I AM A GOOD STUDENT Study Skills Program

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I AM A GOOD STUDENTStudy Skills Program

• Connie Messina, PhD

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I AM A GOOD STUDENT

• I Interest
• A Activate
• M Manage
• A Affirm
• G Gather
• O Organize
• O Outline
• D Decide
• S Strategize
• T Test
• U Use
• D Do
• E Evaluate
• N Normalize
• T Try It!

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I - Interest

• Identify
• Reasons for Studying
• Value of Education
• Why should I learn?
• How does it feel to learn?
• How to Make Learning matter!

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A - Activate

• Charge yourself up
• Instill enthusiasm for the journey!
• Work at making learning a lively experience
• Rev up your motivation to succeed and do well in
  your studies

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M Manage

• Organize yourself and the workload
• Be in charge of your studies
• Control external distractions
• Have a plan to succeed

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A - Affirm

• Self-talk, which values you
• Self-talk, which gives you worth
• Self-talk, which accepts you as a human
• Self-talk, which is realistic not idealistic

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G - Gather

• Accumulate save reference materials
• Assemble organized notes and files
• Work on library utilization skills
• Learn effective note taking skills

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O - Organize

• Create orderly structure
• Arrange files systematically
• Save all previous projects electronically
• Save all PDFs of articles reviewed

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O - Outline

• Arrange topical materials logically
• Be orderly in keeping your files
• Make sure class notes make sense
• Save reference materials with a sense to them

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D - Decide

• Prioritize your goals in your studies
• Make good choices in planning priorities
• Make a commitment to your plans
• Follow through with your plans

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S - Strategize

• Systematically plan your learning model
• Manage your study and learning according to the
  plan
• Use the SQ3R model
• S-Survey
• Q-Question
• R-Read
• R-Recite
• R-Review

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T - Test

• Be prepared and affirm your abilities
• Prior to test use your pre-planned study model
• Follow your roadmap
• Use your notes and files
• Relax during the test
• Let go of the stress after the test

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U - USE

• Use multisensory activities for learning
• Discover your personal learning style
• Develop a personalized study formula
• Insure your study plan operates automatically and
  consistently

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D - DO

• Knowledge is what YOU do about it!
• Knowledge is not just what you know!
• So apply what you learn in all that you do!
• Grow in competence rather than rote memory
• Expand your critical thinking skills!

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E - Evaluate

• Continuously judge your study skills program
• Identify the value of following your plan of
  study
• Critically assess what stays and what goes in the
  plan
• Keep what works and let go of time wasters

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N - Normalize

• Become habituated in you study skills
• Make study a normal part of your life
• Have study become a habitual routine
• Make life-long learning a part of your life

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T Try It!

• Just dont talk the talk!
• Walk the walk!
• Make it normal for you!
• Make it work for you!
• Experience the success in giving it a try!

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• 10 Websites to help further the goals of I AM A
  GOOD STUDENT
• 1. Buck County Community College-The Basics of
  Effective Learning A community colleges website
  for students who need to improve their study
  skills which can be used by students in middle
  and high schools to get a head start on improving
  their skills. http//faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/stu
  dyskills.htm
• 2. Enhance-Learning free Study Skills Worksheets
  for Secondary Students to supplement the
  materials in I AM A GOOD STUDENT
  http//www.enhanced-learning.net/studyskillsmainpa
  ge/study-skills-worksheets-for-free.php
• 3. How to Study Tips on Improving Study Habits
  for College http//www.howtostudy.org/
• 4. How to Study.com Another How to site to build
  your study skills http//www.how-to-study.com/
• 5. Infoplease Study Skills A useful site to get
  expanded help in study skills http//www.infoplea
  se.com/homework/studyskills1.html
• 6. LessonPlanet.com www.lessonplanet.com/ and
  then put in the Search Box Study Skills. You
  will get loads of templates to help your students
  to work at improving their study skills by better
  organizing themselves
• 7. Study Guides and Strategies A treasure chest
  of guides and activities to enrich students
  learning at all grade levels http//www.studygs.ne
  t/
• 8. TeAchnology Worksheets to assist students to
  expand their study skills with fun activities.
  http//www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/time_sav
  ers/studyskills/
• 9. University of Redlands Academic Skills
  Worksheets for students entering college
  http//www.redlands.edu/student-life/7266.aspx
• 10. Wikipedia Study Skills Guide use this online
  encyclopedia to build your study skills and at
  the same time to acquaint you with this huge
  online resource http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study
  _skills

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FOR More on this study Skills Program

• VISIT http//coping.us/iamagoodstu dent.html