor skills - action
• Your best learning style will help you with
  increased data retention and Study.

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Know Your Learning Behaviours

• Effective learners display some consistent
  behaviours.
• They ACTIVELY seek to advance their learning, OR
• They PASSIVELY wait for everything to come to
  them.

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Managing the Basics

• Make sure your workstation is set to give you the
  best application and remember
• Good lighting
• A comfortable chair
• A desk that has enough room/shelving
• Eating properly
• Solid sleeping patterns
• E-mail, internet, TV, telephone
• Routine
• Family support
• Friends support

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Manage the Basics

• Working Conditions
• Manage Your Body
• Manage Your Availability to Others
• Manage Peer to Peer Study Time

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Analyse Your Progress

• After each test it pays to spend time reviewing
  your efforts and analysing the way that can help
  you discover where you might have gone wrong.
• Learn which methods work for you.
• Change your mind-set to improve!

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Effective Communication

• Parent involvement is a key to helping a
  students study habit.
• Know your childs goals and assist them.
• Review your childs progress regularly.
• Work with and communicate with student and
  teacher.

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Take Responsibility and Act

• Independent learners attempt their own ideas and
  solutions first before seeking assistance from
  others.
• Focus on the process and seek answers for
  yourself before asking for help from others.

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Before the Examination

• 1 Ask your family for support and to give
  you space
• 2 Organise material the night before sheets,
  calculator, pens, uniform
• 3 Review examination schedule am or pm
• 4 Arrive early but not too early
• 5 Avoid mixing with others
• 6 Set your mind, body heart

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In The Examination

• 1 Reading Time three steps
• 1st Requirements
• 2nd Content
• 3rd Ranking Easiest to Hardest
• 2 Writing Plan before jumping in
• 1st Easiest
• 2nd Middle of the Range
• 3rd Hardest
• 3 When finished review middle of the range

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In The Examination

• 4 Avoid spelling errors, use colour, use a
  ruler, use diagrams, show workings
• 5 Spend an appropriate amount of time on each
  question time management.
• 6 Attempt each question.

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In The Examination

• 7 Stretch regularly and deep breathing helps
  with oxygen flow to the brain.
• 8 Stay until the end give it your best shot!
• 9 Once finished dont discuss the paper with
  others.

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Strategy for Reading - Textbooks

• Reading Text Books (SQ3R)
• Survey
• Question
• Read
• Rewrite
• Review

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Strategy for Reading Novels

• Reading Novels (CSTPES)
• Characters
• Setting or Location
• Time Period
• Problem or Conflict
• Events
• Solution

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Manage Test Anxiety

• What is Test Anxiety?
• How do I know if I have Test Anxiety?
• Before a Test,
• When Taking a Test,
• After a Test
• What can I do about Test Anxiety?
• The DETER Strategy
• Direction, Examine, Time, Easiest, Review

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5 Day Test Preparation

• The 5 Day Test Preparation Guide
• Day 1 Gather the information you need to study
• Day 2 Identify the information you think is
  most important
• Day 3 Use remembering strategies
• Day 4 Continue to use remembering strategies
• Day 5 Review questions and answer over a good
  breakfast

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Recall

• Fact
• Each time you review information the quicker you
  can recall the data and the longer you will
  remember the information.

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Recall Over Time
Recall
1st Semester Exams
Final Exams
Topic Test
Time
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Memory Triggers

• Acronym is a word that is formed from the first
  letter of each fact to be remembered
• For example Roygbiv

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Memory Triggers

• Acronyms

Colours of the Rainbow
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Memory Triggers

• Mnemonics similar to acronyms but instead of a
  word you remember a phrase.
• For example The order of classification for
  living things
• K, P, C, F, G, S

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Memory Triggers
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Memory

• Correct information
• Review regularly
• Different methods may include
• Progress Charts
• Visualisation and Pictures
• Verbal or Written
• Stories/Acronyms/Card
• Definitions Flash Cards

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Develop Memory and Recall

• Once you gain knowledge it is likely you will
  forget the information over time
• If you revise that knowledge you can regain the
  data
• Continuous revision you can recall the data
  faster and for longer

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Strategies to Retain and Recall Information

• Nine useful strategies

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Guidelines for Multiple Choice Questions

• Circle important words or items
• Read all choices before selection
• Cross out certain incorrect answers
• Look for answers that are opposite
• Look for hints for right answer
• Normally first choice is correct
• Beware of all (none) of the above

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Note Taking

• Key point diagrams, examples, formulae,
  references
• Quality paper and secured file or booklet
• Organise files and safe school and home
• Develop your own short hand
• Be aware of clues or hints key words, lists,
  diagrams, emphasis
• Plenty of space to make notes now and in the
  future

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Some Tips and Other Advice

• English grammar / spelling / dictionary/
  glossary /daily reading
• Mathematics practice / tables / areas of
  weakness fractions, algebra, divisions
• Science definitions and glossary / diagrams /
  summary

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Visual Aids With Your Work
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Reference Sources
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Other Study Ideas

• 1 Study Group
• 2 Summarise Topics Pages
• 3 Cards Definitions and Key Points
• 4 Diagrams
• 5 Extended Reading (beyond text)
• 6 Review Today's Information
• 7 Review This Weeks Information

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Class Time - Maximise

• Be on Time
• Sit at the front avoid distractions (window,
  fellow students)
• Be alert
• Be organised books, pens, notes
• Engage your mind be pro active
• Revise your notes and handouts each night

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Academic Teacher Resources

• Teaching and Learning Resources
• Student Wall Planner and
• Study Guide