Dr. Mark Matthews

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• Dr. Mark Matthews
• Student Learning

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Maximum gain-for-effort

• Your objective is to do your personal best
• Examination performance is a combination of
• knowing your material
• being able to recall and write it down in an exam

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4 Stages in Preparation

1. Planning
2. Revising
3. Practicing
4. Performing

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1. Planning
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Planning

• Get past exam papers
• Get your exam dates
• Make a list of topics
• Estimate how long
• you need for each

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• Schedule Everything
• Be Realistic
• Mix things up
• Make it visible
• Include Exam Qs
• Include Reviews

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Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Schedule Time for Reviews
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Concentration

• Where do you work best?
• Place suitable to task
• Break your day into different tasks spaces
• Use all available time
• Know in advance what you
• will be studying

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Discussion (5 mins)

1. How are you planning your revision?
2. How do you deal with distractions?

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2. Revision
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You want to be looking at questions, not answers
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Revision Notes
Understanding
Your Summary Notes
SourceNotes
Exams
Recall
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Notes
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Cornell Technique
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Cornell Technique
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Revision for understanding

• Process the information on a deep level by making
  
• it meaningful
• impose organisation via categories, diagrams
• make associations to information already known
• try to establish relationships among material
• use imagery
• try to find general rules, patterns, or
  principles
• immersion

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Structure
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Structure
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Structure
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Revision for recall

• Use strategies that emphasise rote memorisation
  of facts
• Overlearning
• read same chapter several times, index cards,
  etc.
• plan reviews
• Use pass papers
• choose a question and plan answers in outline
  form
• write out complete answers and time yourself
• Work with other students

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Active Revision

• Make revision fun
• Use revision strategies where you move around
• Draw pictures, maps, cartoons, diagrams, etc
• Use walls
• Teach someone else
• Listen to podcasts
• Write your own multiple choice questions
• Make exam preparation a social occasion
• Think of revision like a conversation or even
  better an interogation

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Discussion (5 mins)

1. How do you revise?
2. Do you have any special techniques?

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Managing stress is key Regular Breaks, Sleep and
Eating Relaxation Exercise Focus comes with
rhythm Set Specific Realistic Goals Use
Rewards

• Find out what works for you BUT
• Set goals
• Prioritise Effort
• Play to your strengths

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Emergencies

• SU Education Officer 01-6468437
• education_at_tcdsu.org
• SU Welfare Officer 01-6468437
• welfare_at_tcdsu.org
• Personal tutor
• Student Learning

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Upcoming Workshops

• Last Minute Exam Preparation
• 17th August
• Managing Exam Nerves
• 24th August

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Exam Revision Workshop
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