STUDY SKILSS

Being a great student requires dedication and a smart

approach. Our resources will guide you through the study
process, from starting a unit to preparing for exams.
What we prepared for you today ?
I. Learning at the University, useful steps:
Making useful study notes
Participating in tutorials
Learning in practical environments
Working in groups and teams

II. How to manage our precious time

III. Can we use apps in this way?

IV. Did somebody succeed?

V. Bibliography
 Learning at university
Making useful study notes
The aim in making study notes is to
summarise and synthesise material
in your own words, and to draw
connections between new and
known information.
The best strategies and styles of
notes to use are the ones that work
for you! So experiment to see
what you feel comfortable with.
Some people like a complex
system to help them stay
organised, others find complexity
overwhelming and prefer to keep
things simple. Pick an approach
that you find helpful and easy
enough to maintain throughout
your studies.
  Your notes are concise
You do not need to write everything
down. Aim to concisely record the
key points covered in the class.
 You can compile questions before
class as part of your preparation, as
well as during class as they occur to
you while listening to the content
 Expand key points by adding your
own understanding and
interpretation and evaluation of
the content, and define terms and
concepts in your own words.
 Include a summary section at the
end of the notes to recap the main
points learned, and highlight the
most important information.
Participating in tutorials
Tutorials are useful for
consolidating your understanding of a topic/reading/lecture.
Examining a topic critically by asking questions reflecting on the material
making links to related topics / ideas.

Learning in practical environments

Most practical exercises consist of three major parts:
 apply your theoretical
1. Preliminary work or ‘pre-labs’, which involve
understanding in a tactile way
preparing for the exercise.
 expand your theoretical
2. The exercise itself, where you will perform the
understanding
activity under the guidance of an educator.
 use techniques and equipment
3. A post exercise submission to be completed within
safely and correctly
the session or at a later date. These can take the
 develop skills such as time
form of work such as reports or presentations.
management.
 Working in groups and teams
decision making and
problem solving skills
Develops excellent graduate
attributes:
Why work in a group or a project management and
team? organisational skills

communication and conflict

resolution skills.

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For successful group and team work
Be patient, demonstrate good communication
skills and be committed.
Focus on the process rather than just the end
product.
 How to manage your time
Remember that university study is normally
considered the equivalent of a full-time job and,
depending on your other commitments, you
may not have the time to cover everything!
 Plan your semester

Utilise strategies
to avoid Plan your week
procrastination
Succe
s
Create a to-do list
Plan your
and prioritise
university work
work

Set realistic goals

 Activity: Plan your work

 Estimate the time required for one of your assignments.

 In your diary or e-planner, note down your due date.
 In your diary or e-planner, find “free” study periods, and
work backwards, filling these slots with tasks associated
with your assignment, until you have filled all the time
estimated for the task.
 Do not forget to add contingency time in case you run into
any unexpected difficulties!
 Repeat for all assignments for the semester.
One way to keep track of your work is to use a Kanban board. The main idea
is that tasks are visually represented on a board with columns that represent
the stages they go through. Boards can be as simple as sticky notes on a wall
or you can use software programs such as Notion or Trello.
Bibliography:
◦ https://www.monash.edu/rlo/study-skills

◦ https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/5-study-skills-and-techniques-for-students-who-want-to-succeed-in-colle
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