Course Outlines

Study techniques

How to study a textbook

How to take notes

Essays and projects

Examination / Revision skills

• SQ4R method, keyword extraction, questioning, summarization

• Layout of notes, conciseness,reduction to keywords

• Answering the questions, preplanning, substantiation of ideas by proof, skeleton essay

• Final revision, reducing anxiety, practice papers, essays

Memory skills, methods & systems

Extracting essential information

Association of ideas

Mnemonic systems

• Keywords, classification of information, rejection of superfluous material

• Relating new knowledge to existing information

• Familiarizing unfamiliar, bridge information, visualization, association

• Interdependence of knowledge, chain reaction, accurate recall

• Number sound system, number shape system, spelling systems, preposition system, classical room system, chain method, major system

Effective Reading techniques/methods

Vocabulary extension

Flexible reading

Improved retention

• Building vocabulary, prefixes and suffixes, Latin & Greek root words

• SQ4R, previewing, skimming, cue words, active reading

• Interrelating information, questioning, anticipating