Preparing for exams Contents Psychology of Learning Study methods Where do you study Time Management Mind Maps Mnemonics Practice Psychology of Learning Section 1 Why do we learn When you were born you were helpless A new born baby has a very underdeveloped body It is unable to st ID: 493269
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Study Methods
Preparing for examsSlide2
Contents
Psychology of Learning
Study methods
Where do you study?Time ManagementMind MapsMnemonicsPracticeSlide3
Psychology of Learning
Section 1Slide4
Why do we learn?
When you were born you were helpless. A new born baby has a very underdeveloped body. It is unable to stand or walk or defend itself, yet it does possess something quite amazing! Slide5
Why do we learn?
We have a very large brain!
It is this fact that separates us from our furry friends. In fact it is our immense capacity to learn which sets us apart from all the other species on Earth.
Click on image to enlargeSlide6
Why do we learn?
Since we have such large brains we are able to learn much more. Our grey matter contains millions of little connections which string themselves together to form long lasting memories. Slide7
Brain cells
What we find with a microscope in our brains
Click here for videoSlide8
Our senses and learning
We experience the world through our 5 senses.
Touch
TasteSmell
Sight
HearingSlide9
Our Senses and Learning
The more the senses are activated during the creation of memories the better the memories can be recalled later.
For example remembering what your parents smell like often triggers a flood of memories of bonding with them.Slide10
Where do you study?
Study Method 1Slide11
The Environment
As we have discovered through previous lessons, our brains experience the world through our senses. Without these inputs it would be very difficult to understand the world around us.Slide12
The Environment
Our environment therefore influences our brains.
Loud noises, low light levels or constant distractions can take your mind away from your studying and focus it somewhere elseSlide13
Where should you study?
The monkey business illusion shows us how easily our minds can become distracted.
So what can we do to prevent this from happening.
Write 3 distractions in your book now and what can be done to prevent them
Noises
Bad light
Tiredness
HungerSlide14
The Environment
Homework
Draw a room with all components neatly labelled
This room must be what a perfect study room should beIt must be a place you would be happy to be for hoursSlide15
Time Management
Study Method 2Slide16
Time Management
We all live in a world filled with an ever increasing amount of distraction and time consuming activities.
There are good things such as sporting activities after school, homework and studying or bad things such as gaming, lazing and procrastination.Slide17
Time Management
Lets recognise some typical distractions we might have in our day:
Gaming
Social Media
Television
FamilySlide18
Time Management
One of the main reasons why we get distracted is because we do not have a schedule.
A schedule or plan of things to do helps us to prevent procrastination.
Let us look up that word: PROCRASTINATE
pro·cras·ti·nate
verb
: to be slow or late about doing something that should be done
: to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.Slide19
Creating a Schedule
Homework
Create a daily schedule
This must be for 7 days and includes the weekend activitiesThis may be done on Excel (Windows) or Numbers (Mac iOS)
Schedule
ExampleSlide20
Mind Maps
Study Method 3Slide21
Mind Maps
Mind Mapping has been with us for thousands of years!
It was only recently that we have discovered what our brain cells look like. Remarkably they look very similar to mid maps people have drawn.
Is this a coincidence?Slide22
Mind Maps
Let us see how we design mind maps.
http://studymethods.weebly.com/mind-maps1.htmlSlide23
Mnemonics
Study Method 4Slide24
Mnemonics
Our brains, as we have discovered earlier, like to work with smaller bits of information rather than lots of complicated sentences.
Mnemonics give our brains the chance to recall bigger, more complicated information with one small word or phraseSlide25
Mnemonics
Just like in the
Animaniac’s
song, “The Nations of the World” we find a huge amount of information about the countries of the world condensed into 2 minutes. The melody is conducive to rhyming and makes remembering the next word easy and fun.
Animaniacs
(Nations of the World)Slide26
Mnemonics
Here is a game to show how much you can remember.
8 7 1 2 0 9 5 2 2 9 0 8 6
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Mnemonics
The previous example shows how effective our memories can be if we break up information in smaller bits.
Now it is your turn to create your Mnemonic to remember an important concept or piece of information.Slide28
Practice
Study Method 5Slide29
Practice
Have you ever observed a musician (or athlete, actor, trial attorney) engage in practice? You'll notice that most practice resembles one of the following distinct patterns.Slide30
Practice
1. Broken record method
: This is where we simply repeat the same thing over and over. Same tennis serve. Same passage on the piano. Same
PowerPoint presentation. From a distance it might look like practice, but much of it is simply mindless repetition.Slide31
Practice
2. Autopilot method
: This is where we activate our autopilot system and coast. Recite our sales pitch three times. Play a round of golf. Run through a piece from beginning to end.Slide32
Practice
3. Hybrid method
: Then there's the combined approach.
This is when you practice then stop when you find a difficult section, practice it many times before continuing. Slide33
Practice
1. It's a waste of time
: Why? For one, very little productive learning takes place when we practice this way. This is why you can "practice" something for hours, days, or weeks, and still not improve all that much.Slide34
Practice
It makes you less confident
: In addition, practicing mindlessly lowers your confidence, as a part of you realizes you don't really know how to produce the results you are looking for.Slide35
Practice
It is mind-numbingly dull
: Practicing mindlessly is a chore. We've all had well-meaning parents and teachers tell us to go home and practice a certain passage x number of times, or to practice x number of hours, right? But why are we measuring success in units of practice time? Slide36
Deliberate Practice
Deliberate practice is often slow, and involves repetition of small and very specific sections of a skill instead of just playing
through.Slide37
Deliberate Practice
Focus is everything
: Keep practice sessions limited to a duration that allows you to stay focused. This may be as short as 10-20 minutes, and as long as 45-60+ minutes.
Timing is everything, too: Keep track of times during the day when you tend to have the most energy. This may be first thing in the morning, or right before lunch. Try to do your practicing during these naturally productive periods, when you are able to focus and think most clearly.Slide38
Deliberate Practice
Smarter, not harder
: When things aren't working, sometimes we simply have to practice more. And then there are times when it means we have to go in a different
direction.Slide39
6 Step Practice Mode
Stay on target with a problem-solving model
:
Define the problem. Analyze the problem. Identify potential solutions. Test the potential solutions and select the most effective one. Implement the best solution.
Monitor implementation.