The document provides study tips for improving grades, including taking organized Cornell notes, using the SQ3R method for reading comprehension, employing memory strategies like acronyms and chaining for recall, managing time wisely, and consistently reviewing material. Key strategies are the Cornell note-taking system, SQ3R for reading, memory techniques, time management principles, and frequent review.
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Study Skills Project
1. IMPROVE YOUR GRADES!
Key Study Skills for Success
Presented by John Jablonski
September 19, 2011
2. TAKE GREAT NOTES!
Cornell Note-Taking Method
Organized and Concise System
Builds on the 5Rs of Note-Taking
Record
Reduce
Recite
Reflect
Review
Robinson, Keith. Cornell Notetaking Method. Lifehaker.com.
Lifehacker.com 13 September 2005. Web 19 September 2011.
3. CORNELL SYSTEM EXPLAINED
Divide page into three sections.
Write main idea in left column and after
class create questions about the
material.
Write brief notes and focus on the most
important and heavily stressed material.
Write a summary in the bottom section
after class.
4. FOLLOW 5RS OF NOTE -TAKING
Record Focus on important information and keep it brief!
Reduce Summarize material down to a few words after class.
Recite Cover your note section and explain the key items and
concepts that you wrote in the other two section
Reflect Study your notes and think about the significance of the
material and make it meaningful to you.
Review Review as often as possible.
5. READ & RETAIN MORE WITH SQ3R!
Proven technique for remembering more from reading
assignments.
SURVEY Scan the material briefly to get a general idea first.
QUESTION When you survey form a question for each section.
READ Read a section at a time. Answer your questions and
pay special attention to highlighted material and graphical
representations.
RECITE After reading, write down the answers to your
questions.
REVIEW Identify and make sure you understand the important
concepts. Mulholland, Ellen. SQ3R: Note-taking Made Easy.
Associatedcontent.com. Associatedcontent.com 15 August 2006. Web
19 September 2011.
6. REMEMBER MORE!
Techniques that use associations
will help you to remember more
about series or related concepts.
Effective strategies can include
letters, visual images or even
songs.
Use the strategy that works best for
you.
7. TOP MEMORY STRATEGIES
Acronyms
Choose or invent your own word or name where each letter will be a cue for you to
remember related items.
PEMDAS could be used to remember the sequence for solving math equations:
Parenthesis Exponent Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction
Roy G. Biv could be used to remember the colors in the visible spectrum:
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Acrostics
Use a sentence where the first letter of each word is a memory cue.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally could be used for the same sequence for solving math
equations described above.
Parenthesis Exponent Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction
Landsberger, Joe. Using Memory Effectively. Study Guides and
Strategies. Studygs.net, September 2011. Web 19 September
2011.
8. MORE MEMORY STRATEGIES
The Method of Loci
Select a location that you know well such as a room in your home.
Make associations between items to remember and major objects that you
would see when you walk through that location.
Chaining
Create a story where each item that you need to remember cues the next
associated item.
Landsberger, Joe. Using Memory Effectively. Study Guides and
Strategies. Studygs.net, September 2011. Web 19 September
2011.
9. MANAGE YOUR TIME WISELY!
Use basic time management principles to increase your efficiency.
Identify best time to study.
Study difficult subjects first.
Study in short time periods with short breaks.
Study in a location that has minimal distractions.
Allow time to reward yourself with recreational activities.
Get proper sleep and nutrition.
Use waiting times for other activities to review or study.
University of Minnesota Duluth Achievement Center. Time
Management Principles. Student Handbook. 16 January 2011. Web
19 September 2011.
<http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/time_man_princ.h
tml>
10. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!
Do NOT wait until the last minute to study!
Review notes before and after class.
Schedule a review period at the end of each week.
The more you review; the more you retain.
11. SUMMARY FOR SUCCESS
Use the Cornell method to take great notes.
Use SQ3R to retain more from reading.
Use memory strategies to remember related concepts.
Manage your time wisely.
Review
Get Straight As!!!
12. WORKS CITED
Landsberger, Joe. Using Memory Effectively. Study Guides and Strategies. Studygs.net, September 2011.
Web 19 September 2011.
Mulholland, Ellen. SQ3R: Note-taking Made Easy. Associatedcontent.com. Associatedcontent.com 15
August 2006. Web 19 September 2011.
Robinson, Keith. Cornell Notetaking Method. Lifehaker.com. Lifehacker.com 13 September 2005. Web 19
September 2011.
University of Minnesota Duluth Achievement Center. Time Management Principles. Student Handbook. 16
January 2011. Web 19 September 2011. <
http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/time_man_princ.html >
Editor's Notes
#3: Robinson, Keith. Cornell Notetaking Method. Lifehaker.com. Lifehacker.com 13 September 2005. Web 19 September 2011Designed by Walter Pauk of Cornell University, this method of taking notes allows you to take notes that are organized, thorough and easy to understand. The key to this system is that you do not re-write complete sentences, however, you would write down main ideas and use abbreviations instead.
#4: Don't use complete sentences. Use abbreviations, whenever possible. Develop a shorthand of your own, such as using "&" for the word "and".
#6: Mulholland, Ellen. SQ3R: Note-taking Made Easy. Associatedcontent.com. Associatedcontent.com 15 August 2006. Web 19 September 2011.
#7: Landsberger, Joe. Using Memory Effectively. Study Guides and Strategies. Studygs.net, September 2011. Web 19 September 2011
#8: Landsberger, Joe. Using Memory Effectively. Study Guides and Strategies. Studygs.net, September 2011. Web 19 September 2011
#9: Chaining Example: If you had to remember the words Napoleon, ear, door, and Germany, you could invent a story of Napoleon with his ear to a door listening to people speak in German. Landsberger, Joe. Using Memory Effectively. Study Guides and Strategies. Studygs.net, September 2011. Web 19 September 2011
#10: University of Minnesota Duluth Achievement Center. Time Management Principles. Student Handbook. 16 January 2011. Web 19 September 2011. <http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat/time_man_princ.html>