EFFECTIVE STUDY SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES

PRESENTED BY: Anubhav

WHERE TO STUDY ?
(i) REASONABLE QUIET: * Outside disturbances * Inside disturbances (ii) ADEQUATE LIGHT: * Tube light is the best ( Always come from behind) (iii) FRESH AIR : * Natural ventilation * Fan circulating the air * deep breathing

WHAT DO YOU NEED WHEN STUDYING ?

(i) Books and study material . * Only and all books of the subject one is studying at that time. (ii) Table/Desk and a comfortable chair ; * Comfortable chair with arms+back rest. * Comfortable posture (not too comfortable) * Do not study by lying down.

WHICH IS THE BEST STUDY TIME ?

* Early Morning Studier (EMS) * Late Night Studier (LNS) ( Late night study should be avoided when one has to wake up early)

WHEN SHOULD ONE NOT STUDY ?

* Feeling sick * Hungry * Uncomfortable * Tired/Upset

WHAT SHOULD BE THE POSTURE ?

* Straight posture * 12 inches (1 foot ) distance between eyes and book/note book.

WHICH FACTORS AFFECT ONES STUDY ?

(i) DIET; * Balanced diet * Eat light food * Drink plenty of water (ii) DRESS ; * Wear light, loose, clean + comfortable clothes Contd..

WHICH FACTORS AFFECT ONES STUDY ?

(iii) SLEEP ; * Need sleep for 7 to 8 hours a day. * Get a good nights sleep before any examination paper. * Eyes can be refreshed by placing cold cucumber slices over the eyes/try to look at something green in clear.

Contd..

WHICH FACTORS AFFECTS ONES STUDY ?

iv) STRESS

; * Little stress, anxiety, nervousness + fear is good energy * Much stress or nervousness is harmful * De- stressors are prayer, faith in God, listening to soft soothing music, simple meditation, yoga exercises, deep breathing, recalling the Magic Mantra, I CAN, I WILL, I MUST & taking breaks.

HOW TO STUDY EFFECTIVELY ?

Learning takes place through a cycle of three steps. They are: (i) READ & LEARN. (ii) REVISE with in two hours. (iii) REPEAT it the same night, next morning & then at increasing intervals (reinforced by repetition).

WHICH STUDY METHOD IS TO BE ADOPTED ?

The best studying method, recommended the world over, is the SQ3Rs method. (i) SURVEY the topic or chapter (ii) QUESTIONS {Asking themselves questions about the matter they are going to learn) (iii) READ + LEARN Contd..

WHICH STUDY METHOD IS TO BE ADOPTED ?

(iv) REVISE with in two hours. (v) REPEAT ..same night..next morningafter 2 days4days . 8 days. It is believed that the best way to learn something is to ; hear it, see it, say it, write it & do it.

HOW TO CONCENTRATE ?
(i) Eliminate all physical & mental distractions. (ii) Set reasonable goal with reasonable time frame to be accomplished. (iii) While revising, they would do well to focus them. (iv) Use magic mantra to motivate themselves to study.

HOW TO CONCENTRATE ?
(v) Feeling lazy or sleepy one should try getting up, walking up and down, reading and studying loudly, at least until sleepiness or distraction has passed away. (vi) Change place of study.

(vii) Splash cold water on their eyes if feeling drowsy.

(viii) Above all must take break.

LEARNING STYLES
3 main learning styles: (i) AUDITORY (learn by hearing & listening)

(ii) VISUAL ( learning by seeing)

(iii) KINESHETIC (learning by doing/activity)

1. AUDITORY LEARNERS
CHARACTERISTICS : Enjoy listening to others/music. Enjoy talking to others. Cant do silent reading/whisper when asked to read silently. Cant remember faces but readily remember names, dates & telephone numbers. Listen to records, tapes, read novels or poetry. Avoid sports and outdoor activities. Sympathetic to other feelings and problems and a good listen. Do not like to work alone.

RECOMMENDATIONS
* Ask them to sit in a quiet place for studying. * Should listen attentively to the teacher in class . * They should request someone at home to read their context or notes while they shut their eyes & listen. * Should say their answers loudly, when studying.

CHARACTERISTICS Very good observant. Good in spellings. Neat in their handwriting, dress, appearance, habit. Like to use visual aids like diagram, sketches & pictures while studying. May forget names but never faces. Tend to doodle while study (absent minded). Enjoy movies and T.V. Do not reveal the feelings. Use highlighter when going over written material. Use flow chart to remember

2. VISUAL LEARNERS

RECOMMENDATIONS
* VISUAL learners are advised to write their answers. * To use visual aids while studying (maps, graphs, diagrams, flow charts , etc.). * Highlight the important / key points with markers.

3. KINESTHETIC LEARNERS
CHARACTERISTICS : Active Learner. Walk up & down while studying. Tend to study loudly & use their hands while studying. Prefer skills subjects than memory subjects. Enjoy games & sports. Enjoy making projects & doing experiments. Prefer loose & comfortable clothes to tighter ones. Face difficulty in recalling facts. Find it difficult to sit and concentrate.

RECOMMENDATIONS
They need to say their answers loudly and write them out.

HOW TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY LEARN ? (Memory Aids)

For visual & kinesthetic learners, writing is 9/10th remembering. Learning lasts if the difficult topics are revised before they go to bed and revise as soon as they wake up in the morning. Repetition/ Reinforcement for retention. Use of Mnemonics to help them remember the code words.

MNEMONICS
Mnemonics is a powerful technique with which we can use association to remember some specific things. Mnemonics helps us to associate what one wants to remember with something that is easier to remember

1.Mnemonics to learn spellings

Principle, Principal Principal main

Principle - rule

Stationary, Stationery Stationery write Stationary - stand

Mnemonics to learn digits

The value of the square root of 2 2 = 1.4142135623

I have a root of a two whose square is two 1 4 1 4 2 1 3 5 6 2 3

CODE WORDS
Places where jute is found in India. Ans. BOAT (Bengal, Orissa, Assam & T N ) Functions of the President Ans. LEAF (Legislative, Executive, Administrative & Financial). Financial functions of the President Ans. BMC (Budget, Money bill & Contingency Expenditures. BODMAS

CODE SENTENCES
My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies. My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets. (The first letter states the names of all the nine planets as in their order.) A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. (It contains all the letters in English alphabet.) Hey Henry ! Lisa went to BeBylon's Church did NOt Find Nency there. Nany Managed All SimPle efforts to Search for her in Cloudy weatheAr.

MEMORY TRACE
An important cause for forgetting is that the memory traces of other experiences interfere with the memory trace of the experience we wish to remember . It is less active between different types of material than between similar types. It concerns what we do before an experience as well as what we do afterwards.

How to overcome problem of memory trace ?

Go to bed after studying in the evening, rather than take up any further activities. Revise the material in the morning. Avoid other mental work, especially of a similar kind in the event that you cannot go to bed after studying. Take a brief rest before studying lesson especially of similar mental activity. We can solve the problem by sleeping on it.

HOW TO WRITE THE EXAMS ?

12 months knowledge is tested in 3 hours & evaluated in 3 minutes. Good presentation to please the examiner. Take deep breath for 5 times. Go through the Question paper carefully. Write the answers in ascending or descending order. Start with the questions you know the best. Write correct and legible answer no.

 First page neat and tidy (free from cuttings and shabbiness). Demarcate the answers from another by giving space. Legible handwriting. Present all answers in points. Draw diagrams and labels with pencil. Fill up maps with pencil.

 Write different parts in different paragraphs. Rough work to right hand side of paper. If asked to write 3 points definitely write 3 points. Underline the key points of VLA. Revision.

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