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Making the Learning Process Work for You

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Chapter 5

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Skills for learning Reading for comprehension Problem solving Organizing your learning process Preparing for and taking tests Making effective use of your peers

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Chapter Overview

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What to do before you read? What to do while you read? What to do after you read?

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Reading for Comprehension

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Establish a purpose for the reading Survey/skim/preview Make a list of questions to be answered

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Before You Read

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Read actively Focus on understanding concepts thoroughly Take your time; don't try to read too fast Write down questions that need to be answered about anything you don't understand Periodically, stop and recite (ideally aloud) what you have read

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While You Read

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Recite answers to the questions you prepared before you started reading. Reread where needed. Review within a day; again in a week; when you prepare for an exam; and when you prepare for the final exam Solve problems

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After You Read

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Step 1 - Understand the problem Step 2 - Devise a plan Step 3 - Carry out the plan Step 4 - Look back

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Analytical Problem Solving

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Take it as it comes" Procrastination Mastering the material Learn to manage your time Priority management

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Organizing Your Learning Process

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Don't allow the next class session in a course to come without having mastered the material presented in the previous class session.

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Take It As It Comes

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perhaps the most powerful concept in Studying Engineering!

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Take It As It Comes is

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Choosing to put off something we know we should be doing and instead do something we know we shouldn't be doing."

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Procrastination

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Fear of failure Fear of success Low tolerance for unpleasant tasks Disorganized

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Reasons for procrastination

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Learn from your lecture notes Reread the text Solve problems

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Mastering the Material

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Study and annotate your notes Formulate a question answered by each section of your notes and write it in the "cue column" Write a summary of each page in the summary area at the bottom Recite answers to questions in the "cue column" Reflect on what you have learned Review (at least weekly)

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Learning From Your Lecture Notes (Cornell Note-Taking Method)

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Study and annotate your notes

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Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Formulate a question answered by each section of your notes and write it in the "cue column"

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Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Write a summary of each page in the summary area at the bottom

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Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Recite answers to questions in the "cue column"

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Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Reflect on what you have learned

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Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Review (at least weekly)

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Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Place a high value on your time Schedule your time Make a serious commitment to your study time

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Learn to Manage Your Time

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See if you are overextended More likely to keep up in your classes Provide feedback as to how much you are studying You'll learn what you can do and can't do You'll feel that you have more time You'll feel much less stressed-out over school

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Benefits of Scheduling Your Study Time

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How difficult is the course? How good a student are you? How well prepared are you for the course? What grade do you want to receive?

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How Many Hours Should You Study?

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Block out all of your commitments Remainder of time is available for one of two purposes Schedule your study time to avoid wasting time answering three questions:

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Making Up Your Weekly Schedule

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classes, meetings, part-time work, time to get to and from school, time for meals, etc

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Block out all of your commitments

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- 1) study; or 2) recreation

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Remainder of time is available for one of two purposes

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Should I study now or later? Where should I study? What subject should I study?

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Schedule your study time to avoid wasting time answering three questions:

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Decide what has high personal value (school, family, health, etc) For each thing that needs to be done decide: How urgent is it? (Requires immediate attention; doesn't require immediate attention) How important is it based on personal values? (Important; or not important) Unimportant things whether urgent or not - ignore Things that are both important and urgent (crisis management) - must be tended to Things that are important but not urgent - tending to them is the key to overall effectiveness

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Priority Management Per Stephen Covey - Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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Decide what has high personal value (school, family, health, etc)

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