OASIS

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OASIS

• Office of Academic Support Services
• Peg Dansereau, Director
• Eryn Loney, Coordinator

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OASIS Services

• Peer Tutoring
• Referral conference required
• Scheduled large sessions
• Learning Strategies Counseling and Workshops
• Test-taking skills
• Time management
• Effective study techniques

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OASIS Resources

• Visit us online at http//www.hsc.unt.edu/departm
  ents/oasis/links.htm
• Successful Communication
• Decision Making Responsibility
• Effective Studying Techniques
• Learning by Listening
• Successful Note-taking Outlining
• Controlling Procrastination
• Managing Stress Anxiety
• Study Environment Tips

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Five Types of Studying

• Adapted from The Five Types of Studying and
  As Through Self-Testing, University of Central
  Florida by Dennis Congos

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In reality, its what is donewith the material
thatresults in learning.
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1 Study to Gather Information

• Organize via
• Note cards
• Cornell system

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Overview information map
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Sub-topic information map
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2 Study to Learn Information

• Purpose to move information from STM to LTM
• Example of retrieval strategy
• 1. Look at it until you see nothing new.

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• 2. Conceal, then sketch or list as fast as you
  can.

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• 3. Verify and correct.
• 4. Repeat.

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3 Studying to Check for Learning

• Necessary but not enough
• Rote retrieval practice
• Better
• Integration and application retrieval process
• Best
• Practice questions scrimmage!

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4 Studying to Refresh Learning

• Purpose To reduce forgetting
• Dedicated study area
• Follow study schedule (assess and redo until you
  find one that works!)
• Use small blocks of time to review note cards,
  lists or tables
• Use the weekend to catch up
• Make a special refresh schedule

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5 Studying to Improve Learning Skills

• Grades are your feedback on the effectiveness of
  your learning skills
• Diagnose via post-exam reviews
• Inaccurate or incomplete knowledge or
  understanding
• Test-taking strategies
• Remediate!

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Contact Us

• Ms. Peg Dansereau
• Director of Academic Support
• pdansere_at_hsc.unt.edu
• Ms. Eryn Loney
• Coordinator for Academic Support
• eloney_at_hsc.unt.edu
• OASIS is located in EAD 254 255
• on the second floor in Student Affairs