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Techniques of learning
EFFECTIVELY, STUDY STRATEGIES, PROCRASTINATION
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STUDY STRATEGIES
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A specific place
To avoid distractions.
To know what you'll do and what
you CAN ONLY DO!
Study habits will become linked in
a specific place.
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Overlearn
Students who take an essay test, (usually the hardest kind) do better on multiple-choice, short-answer tests. (Foos & Clark, 1983).
That way, you will learn more completely,
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NETTING NEW
KNOWLEDGE
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Pshyc Sites
Information on the Internet is not always accurate. It is wise to approach all websites with a healthy dose of skepticism/questioning attitude.
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The APA Website
An online library of general-interest articles
on aging, anger, children and families, depression, divorce, emotional health.
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Multimedia CD-ROMs
PsychNow!, offered by Wadsworth.
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Using these materials will
allow you to see psychology come to life in ways that are not possible in a printed text.
TAKING TESTS
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Essay tests
- Read the question carefully
Note key words,
the emphasis.
-Compare, contrast, discuss, evaluate,
analyze, and describe.
- List the main point
you want to make
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- Pad your answers
Don't beat around the bush!!!
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- LAST. Look over your essay
for errors in spelling or
grammar.
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Objective tests
Multiple-choice,
true-false items.
- Examine the choices and look for a PARTIAL,
percentage, match if
you aren't sure.
- Read all the choices for each question before you make a decision.
"A is correct". Then,
"both A and C".
- Skip items you are unsure about.
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- Eliminate certain alternatives.
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- Answer any skipped items.
Question blank, it is automatically
wrong unless a penalty.
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- Change the answer to
the 2nd option.
If you change answers you're
3 TIMES more likely to get points
than to lose them
(Geiger, 1991).
When you have doubts, your
second answer is more likely
to be correct
(Harvil & Davis, 1997).
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Short-answer tests
Fill in a blank, define a term,
or list specific items.
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SELF-REGULATED LEARNING,
SELF-GUIDED STUDY
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Learn by guiding,
monitoring yourself.
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An ACTIVE LISTENER is a person
who knows HOW TO MANTAIN
ATTENTION, avoid distractions.
Francis P. Robinson, an American education philosopher in his 1946 book Effective Study.
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