Single Topic Study Skills Labs
Short, to the point, research-based instruction that can dramatically
improve academic performance. These individual booklets teach each topic in
an eight page format. More information about each lab is listed below.
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The Cornell Notetaking System
Contents:
- Capture - The Lecturer's Facts and Ideas
- Don't give up. Some is better than none. Use the semi-printing
style and telegraphic sentences.
- Read Over Your Notes in the Next Free Period
- Mentally visualize the lecture. Fill in the gaps. Make letters
and words more legible. Write out any abbreviations.
- Write Questions - In the Question Column
- Find the first main idea. Then formulate a question that the
main idea answers. Write a brief question in the Question Column.
- Recite - Your Notes Aloud
- Cover you notes exposing only the questions. Read the questions,
provide an answer, check to see if correct. Recite until you get it right.
- Summarize - Each Sheet of Notes
- In the Summary Area, write an in-a-nutshell version of each
sheet of notes.
- Globalize - By Integrating the Facts and Ideas
- An assemblage of unconnected facts and ideas is not enough.
End up with a view of the whole.
- Reflect - Link Your Notes to Previous Knowledge
- Ask, how do these new facts and ideas fit into the mental
model that I already have? What do these facts and ideas imply? What's beyond
them? Questions like these will make you a creative person.
- Cornell Notetaking Checklist - Some Notetaking Actions to
Avoid
- Some References for the Skeptical and the Curious
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College Success - The First Week and Beyond
Contents:
- Set Your Goals
- Knowing where you are going and what you
want to accomplish is one of the first steps to success.
- Assess Your Academic Strengths
- Your learning styles, study strategies,
and computer competencies are important for academic success.
- Be Course Ready
- Specific actions need to be taken before
and during the first class of each course you are studying.
- Know and Use Campus Resources
- Help is all around you if you just look
for it and use it.
- Start Managing Your Time
- Develop a written schedule for your classes,
study time, work, and recreation.
- Apply Learning Strategies
- There are ways to get more out of your
class lectures and assignments as well as making the best
use of your study time.
- Persist to Graduation and Beyond
- Efficient and effective learning skills
will always be needed in an ever increasing Information
Age.
- College Success Resources
- Some reading and web browsing suggestions.
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by Frank L. Christ
©1997, 8-pages
ISBN 0-943202-67-1
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Seven Steps to Better Management of Your Study Time
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Practical guidelines to learning
more in less time with greater ease and confidence.
Contents:
- Step One - Decide That How You Manage Your
Time Is Important
- A few words about time, college activities,
and you
- Step Two - Evaluate Your Study Needs For This
Term
- A simple method to find out what kind
of time and skills you will need to succeed
- Step Three - Find Out How Much Studying You
Are Now Doing
- A daily record you can keep and analyze
to find out where your time goes
- Step Four - Make Up a Schedule Based On Your
Needs & Desires
- A step-by-step procedure to develop your
weekly schedule
- Step Five - Set Up Your Study Management Schedule
Using the PLRS Learning Cycle
- The crucial step that takes what you now
know to the action stage
- Step Six - Persist in Managing Your Study
Time
- the hardest step in any skill - mastery
is really up to you
- Step Seven - Revise Your Schedule, If Necessary
- An extra weekly schedule form to use if
you add or drop a class or change your work hours
Download a free copy of the Teaching Guide in PDF format (PDF files require Acrobat
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by Frank L. Christ & Bonnie Lane Helberg
©1997, 8-pages
ISBN 0-943202-66-3
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Writing a Term Paper Step-by-Step
- A systematic and time efficient way to collect
information and write research papers.
Contents:
- Phase One - Beginning the Paper
- Step 1 Organize to begin your project
- Step 2 Familiarize yourself with good
models
- Step 3 Choose your topic
- Step 4 Explore your topic
- Step 5 Prepare for documentation
- Phase Two - Doing the Research
- Step 6 Collect your information
- Step 7 Outline your information
- Step 8 Collect more information or begin
writing
- Phase Three - Writing the Paper
- Step 9 Write from your information slips
- Step 10 Edit your rough draft
- Step 11 Type your paper
- Step 12 Proofread your final copy
- Step 13 Duplicate a copy for your files
- Step 14 Learn from your paper
- Term Paper Checklist
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by Frank L. Christ
©1997, 8-pages
ISBN 0-943202-65-5
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Memory Power for Facts and Concepts
A Four-Step System to master and retain facts
and concepts in Anatomy, Biology, History, Geography, Foreign
Language Study, Law, Real Estate, or for any other information
that you want to learn.
