SMART/Learning/Study Habits

Use a calendar to track your assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams. Use this calendar to pace yourself by determining which days you will study and periodically review your notes. 

• Planning ahead

• Chunking

• Speak, Write, Sketch

• Exploring Examples

• Annotation

Use a highlighter, pen, notecards, or even stickers to annotate notes in your notebook; you can also use them on your handouts during class or while studying independently. This practice can also be used during reading assignments. Some examples of this include underlining unfamiliar words, drawing arrows to show related ideas, using a star to label important ideas, and highlighting words you do not know. Annotation will be extremely helpful for you when studying notes in the future.

• Planning ahead

• Chunking

• Speak, Write, Sketch

• Exploring Examples

• Annotation

This skill will help you remember information and is especially helpful when studying with a friend. Practice this skill with content you were taught from a previous lesson. 

• Planning ahead

• Chunking

• Speak, Write, Sketch

• Exploring Examples

• Annotation

Anytime you study, pause and write an example (or evidence) of what you are studying. For instance, when thinking about the American Revolution and the Texas Revolution, create an example about each and determine the similarities and differences between the two.

• Planning ahead

• Chunking

• Speak, Write, Sketch

• Exploring Examples

• Annotation

Break up your notes into small pieces and plan out time to focus on certain areas on certain days. Decide on how many total hours you want to study and break down those hours into shorter segments throughout the week. 

• Planning ahead

•  Chunking

• Speak, Write, Sketch

• Exploring Examples

• Annotation

Auditory learners might study best by:

• Reading text aloud

• Discussing ideas verbally

• Using a tape recorder during lessons to replay and listen to later

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a learning style?

• Auditory
• Tactile/Kinesthetic
• Linguistic
• Visual

If you learn by touching and doing hands-on activities, you are most likely what kind of learner?

• Auditory

• Visual

• Tactile/Kinesthetic

• Artistic

If you learn by reading or seeing pictures, you are most likely what kind of learner?

• Auditory
• Visual
• Tactile/Kinesthetic
• Artistic

How many learning styles are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4