UNIV 101

Week 3: Study Strategies

 Ice Breaker

Quiz on study strategies

Recap of study strategies

For today
Discussion of using your skills
to prepare for exams

“field trip” to CLASS

 Ice • Share your top 5 strengths

Breaker
 Announcements
• Reminder to meet with a mentor before end of week 6 (10/31)
• The Center for Learning and Academic Success Services is offering a workshop on test preparation on
Wednesday, 10/6 from 5-6 PM sign up on the sign-up genius!
 5 hours spaced is better than 5
hours crammed
Study
Strategy This can reduce the time you study
in the future because you won’t
#1: waste time relearning
Spaced
Study most recently learned
Practice material the next day; space out the
study sessions every 2-3 days in
between.
 Study Strategy #2: Interleaving

This helps you to identify the

Switch between ideas during a
single study session
Don’t study a single topic for too
long
right approach to solving a
problem because you have been
able to draw connections
between ideas and how they
relate to one another

Make links between ideas as you Change the order of your study
move between them topics
 Study Strategy #3: Elaboration

ASK YOURSELF QUESTIONS CONNECT TO WHAT YOU MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU GO THROUGH MATERIALS
ABOUT WHY THINGS WORK ALREADY KNOW IN LIFE TO NEED TO LEARN AND AS YOU (BOOK/NOTES) TO ANSWER
THEN FIND ANSWERS IN YOUR MAKE IT EASIER TO GO THROUGH LIST, ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS
CLASS MATERIALS REMEMBER YOURSELF “HOW” AND “WHY”
QUESTIONS
 Study Strategy #4: Concrete Examples
• Real-life examples of abstract ideas helps you to understand
these concepts (i.e. scalper explains abstract idea of scarcity)
• Collect examples from
• Professor
• Book
• Real world (*check with professor that you are on target)
 Study Strategy #5: Dual Coding

Refers to use of words and visuals

Find visuals from notes and book and examine words describing the visual

Then reverse; how does the image represent what is described in words

Then try it yourself- look at visual and describe in your own words;

Then reverse- from the words in the book and notes – draw pictures from them
 This means practice remembering, like you would do during
an exam
Study Without any notes, practice using what you already know

Strategy #6: about a topic

Retrieval Write or sketch or both

Practice Reinforces learning

(most Highlights what you do not know

important Take practice tests (swap tests with ones you and friends
made up)

of all!) Check against class material to show what you need to

improve
 Meet in small groups to discuss your study
strategies
1. There were six learning strategies in the video. Can you name all
six?
2. Which learning strategy was considered the most important?
3. Which strategy refers to switching between topics in a single
study session?
4. How far apart should you spread out space practice?
5. Asking yourself "why" and "how" and then using notes to
answer is called…
6. Going from visuals to words and then words to visuals is called..
7. How can your strengths and those 6 strategies help you
prepare for exams?
8. What are learning strategies that have worked for you in
the past?
 Assignment 1: Time Management Assignment
Due: tonight at 11:59 PM (ET).

Homework: Assignment 2:

Self-Reflective Essay on Time Management and

Final Study Skills. Tuesday, 10/26 by 11:59 PM (ET)
[W6].
Thoughts Before class next week: Nothing to do!

We will be joined by Residential Life to discuss

housing for year 2
 CLASS IS IN CREESE 032 LET’S WALK
OVER!

Trip to
CLASS