06.Know Yourself

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Resources

KNOW YOURSELF

Student Wall Plannerand Study Guide


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Study Technique - Learning

Study Effectiveness

Learning Style and Learning Behaviour

Drive/Motivation


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Know Your Learning Style

(1)Not everybody

learns from the sameway.

Most people actuallyhave a preferredlearning style.


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Your Learning Style

Find out which of the three learningstyles suits you best:

Auditory listening Visual seeing and writing

Kinesthetic motor skills - action

Your best learning style will help youwith increased data retention and Study.


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Your Learning Style

(2)Your learning stylehas implications for

how you studyandAlso how you

manage your

learning at schooland at home


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Auditory -(3) Learn by Listening

Learn from verbal instructions

Talk while you writeRemember names but forget faces

Distracted by noise

Remember by listening, especiallywith music

Games and pictures are annoying and

distracting


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(4) Auditory LearnerLearn from tapes/digital recorder

Listen and take notes

Review notes frequentlySit in the classroom where you

can hear well

Read, summarise and recite italoud


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Visual(5)Learn by Seeing +Writing or Drawing

See words or pictures

Remember faces but not names

Vivid imaginationThink in pictures

Facial expression can tell their moods

Use colour

Tend to draw diagrams and flow charts

to summarise


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(6) Visual LearnerUse charts, maps

Notes and flash cards

Practice visualising or picturewords/concepts in your head

Write out everything for frequentand quick visual review

Place notes around you


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Kinesthetic(7) Learn by UsingMotor SkillsAction

Learn by doing, being mostly activeand moving

Not an avid reader

Remember what was done, not whatwas seen or discussed

Doesnt hear things well

Touch is important

Impulsive

Loves games


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(8) Kinesthetic Learner

Learn taking and keeping notes

Write things out several times is

importantExplore things physically

mould, manipulate, hit or pound


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Know YourLearning Behaviours

Effective learners (9)ACTIVELYseek to advance their learning,

Ineffective learners (10)PASSIVELYwait for everything to come to

them.


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Checklist

Use the checklist to give you a quickassessment on how you are usingthe various (11)learning behavioursasyour disposal at the moment.


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Learning Behaviour

(12)Changing your habitsin and out ofclass is not a easy task.

If there are learning behaviours youwant to work on and change

you have to write them down as your

goal andFrequently ask yourself if you are

making progress or not


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Managing Test Anxiety

It is (13)natural to feelanxiety abouttaking tests.

A little test anxiety helps motivateyou to prepare for your best.

It is what you do with the anxiety

that is important.


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Managing Test Anxiety

(14)Any time you face a challengein lifeyou are likely to be facedwith similar anxious feelings.

If you are too anxious abouttaking a test it can affect your

preparation and your ability to

answer questions properly.


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What Can I Do About Test Anxiety?

(15)Good Study Techniques (16)Study Routine is Important

(17)Rest and Well Fed

(18)Stay Away from Junk Foods

(19)Dont talk to people about the

materialas you wait to go into the test (20)Deep Breaths

(21)Focus on Positive Self-Statements


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DETER Strategy

Follow a plan for taking the test such as: (21)D = Directions

Read the test directions very carefully

(22)E = Examine

Examine the entire test

(23)T = Time

Appropriate amount of time per marks given

(24)E = Easiest Easiest questions first

(25)R = Review

Allow time for reviewing the test at the end

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06.Know Yourself