DEVELOPING YOUR LEARNING SKILLS
To get the best out of your university course you will need to develop and enhance a wide range of key skills, such as:
- time management,
- prioritising,
- team work and working with others,
- oral presentations,
- note‐taking,
- communicating through written essays/assignments and reports,
- understanding numbers and charts,
- problem solving,
- reading effectively and effi ciently,
- revision and exam skills,
- using assessment: self‐assessment and peer assessment, and using feedback,
- information technology,
- using the library and gathering information.
Top 10 Modern Studying/Learning Techniques
Everybody wants to succeed in their Learning process to get the best
out of your school/university course you will need to develop and
enhance a wide range of key skills, such as:
- Always read your assignment before you come to class. Be prepared in Advance
- Find a seat near the front of the room. Up close, you can see the board, be more aware of the instructor's facial expressions.
- Identify some serious students in each class and get to know
them. Get their phone numbers in case you have questions or need help
during the term.
- Copy everything the instructor writes on the board. This is especially true of examples, solutions, outlines, and definitions.
- Organize and index your notes with colored tabs. If notes are allowed on any exam, you'll be ahead of the game.
- Do not try to write down every word the tutor/teacher says listen only for the main points/ideas.
- Voice changes usually indicate important points-listen for increases in volume or dramatic pauses.
- Repetition is a clue that an important point is being made.
- Think, react, reflect, and and ask questions. Actively participate
- Spend
5-20 minutes reviewing your notes immediately after class. Fill in
missing areas in your notes. Studies show that short periods of study
improve long term memory.
4 Types Of Learning style
1. Activists
- Flexible
and open minded; happy to have a go; happy to be exposed to new
situations, Optimistic about anything new and therefore unlikely to
resist change.
- Tendency to take the immediately obvious action
without thinking; often take unnecessary risks; tendency to do too much
themselves and hog the limelight; rush into action without sufficient
preparation; get bored with implementation/consolidation.
2. Reflectors
- Careful,
thorough and methodical, thoughtful, good at listening to others and
assimilating information; rarely jump to conclusions.
- Tendency
to hold back from direct participation; slow to make up their minds and
reach a decision; tendency to be too cautious and not take enough
risks; not assertive: not particularly forthcoming and have no ‘small
talk’.
3. Theorists
- Logical ‘vertical’ thinkers; rational and objective; good at asking probing questions; disciplined approach.
- Restricted
in lateral thinking; low tolerance for uncertainty, disorder and
ambiguity; intolerant of anything subjective or intuitive; full of
‘shoulds, oughts and musts’.
4. Pragmatists
- Keen
to test things out in practice; practical; down to earth; realistic;
businesslike: get straight to the point; technique orientated.
- Tendency
to reject anything without an obvious application; not very interested
in theory or basic principles; tendency to seize on the fi rst
expedient solution to a problem; impatient with waffle; on balance,
task orientated.
NOTE: A combination of the above styles is ideal, as it gives a good balance.
