IN-CLASS

TECHNIQUES

FIRST AND LAST MOMENTS OF CLASS

CriticalElements of upcoming testDate of that testChanges in assignments

End of classTeacher remembers

Students in a hurry?

SLANT SLANT is the acronym for:

Sit up frontLean forwardActively listenNodTrack the teacher

Football officials slant at the beginning of every play

WHY SIT IN THE FRONT? Hear better See more clearly Receive handouts first Contend with fewer distractions Ask questions easier Establish a better rapport with the

teacher Miss less class because your absence is

noted Take part in class Feel pressure to SLANT

TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS Believe it or not, students fail to turn in

assignments.Don’t be one of them.

Do work but still fail to turn it in.Enter an important race

Easier to turn in work than to justify not turning it in.

START FAST “It’s the third week of the term so I know

you can’t be more than three weeks behind in your classes.” Few things create more anxiety

Start Fast Beginning is the most important

Be on time Take great notes Make sure teacher knows who you are Participate in class and more

Three advantages Running with the pack Falling behind later does not look as bad Forming great study habits, now and for the future

STARTING FAST CONTINUED…

Immediately launch an all-out two-week massive attack.Highlight class disclosure

Include every aspect in Long Term PlannerRead course materialTake notes in classActively readGo to Class Incorporate all skills learned here

NOTETAKING Good notes record the information

presented by your teacher Good notes provide a process for

retrieving information from reading and other resources.

Good notes create a system of review and study.

Good notes allow you to prepare for and successfully pass tests.

PURPOSE OF NOTETAKING To get key points from textbooks and

lectures.A key point is an answer to an exam

question.Only about five to ten key points in every

reading assignment and lecture. Class meets 30 times a semester

Approximately 300 important key points in your notes.

Can now generate exam questions and answers.Exactly what teachers do.