Contents:
The Four-Step Memory System:
- Step One - Selecting Information
- Step Two - Making Up Your Memory Slips
- Step Three - Studying with Memory Slips
- Step Four - Reviewing with Memory Slips
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by Frank L. Christ
©2008, 8-pages
ISBN 0-943202-90-6
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Online Student Success
A Three Phase Approach
- Phase One: Before Going Online
- A look at five readiness areas to insure success as you enroll in and take an online course: technological readiness, courseware readiness, psychological readiness, special needs readiness, and learning and study readiness, especially as they relate to successful strategies, time management, task organization, and course work environment.
- Phase Two: First Week Activities
- recommendations for first week activities that will help you get and maintain control of your course materials and assignments, become socially and collegially involved with your online classmates, and locate and use the many learning support programs and services available for academic success.
- Phase Three: Beyond the First Week
- After a successful beginning, you now face weeks of required readings and course assignments that may include Internet research, questions and quizzes on your weekly reading assignments, writing analytical and research papers—activities that require not only persistence but may require learning support that is specific to these course activities.
- Bibliography
- An annotated list of resources for online learners.
- Webliography
- A web site resource for accessing many online materials.
- Online Course Help Directory
- A chart you will complete listing useful services, locations, contacts, web sites, email and/or phone numbers.
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by Loyd Ray Ganey, Jr., Ph.D.
Edited by Frank L. Christ
©2006, 8-pages
ISBN 0-943202-76-0
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Becoming a Successful Online Student
Eight Readiness Factors
- Readiness Factor #1 Your Understanding of Online Education
- To be a successful online student, you need to understand that online education is very different from traditional classroom education because it puts more responsibility on you–the online student.
- Readiness Factor #2 Your Online Education Program
- To be a successful online student, you will need to become well acquainted with your education program.
- Readiness Factor #3 Your Participation and Interactivity
- To be a successful online student, you need to know that your participation and interactivity is a crucial part of online education.
- Readiness Factor #4 Your Computer System
- To be a successful online student, you must have access to a reliable computer system and the Internet.
- Readiness Factor #5 Your Computer Skills
- To be a successful online student, you need some basic computer skills to succeed in your online education courses.
- Readiness Factor #6 Your Self-Motivation Skills
- To be a successful online student, you need to know that online learning courses require a higher level of discipline and motivation than most traditional courses.
- Readiness Factor #7 Your Communication Skills
- To be a successful online student, you will need good reading and writing skills to express thoughts, ideas, and concepts in writing.
- Readiness Factor #8 Your Online Research Skills
- To be a successful online student, you need to develop the ability to use online research skills.
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by Dr. Reed Menche
Edited by Frank L. Christ
©2006, 8-pages
ISBN 0-943202-88-4
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Becoming a Successful Science Student
Six Readiness Factors
- Readiness Factor #1 Motivate Yourself to Study
- Your attitude toward learning is the single most important factor in academic success. By assessing your motivation, you can build motivational strategies into your daily study activities.
- Readiness Factor #2 Develop Readiness for Every Lecture
- How to insure you come to every lecture ready to learn and already knowing the material will be emphasized. A simple preview method will greatly increase how much you understand and remember of your course lectures.
- Readiness Factor #3 Review Your Notes After Every Lecture
- Lecture material is particularly essential in a science course. Yet for many, notetaking is an entropic process: few of us get even the main points into our notes and what we do get down may be too disorganized to help during exam review. Tips will be taught on how to reduce the entropy and transform your notes into a powerful mastery tool.
- Readiness Factor #4 Make and Use Flow Charts to Understand Key Physical Processes
- Learning science is based on developing a deep understanding of physical processes and how each process works. Apply the power of visual organizers to increase your understanding and memory of complicated scientific processes.
- Readiness Factor #5 Construct Comparison Charts to Master Important Distinctions
- Science began with individuals who were very talented at comparing things. Botanists must master differences between plants; geologists must master subtle differences between rocks and strata. A comparison chart is the major tool for this aspect of scientific study. Constructing a comparison chart provides a handy overview, facilitates review, and aids memory by reducing a lot of material to just a few items.
- Readiness Factor #6 Prepare Systematically for Exams
- Science exams, especially in math oriented classes like physics and chemistry, usually emphasize solving problems, and your exam review time must focus primarily on working problems.
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