1. Study Strategies

2. Table of Content Motivation Setting Goals Priorities Health Issues
Getting Informed
Strategies
PODC: Plan-Organize-Do-Check
Improving Memory
Video
Table of Content

3. The answer to why does your child want to achieve higher will determine his/her efforts to reach his/her goal.
Motivation

4. Setting Goals Set an academic goal for the school year
Make it attainable
Write it down
Post it visible so
everyone can see it
Check that efforts are
being made to reach
that goal consistently!
Setting Goals

5. From sport practice, homework to family meals, house chores, and TV, each day is busy and full
To perform at your best requires
fulfilling and stimulating leisure/
relaxation time
But to achieve goals, sacrifices
have to be made
Priorities

6. Tips to Prioritize Manage time to avoid Time Wasters
Examples: during travel time read over notes and listen to study recordings
Choose your battles:
“Musts” over “Wants”
Plan to plan, it will save you time
Make to do lists and follow them
Avoid procrastination. Just do it!
Tips to Prioritize

7. Health Issues Good health leads to increased concentration
Check for vaccines, hygiene, eating habits, sleeping, exercise, vision/hearing/dental problems, possible disorders that impede attention
To engage your children actively to
reach their goals, acknowledge their
feelings:
“Talk so they would listen and listen
so they would talk to you.” .
Health Issues

8. Check school’s website for home learning and projects postings, teacher notifications, grades, school news, grades, and calendar of activities
Get teachers’ , follow-up
Ask your child’s for notes sent home
Create a parents/student school group to stay connected and well informed
Talk to counselors and administrators too
Get Informed

9. Discipline
Consistency
Strategies

10. Plan
Organize Do
Check
Just do it!
PODC

11. Plan Reacting with a disciplined attitude constantly
Rewarding your kids for achieving short term goals
Helping your children become independent learners
Getting appropriate assistance if needed
Choosing a strategic place for study/review purposes
Scheduling study sessions, ensuring they are being followed, and revising constantly – things change
Eliminating noise and allowing friends to call at an agreed time
Plan

12. Organize Schedule study sessions: Create Study Tables
Ensure its followed and revise it constantly – things change
Put a copy of the Exam Timetable in a place where you can check times/dates to ensure your student stays focused
Organize Weekly Meetings with friends to review
Organize

13. Take effective notes in class, keep them organized, make flash cards with main concepts, and review them constantly to avoid cramming before tests
Do daily assignments first, then summaries of work covered in class, connecting areas of knowledge
Practice problems, exercises, and essays
Post lists of key facts around the house and recite them aloud when you see them
Create study time tables, break tasks down into smaller manageable ones
Space It Out: study in 30/50 minutes sessions instead of 2-3 hours, taking small breaks to do things you enjoy and help you relax Do

14. Best Study Skills : Space It Out
Spaced learning is better than cramming:
The Limits of Attention. Lack of concentration and attention leads to poor recollection of the material.
Consolidation During Breaks. Research suggests that your brain strengthens memories during breaks.
Differing Contexts/Moods. Memory is aided
by environmental context.
Best Study Skills : Space It Out

15. Know what is required for exams: Exam format: Multiple choice/Short answer/Essays/How many questions
Check understanding: test yourself
Identify areas of weakness and address them
Meet with a few friends to review, discuss, explain, and question each other
List any improvements and retest your knowledge
Check

16. Improve Your Child’s Memory
It is an essential skill to:
Excel in school and later in their career
Perform well on tests
Apply what they’ve learned in the real world
Improve Your Child’s Memory

17. Tips To Develop the Ability To Remember
Make the information meaningful
Put it in your own words, make connections
Organize the information logical categories will help you learn, memorize, and recall information effectively.
Tips To Develop the Ability To Remember

18. Use Pictures To Improve Memory
When you employ pictures to learn verbal and written information, you are encoding information in your memory system in two ways instead of just one.
Thus, your ability to remember the information is greatly enhanced.
Use Pictures To Improve Memory

19. Memory tricks to remember information such as lists of words or phrases
They produce a visual image in a learner's mind
Examples: acronyms and rhymes
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nuts Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mnemonic Devices

20. Video of Study Skills & Tips
Video of Study Skills & Tips