SDV 115 - Study Strategies

1. Identify individual styles of learning and personality traits
   1. Name characteristics of basic learning and thinking styles
   2. Identify personal learning preference
   3. Recall strategies to maximize preferred learning styles
   4. Select strategies to strengthen non-preferred styles
2. Examine the memory process
   1. Select relevant information to learn
   2. Classify information into meaningful segments
   3. Review for retention of information
3. Prioritize self-organization skills
   1. Identify motivating factors
   2. Establish optimal study times and locations
   3. Develop monthly and weekly schedules
   4. Analyze procrastination behavior
   5. Identify personal stressors
   6. Develop strategies to improve concentration
   7. Produce plans for achieving long and short term goals
4. Demonstrate effective study techniques
   1. Apply SQ4R or other study method to annotate text
   2. Review reading comprehension strategies
   3. Produce efficient text annotation using a variety of traditional and graphic techniques
   4. Prepare summaries of assigned readings
   5. Use pre-reading strategies to preview an assigned reading
   6. Predict test questions
   7. Use a learning management system to access course materials and/or course communications
   8. Develop basic research skills including locating information, writing a formal research paper, and defining and discussing the consequences of plagiarism
5. Prioritize information for test preparation
   1. Develop methods for reducing test anxiety
   2. Demonstrate effective test taking strategies
   3. Prepare a plan to study effectively for objective and subjective tests