1. Study Skills for School Success!
With Susan

2. Agenda Part 1 - Learning & Organisation Part 2 - Time Management
Part 3 – Memorisation methods
Homework/study

3. Study Skills for School Success!
This study skills session was created for you. It was written with the following in mind:
Students want to do well in school
Students who consistently do well in school practice good study habits and are well organised
Study skills and organisational skills do not come naturally to most people – they must be learned

4. Learning and Organisation

6. Memory Test Calendar Books Desk Library Door Beach Park Girl Coffee
Window

7. Picture memory game
Link the pictures together to form a picture story in your mind
When all of the pictures have been linked together, turn the worksheet over
Try to tell the story without looking at the sheet to yourself and see how many pictures you can remember

8. Why is listening so important?
How does listening to the teacher help me?
Helps with homework
Helps me to remember what I have learned in class
LOOK AT TQLR SHEET

9. How to Listen Better! Form a good habit – good listening in class!
Concentrate on what is going on in class – do not daydream!
You can not listen if you are talking!

10. Organisational Skills
Do you forget what you have for homework?
Do you leave the books you need in school?
Do you wait until the last minute to do homework/projects/essays?

11. Organisational Skills
Keeping organised is one of the key ingredients to success
Examples of good classroom organisation
Getting things done in a timely fashion
Holding onto important papers and having them when
needed
Having a routine for daily homework
Noticing the right time to copy down homework
Planning out tasks or projects
Paying attention during tasks
Recognising the need to complete something now rather than later - prioritise

12. Tool-kit for Organisation Skills
School supplies
Planners/ Scheduele
Clear, distraction free study space
Breaking down tasks into smaller pieces
Checklists
Colour-coding
White board
Getting into habits - what are good habits???

13. Time management

14. Time Management Work from list – prioritise (important things first)
Plan ahead
Work before play – identify your bad habits
- too much TV/MSN/X-Box
Work from list – prioritise (important things first)
Think about how you spend your time
Become a good time manager –get a lot more done in less time

15. Homework

16. Why is homework important??

17. Memorisation Strategies
Mnemonics
Technique that allows learners to remember information using short retrieval cues
EXAMPLES:
In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue
My very earnest mother just served us nachos (to remember the order of the planets)
WHAT ARE SOME OTHERS?

18. Mind map Spider Diagram Mnemonics Writing notes Songs/Raps Flash Cards
Decide how you are going to study
Mind map
Spider Diagram
Mnemonics
Writing notes
Songs/Raps
Flash Cards
List - Bullet points

19. Memorization Strategies
Types of Mnemonics
Acronyms (using the first letter from a group of words to form a new word)
Visualization (creating pictures in your mind or on paper)
Linking Method (linking each item to the preceding using crazy images)

20. Memorization Strategies
Rote
Elaborative
Repeating over and over until it can be recalled
Alphabet
Song Lyrics
Multiplication Tables
Capitals
Variety of strategies to help enhance meaning
Essays
Projects
Debates

21. Memorization Strategies 2
Two Types of Practice 1 2
Material only makes it to your “working memory”
Material will soon be forgotten
Cramming for a test
Material makes it to your “long-term memory”
Review and revisit material often
Information should be reviewed ten minutes after learning and every seven days to keep in long-term memory
WHICH IS BETTER?

22. Mind Maps Fun way to Study

25. Find A Good Place To Study!
This means a desk with nothing on it except what you need for the task you’re on: STUDYING!
Have a regular time and place for studying.

26. Television
Some students think that you can study effectively while watching television. However, viewing television requires a lot of focus.
Therefore, turning off the television will greatly improve studying efficiency.
Similar to games, television is also often used by students to procrastinate. However, since television viewing doesn’t require your full attention, many students are mislead to believe that they can effectively study or do homework while watching tv.
Though you can study or do homework while watching television, studying without this kind of a distraction will greatly increase your efficiency.

27. Time
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9-9.40
Irish
Maths
English
History
Geography
Art
Science
Music
German B R E A K
Woodwork
C.S.P.E
Metal Work L U N C H
Half Day
Home Ec
French

28. Transfer Programme Getting prepared for Secondary School
Differences between Primary and Secondary school
Managing new subjects/homework
More advanced study techniques

29. Thank you for your time!