Study Skills Workshops

Testt

Over the past 10 years we have been working with and analyzing successful students from all around the world.

Our goal has been to identify the key characteristics, habits, and strategies that these students used to not just achieve the top grades in school, but to also see how they were able to live happy, balanced, and successful lives both inside and outside the classroom, at school and at home.

Our Study Skills Workshops provides a clear, easy to understand, and practical framework to help all students be successful.

Topics to be covered include the following:

  1. Getting ready to learn

  • making the transition

    • from middle-school to high-school

    • from high-school to university

  • using different learning styles to enhance performance

    • visual           - mind maps, and videos

    • auditory      - audio recordings, podcasts, and videos

    • kinesthetic - learn by doing

    • repetition   - learning by doing it a lot

  • using different learning strategies

    • active vs. passive learning

    • active recall testing

    • spaced repetition

    • interleaving

    • practice exam questions / mock exams

2. Goal Setting

  • setting goals

  • short term (daily and weekly)

  • medium term (monthly)

  • longer term (termly and annually)

  • writing effective and clearly defined goals / strategies

3. Time management and organizational skills

  • how to create and use a bullet journal

  • how to create study logs

  • how to identify / classify tasks to focus on and prioritize

  • optimizing study time

  • organizing study time

  • using time management strategies to stay motivated

  • reducing procrastination

  • how to achieve a good work / life balance

 

4. Memory, Learning and Improving Concentration

  • understanding memory processes

  • memory strategies

  • understanding concentration

  • strategies for improving concentration

  • reading / study system (SQ3R framework - Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

5. Taking Lecture Notes

  • pre-lecture preparation

  • taking lecture notes

  •  using the Cornell note-taking system

  •  active listening strategies in class

6. Preparing for Exams

  • how to create study logs and retrospective revision timetables

  • how to utilize practice exam questions and mock exams

  • test taking strategies during the exam

7. Academic Integrity and Performance

  • how to reference information

  • how to incorporate sources

  • how to avoid plagiarism