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G etting organised and key study skills ( Dept of Management and Marketing). Cindy Wee Te Puna Ako learning centr e. Outline of this workshop. Getting organised for your studies Key study skills. I s this your ultimate goal?. Have study goals. Have strategies. Focus on your goals. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Getting organised and key study skills
(Dept of Management and Marketing)
Cindy WeeTe Puna Ako learning centre
Outline of this workshop
• Getting organised for your studies
• Key study skills
Is this your ultimate goal?
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Have study goals
Have strategies
Focus on your goalsPlan
Monitor
Reflect
Adjust
Manage your time
Make your time work for YOU!
Set your priorities
Beware of procrastination !
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P785j15Tzk&feature=related
Study Timetable
Prepare your own timetable using the blank one below. Initially, you should try and work to your timetable. After a couple of weeks you will know if it is a sensible timetable and whether or not you need to change it. Don’t be alarmed if you have to write out your timetable a few times during the semester or year. Sometimes you have to delete, alter or add to your timetable as demands on your time change. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
10-11
Use your diary and wall planner
Discover and use your learning style
VISUAL Learner• Prefer visual sense. • Must see to understand. • Learns best by reading and
watching.
AUDITORY Learner• Prefers auditory sense.• Must hear to understand.• Learns best by listening to an
explanation.
TACTILE Learner• Prefers tactile sense.• Must touch or feel to understand.• Learns best by engaging in hands-
on activity.
• What are your learning preferences?
• Activity sheet
What these say about me…
• If you have:• 1, 4, 7, 10, and 13 you have the characteristics
of a VISUAL LEARNER.• 2, 5, 8, 11, and 14 you have the characteristics
of an AUDITORY LEARNER.• 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 you have the characteristics
of a TACTILE LEARNER.*If your checks spread evenly among 2 or more categories, you may be equally comfortable using one or more of your senses when learning.
Let’s Experiment
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Learning Style Experiment . . .
Let’s ADAPT . . .• Lecture (Auditory)
• Media presentations- use of visual aids (Visual)
• Hands-on activity (Tactile)
• Take notes.(tactile & visual) Watch for visual cues such as gestures & facial expressions that emphasize important points.(visual) Pay attention to visual aids or written information on the board. (visual)
• Listen to instructor’s explanations or comments and COPY them into your notes. (auditory & tactile)
• Summarize presentation in your notes & read it aloud to review. (auditory & visual)
Listen to any explanation that accompanies the activity. (auditory)
Be an independent learner
Be proactive
Be resourceful
What do you think of this?• A man and his son are driving in a car.
The car crashes into a tree, killing the father and seriously injuring his son. At the hospital, the boy needs to have surgery. Upon looking at the boy, the doctor says (telling the truth). “I cant operate on him. He is my son.
What do you see?
• In groups discuss what do you think is critical thinking?
steps to critical thinking
• Examine your assumptions• Make predictions• Sharpen your interpretations• Evaluate what you learn.
Assumption
• Is an idea or belief taken for granted.
• It is based on what we know or have experienced.
• It shapes our thoughts and actions.
Assumption Exercise
Using assumptions in Critical Thinking.
Reading Writing Math Problem Solving
Determine what Brainstorm to Determine what Determine what youyou already know generate ideas. is given in a assume or believe to
be about a topic; problem. true about the
problem,background for what you think you canreading. or cannot do.
Predictions• Is a decision made beforehand
about the outcome of an event. • Predictions are based on
assumptions. Because you believe that certain things are true, you expect or believe that certain things will happen.
• They are usually the result of asking yourself questions and looking for answers.
Prediction exercise
Making predictions in critical thinking
Reading Writing Math All Decision Courses Making
Turn headings Have a Determine Anticipate Look aheadinto questions purpose for the kind of exam questions to the outcome.to guide your writing. Have answer you and make What do you readings. a plan to need: practice tests. think will
happen? follow. a fraction?
a percent?
Interpretations• occurs on 2 levels:
– literal that is the stated meaning, the author’s or speaker’s main idea and details, and
– implied that is the suggested meaning-what you can guess or conclude from what is said or deliberately been left out or is unsaid.
Interpretation exercise
Using interpretations in Critical
Thinking.
Reading Writing Math Science Decision Making
Read for Develop your Identify both Determine Gather facts, learn
literal and ideas logically what is significance from experience, implied meaning. and draw valid known and of research and
decide, what conclusions. what is findings or you
want to do. unknown. lab results.
Evaluate what you learned.
Evaluate – • This means we determine the worth or value,
and we will judge whether you something is right or wrong, good or bad, fair or unfair.
• We use this critical thinking strategy in every aspect of our life.
• It is a measurement of worth in continuing or stopping an action or situation.
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Evaluate what you are learning in Critical
thinking
Reading Writing Math All Problem Courses Solving
Determine Evaluate your Use a Learn from Evaluate the reliability writing/work. formula or your mistakes. your
plan. Isobjectivity, and Proofread to system for Determine why it
working? usefulness of find errors; checking you make them Revise
plan asonline and revise for content your work. and how you can needed, or printed sources. and organization, overcome them. make new
plan. edit grammar, etc.
What academic skills do you need?
Note taking - lectures
• Be prepared• Structure in lecture • Listen actively • Record key points• Use mind maps
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Te Puna Ako Learning Centre
What is academic reading?
reading as communication and thinking.
Strategies in reading
• Read what is required• Keep asking questions• Use active reading
techniques
Techniques in reading
• Scanning• Skimming• Focused Reading
READ as a Active Reader Find:• The main idea - the most important thing in the paragraph.
• 3 supporting details - these tell about the main idea.
Academic writing
• process • structure
Research skills
• Identify the task • Search relevant information• Use reading strategies• Reference your work
properly
Make use of the support system and facilities in the campus
Ask I.T. helpdesk
You can do it!
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