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EFFECTIVE STUDY

SKILLS ANDTECHNIQUES

PRESENTED BY:Anubhav


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WHAT DO YOU NEED WHEN

STUDYING ?

(i) Books and study material .

* Only and all books of the subject one is

studying at that time.(ii) Table/Desk and a comfortable chair ;

* Comfortable chair with arms+back rest.

* Comfortable posture (not too comfortable)* Do not study by lying down.


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WHICH IS THE BEST STUDY

TIME ?

* Early Morning Studier (EMS)* Late Night Studier (LNS)

( Late night study should beavoided when one has to wake upearly)


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WHEN SHOULD ONE NOT

STUDY ?

* Feeling sick

* Hungry

* Uncomfortable* Tired/Upset


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WHAT SHOULD BE THE

POSTURE ?

* Straight posture

* 12 inches (1 foot )distance between eyes

and book/note book.


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WHICH FACTORS AFFECT

ONES STUDY ?

(i) DIET;* Balanced diet* Eat light food

* Drink plenty ofwater(ii) DRESS ;

* Wear light, loose,

clean + comfortableclothes

Contd..


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WHICH FACTORS AFFECT

ONES STUDY ?

(iii) SLEEP ;

* Need sleep for 7 to 8 hours a day.

* Get a good nights sleep before anyexamination paper.

* Eyes can be refreshed by placing cold

cucumber slices over the eyes/try to

look at something green in clear.

Contd..


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WHICH FACTORS AFFECTS

ONES STUDY ?

iv) STRESS ;

* Little stress, anxiety, nervousness

+ fear is good energy

* Much stress or nervousness is harmful* De- stressors are prayer, faith in

God, listening to soft soothing music,

simple meditation, yoga exercises, deepbreathing, recalling the Magic Mantra,

I CAN, I WILL, I MUST & taking breaks.


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HOW TO STUDY

EFFECTIVELY ?

Learning takes place through a cycle of threesteps. They are:

(i) READ & LEARN.

(ii) REVISE with in two hours.

(iii) REPEAT it the same night, next

morning & then at increasing intervals(reinforced by repetition).


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WHICH STUDY METHOD IS TO

BE ADOPTED ?

The best studying method, recommended theworld over, is the SQ3Rs method.(i) SURVEY the topic or chapter

(ii) QUESTIONS {Asking themselvesquestions about the matter they are

going to learn)

(iii) READ + LEARN

Contd..


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WHICH STUDY METHOD IS TO

BE ADOPTED ?

(iv) REVISE with in two hours.

(v) REPEAT ..same night..nextmorningafter 2 days4days. 8 days.It is believed that the best way to learn

something is to ; hear it, see it, say it,write it & do it.


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HOW TO CONCENTRATE ?

(i) Eliminate all physical & mentaldistractions.

(ii) Set reasonable goal with reasonable timeframe to be accomplished.

(iii) While revising, they would do well tofocus them.

(iv) Use magic mantra to motivate themselvesto study.


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HOW TO CONCENTRATE ?

(v) Feeling lazy or sleepy oneshould try getting up, walkingup and down, reading andstudying loudly, at least until

sleepiness or distraction haspassed away.

(vi) Change place of study.

(vii) Splash cold water on theireyes if feeling drowsy.

(viii) Above all must take

break.


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LEARNING STYLES

3 main learning styles:(i) AUDITORY (learn by hearing & listening)

(ii) VISUAL ( learning by seeing)

(iii) KINESHETIC (learning by doing/activity)


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1. AUDITORY LEARNERS

CHARACTERISTICS : - Enjoy listening to others/music. Enjoy talking to others.

Cant do silent reading/whisper when asked to readsilently.Cant remember faces but readily remember

names, dates & telephone numbers.

Listen to records, tapes, read novels or poetry.Avoid sports and outdoor activities. Sympathetic to other feelings and problems and a good

listen.

Do not like to work alone.


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RECOMMENDATIONS

* Ask them to sit in a quietplace for studying.

* Should listen attentively to

the teacher in class .

* They should requestsomeone at home to readtheir context or notes while

they shut their eyes & listen.

