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Study Techniques composed by Daniel Poux, Seattle Central Community College
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Nine Common Study Techniques - see handout Practice testing – using flashcards to review material Distributed practice – spreading out your study sessions Mnemonics – memory joggers (rhymes, acronyms) Self-explanation – forcing yourself to explain instead of reading Elaborative interrogation – asking yourself “why” as you read Mental imagery – using pictures to help you remember text Re-reading Summarizing Highlighting and underlining
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Student Activity Rank the study techniques (pass out ranking slips)
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THE BEST: Practice testing – using flashcards to review material Distributed practice – spreading out your study sessions THE REST: Mnemonics – memory joggers (rhymes, acronyms) Self-explanation – forcing yourself to explain instead of reading Elaborative interrogation – asking yourself “why” as you read Mental imagery – using pictures to help you remember text THE WORST: Re-reading Summarizing Highlighting and underlining
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Highlighting Interferes with Making Connections
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Re-reading
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Summarizing – Pro Tips Restate ideas of the source in different words and phrases Do not add your own ideas, opinions or judgment of the arguments Make it shorter than the source Ask yourself “So What?”
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Mental Imagery “Sally Made Harry Eat Onions”
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English: “I” before “E” except after “C” (believe, receipt) Spanish: this – esto these – estos that – eso those – esos “this and these, keep the t’s, that and those, out it goes” Mnemonics – Rhymes
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“Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest”
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Cramming doesn’t work in the long run
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Vilfredo Pareto Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist & philosopher 1848 – 1923 Why Distributed Practice Works Better
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Examples of Distributed Practice
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Practice Testing Improves Recall
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