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Study Skills: Useful Tips for the 7th Grade

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I. TitleII. IntroductionIII. Time Management

I. Setting up a ScheduleII. ExampleIII. Practice

IV. Learning StylesI. Examples of Learning StylesII. Discovering Your Learning Style

V. Note TakingI. What Makes Good Notes?II. How Do You Know What is Important?

VI. Study SkillsI. Flash CardsII. Foldables

Each word will be a link to that portion of the presentation.

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Study SkillsScreen: _3_ of _24_ What Are Study Skills?

Screen Description: Introduction Background: Blue fading into light greyText Attributes: Simple text, black giving the informationAudio: Beginning Narration. When you are getting ready for a test what do you do? Do you cram all night before a test? Do you look through your notes? Or do you not study at all? These are the kinds of things we are going to look at today. What can you do to make your studying effective.Video: NonePictures: Large question markAudience Interaction: None

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Study Skills That We Use• • • • • • The class will chime in at this time to answer this question. Telling the various ways that they study with the teacher filling these into the bullets.

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The First Study Skill: Time Management

• Planning ahead is important

• Don’t leave everything to the last second

• It is easier to remember when you study things over a longer period of time

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Study SkillsScreen: _6_ of _24_ Why Not Cram?

• The brain has an easier time converting from short term to long term memory if the knowledge is repeated sooner after learning

• Learning everything at the last second means you are more likely to forget

Picture Provided by Allyn & Bacon

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So How Do I Manage My Time?

• Create a study schedule so that you will study a little every night

• Underline and change the color of anything important

• FOLLOW YOUR SCHEDULE

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Example

Screen Description: Example of a time scheduleBackground: Blue fading into light greyText Attributes: Very little text except from inside the example. Notice the underlining and color change on the important placesAudio: Here is an example of a time management schedule. You will notice that during this month there are two important events. The Quiz on the 5th and the test on the 19th. You can instantly pick these two out because of their color and the fact that they are underlined. Notice that there is time to review before each of the events. The studying doesn’t occur the day before but instead spread out over several days.Video: NonePictures: A picture of a good exampleAudience Interaction: None

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday Saturday

1Begin studying chapter 1.1

2Study chapter 1.2

3Study chapter 1.3

4Review

5Quiz Today

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8 9 10 11 12Review chapter 1.1

13Review chapter 1.2

14Review chapter 1.3

15Study chapter 1.4

16Study Chapter 1.5

17Review

18Review

19Test Today

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Practice

Screen Description: Practice of a time scheduleBackground: Blue fading into light greyText Attributes: Very little text except from inside the example. Notice the underlining and color change on the important placesAudio: Lets work on an example together. In the coming month we have several big events coming up. What are these? That is right the test on the 11th and the project that is due on the 20th. Lets go ahead and fill these in on the calendar’s that you have been provided while I add them to the calendar up the board. (Filling the two dates) Remember to add several days of time before each to study or in the case of the project to get things done. (Filling in these dates)Video: A jing presentation that will show my screen as a fill in the calendar with the studentsPictures: A picture of a good exampleAudience Interaction: Students will have their own calendar to fill out.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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The Second Study Skill: What Kind of Learner am I?

• There are three types of learners– Auditory– Visual– Tactile

• By finding out what kind of learner you are you can focus your studying on what is most effective

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Lets Find Out Your Learning Style

• Go to the link provided below and take the Learning Style Inventory provided by PSU.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm

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So What Now?• So you are a

Learner– Make sure to look at all your

study material– Use flashcards, flip charts,

and notes– Write out everything for

quick reviews

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Visual

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So What Now?• So you are a

Learner– You might want to tape

lectures– Make sure to sit in lecture

hall where you can hear well– When reviewing something

at home recite it out loud or get someone to read it to you

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Auditory

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So What Now?• So you are a

Learner– Facts you need to learn

should be written down several times

– Notes will be very important for you

– Make study sheets for yourself

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Tactile

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The Third Study Skill: Note Taking

• Notes are important because they are a way to get information when your teacher isn’t present

• So make sure your notes are easy to read

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So How Do I take Notes?• Listen carefully to your

teacher• Make sure to copy anything

that your teacher writes down. IT IS PROBABLY IMPORTANT.

• Rewrite your notes when you get home, make them legible

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Example

Screen Description: Notes taking ExamplesBackground: Blue fading into light greyText Attributes: No textAudio: There are a lot of ways to take notes but one method that I have tried is what is called Cornell Notes. This picture has been provided by Cornell University. As you can see it uses a basic piece of notebook paper and only one side is written on. There are three areas. The note taking area is designed for any notes from class, be sure that your notes are clear and concise, rewrite them if needed. In the cue column put words that will tell you what is in each portion of your notes. The summary section will be filled out after class and you can include the main points of the notes.Video: NonePictures: Example of Cornell NotesAudience Interaction: None

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What Do I Do With My Notes?

• Notes are useless if you don’t use them

• Review your notes within 24 hours of writing them, most students loose the information quickly if you don’t use it

• Rewrite your notes if needed. In some cases this helps you learn them better

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The Fourth Study Skill: Memorization Tools

• No matter how well you learn some thing simply must be memorized

• In order to help memorizing there are several easy tools

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Flash Cards• Flash cards are useful for

memorizing vocabulary words

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Example

Video showing how to create flashcards

Screen Description: Flash card example videoBackground: Blue fading into light greyText Attributes: No TextAudio: Audio is connected to the video. I am going to show you how to create flashcards today. You don’t need many supplies for this, simply some note cards and something to write with. You can use just simple white cards or color code your cards if you like. Flash cards are simple to make. On one side you put the word or event that you want to remember, and on the other side you put the definition. For example, if I was trying to remember words for our science class. On one side I could write down Circulatory system, then I just flip the card over and write the definition.Video: A video of creating flash cardsPictures: NoneAudience Interaction: None

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Foldables• A foldable provides some

of the same benefits that flash cards provide

• The foldable is easier to store and can allow for quicker studying

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Example

Video that shows how to create a foldable

Screen Description: A video to show how to create a foldableBackground: Blue fading into light greyText Attributes: NoneAudio: Audio will be set in the video. We are going to make a foldable. You don’t need much to make a foldable, just a piece of paper, scissors, and something to write with. Fold your piece of paper in half and cut the front fold into multiple flaps. Write the word that you want help memorizing on the outside of the front flap. On the inside of the flap write the definition and draw a picture that exemplifies the word. Simply repeat for each word that you wish to study.Video: A video of creating a foldablePictures: NoneAudience Interaction: None

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