* Should say their answersloudly, when studying.


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2. VISUAL LEARNERSCHARACTERISTICS-

Very good observant.

Good in spellings.

Neat in their handwriting, dress, appearance, habit.

Like to use visual aids like diagram, sketches & pictures whilestudying.

May forget names but never faces.

Tend to doodle while study (absent minded).

Enjoy movies and T.V.

Do not reveal the feelings.

Use highlighter when going over written material.

Use flow chart to remember


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RECOMMENDATIONS

* VISUAL learners are advised to write

their answers.

* To use visual aids while studying

(maps, graphs, diagrams, flow charts ,

etc.).* Highlight the important / key points with

markers.


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3. KINESTHETIC LEARNERS

CHARACTERISTICS :-

Active Learner.

Walk up & down while studying.

Tend to study loudly & use their hands while studying.Prefer skills subjects than memory subjects.

Enjoy games & sports.

Enjoy making projects & doing experiments.Prefer loose & comfortable clothes to tighter ones.

Face difficulty in recalling facts.

Find it difficult to sit and concentrate.


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RECOMMENDATIONS

They need to saytheir answers

loudly and writethem out.

HOW TO REMEMBER WHAT


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HOW TO REMEMBER WHAT

THEY LEARN ?

(Memory Aids)

For visual & kinesthetic learners, writing is 9/10thremembering.

Learning lasts if the difficult topics are revised beforethey go to bed and revise as soon as they wake up inthe morning.

Repetition/ Reinforcement for retention. Use of Mnemonics to help them remember the code

words.


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MNEMONICS

Mnemonics is a powerful technique with whichwe can use association to remember somespecific things.

Mnemonics helps us to associate what onewants to remember with something that is easierto remember


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1.Mnemonics to learn spellings

Principle, PrincipalPrincipalmain Principle - rule

Stationary, StationeryStationerywrite Stationary - stand


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Mnemonics to learn digits

The value of the square root of 22 = 1.4142135623

I have a root of a two whose square is two1 4 1 4 2 1 3 5 6 2 3


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CODE WORDS

Places where jute is found in India.Ans. BOAT (Bengal, Orissa, Assam & T N )

Functions of the President

Ans. LEAF (Legislative, Executive,Administrative & Financial).

Financial functions of the President

Ans. BMC (Budget, Money bill & Contingency

Expenditures.

BODMAS


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CODE SENTENCES

MyVeryElegant MotherJust Served Us Nine Pies. MyVeryEducated MotherJust Showed Us Nine

Planets. (The first letter states the names of all thenine planets as in their order.)

A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs. (Itcontains all the letters in English alphabet.)

HeyHenry !Lisa went to BeBylon's Church did NOt Find Nencythere. NanyManagedAll SimPle efforts to Search forher in Cloud weatheAr.


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MEMORY TRACE

An important cause for forgetting is that thememory traces of other experiences interferewith the memory trace of the experience we

wish to remember .

It is less active between different types ofmaterial than between similar types.

It concerns what we do before an experience aswell as what we do afterwards.


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How to overcome problem of

memory trace ?

Go to bed after studying in the evening, ratherthan take up any further activities.

Revise the material in the morning. Avoid other mental work, especially of a similar

kind in the event that you cannot go to bed afterstudying.

Take a brief rest before studying lessonespecially of similar mental activity.

We can solve the problem by sleeping on it.


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HOW TO WRITE THE EXAMS ?

12 months knowledge is tested in 3 hours &evaluated in 3 minutes.

Good presentation to please the examiner.

Take deep breath for 5 times. Go through the Question paper carefully.

Write the answers in ascending or descendingorder.

Start with the questions you know the best.

Write correct and legible answer no.


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First page neat and tidy (free from cuttings andshabbiness).

Demarcate the answers from another by givingspace.

Legible handwriting. Present all answers in points. Draw diagrams and labels with pencil. Fill up maps with pencil.


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Write different parts in different paragraphs. Rough work to right hand side of paper.

If asked to write 3 points definitely write 3points. Underline the key points of VLA.

Revision.


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